Nursery Finance Administrator

Durham University; North East; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious university in the UK seeks a Nursery Administrator to manage invoicing, support communication with parents, and maintain records in an efficient manner. The role requires strong organizational skills and attention to detail, ensuring that administrative tasks follow university policies. The successful candidate will work Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm, with flexibility for occasional evening or weekend work as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in managing administrative tasks and finance.
• Ability to communicate effectively with parents and university departments.

Responsibilities

• Manage invoicing, and contract management.
• Maintain up-to-date records of training logs.
• Facilitate communication between parents and university.

Skills

Invoicing management

Contract management

Communication skills

Website updates

Job description

The Role and the Department

We are an outstanding provision and At Durham University Day Nursery we aim to provide high quality childcare in a safe secure and stimulating environment for children from 0 to 5. We aim to operate in partnership with parents, helping children to be happy, independent and well-adjusted emotionally and socially.

Our Nursery aims to promote self-confidence and a positive attitude to learning in all children whatever their gender, ethnicity, home language, special educational needs, disability or ability. We aim to offer a broad, balanced and diverse curriculum where learning will be fun and will provide basic skills for the future. We recognise that every child is unique and aim to assist all children to attain their maximum development potential by paying attention to their individual needs.

We aim to support students and staff of Durham University with parental responsibilities, in order that they can achieve their goals at study or at work. Please note that we also welcome non Durham University staff/students.

Responsibilities

• Invoicing, contract management and ordering goods and services;
• Reconciling the company credit card and keeping training logs up to date;
• Creating newsletters for parents, taking minutes and attending parent meetings;
• Updating the nursery website, policies, procedures and risk assessments;
• Liaising with university departments to ensure parent accounts are up to date;
• Dealing with general queries and office management duties.

The Nursery Administrator will be responsible for ensuring that administration and finance activities are completed accurately, in accordance with University policies and procedures and that complete and up-to-date records are maintained.

The Nursery Administrator will provide a comprehensive, efficient and effective administration service to the Nursery ensuring that agreed operating procedures, templates and checklists are adhered to and, where appropriate, improved.

Working pattern is Monday to Friday 9am‑5pm with 1 hour lunch break.

The post requires an Enhanced DBS check.

There will be occasional evenings and weekend work for staff meetings or training if required.