Business Administrator (Nursery based)

Happy Days Nurseries; Croxley Green; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension & Life Assurance

Annual Leave

DBS Update Service

Blue Light Card

Digital GP

SPARK APP

Long Service recognition

Job summary

Happy Days Nurseries Croxley Green is hiring a part-time Business Administrator to support children’s growth and learning. You will work 18 hours per week in a job-share role.

You’ll help maintain occupancy, handle funding applications, support operations and finance tasks, and ensure accurate records. A supportive team and flexible benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word.
• Strong administrative skills in a fast-paced setting.
• Commercial awareness with excellent organisational skills.
• Outstanding communication with parents and external stakeholders.
• Initiative and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage applications for nursery education funding, ensuring accuracy and adherence to local authority and internal deadlines.
• Provide administrative and operational support, including preparing documents, liaising with families, suppliers, and team members, and welcoming visitors.
• Assist with achieving occupancy, gross profit, and budget targets through financial tasks such as expense tracking, payroll, banking, and credit control.
• Maintain compliance with statutory requirements and company policies.
• Ensure accurate record-keeping and efficient archiving in line with company procedures.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

Administrative skills

Commercial awareness

Communication skills

Initiative

Problem solving

Job description

We’relooking for a Business Administratorwho’scommitted to supporting children’s growth and learning, to join the Boys & Girls Croxley Green team.

Our Business Administrator will work 18hours per week as a job share role. Two days to be worked, Monday to Friday, supporting the nursery’s occupancy, commercialperformanceand day-to-day operations.

About the role:

As Business Administrator,you’ll:

• Manage applications for nursery education funding, ensuring accuracy and adherence to local authority and internal deadlines.
• Provide administrative and operational support, including preparing documents, liaising with families, suppliers, and team members, and welcoming visitors.
• Assistwith achieving occupancy, gross profit, and budget targets through financial tasks such as expense tracking, payroll, banking, and credit control.
• Maintain compliance with statutory requirements and company policies.
• Ensureaccuraterecord-keeping and efficient archiving in line with company procedures.

About you:

We’relooking for someone who:

• Is proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word.
• Has strong administrative skills and experience in a fast-paced setting.
• Is commercially aware with excellent organisational skills.
• Has outstanding communication and relationship-building abilities, especially with parents and external stakeholders.
• Has initiative and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to work under pressure.

We'rebuilding a workplace where our colleagues thrive

We offer a range of meaningful benefits designed to support your wellbeing, professional growth, and work-life balance. Our benefitsaren’tjustperks, they’repart of a culture that puts people first and we continue to build our range of benefits designed to support health,wellbeingand satisfaction of our workforce. Some of these include:

• Competitive annual salary
• Pension & Life Assurance*
• In addition to20 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays and more!**
• Anadditionalday each year to celebrate something personal to you*
• Funded DBS Update Service
• Funded Blue Light Card Membership
• Access to digital GP 24/7with on-demand counselling services
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing services through the SPARK APP
• Recognition and celebration for Long Service

*Subject to eligibility criteria

**up to anadditionalfour gifted days off during Christmas closedownor if the setting is open 52-weeks of the year, an additional four days to your annual leave entitlement, pro rata

Safeguarding commitment:

Happy Days Nurseries are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the children in our care. All successful candidates will undergo the required vetting process.