Filton Avenue Nursery School

Filton Avenue Nursery School and Children’s Centre is located in north Bristol and serves a rich, diverse local community. We provide high quality early years learning and care for children aged from 2 to 5 years and a wide range of services for parents/carers and their children aged from birth to 5.

Would you like to join our creative and motivated team? If you are able to build genuine relationships with our team members and become an active team player who loves challenges, we would welcome your application. At Filton Avenue Nursery School, we have a new position open for an Administrative Assistant to join a friendly administrative team, providing an efficient point of contact within our reception.

Tours are welcome – please get in touch with Chloe.

Job overview

You’ll be responsible for overseeing the reception, answering calls and dealing with face-to-face enquiries, signing in visitors and ensuring all visitors are appropriately monitored, as well as providing general clerical and administrative support and maintaining school records.

Job requirements

  • Minimum of a grade C in GCSE Maths and English
  • Ability to prioritise tasks on a day-to-day basis
  • Experience of using information management systems and strong IT skills
  • A high level of verbal and written communication standards
  • Proven ability to show reliability and to work to meet key deadlines

Why join us?

As our Administrative Assistant, you’ll be able to take pride in ensuring a friendly and courteous port of call is available for any enquiries, contributing as a key part of a wider team to ensure daily administrative operations run smoothly. You’ll have access to training and professional development opportunities within this post, building on key skills to ensure you have a comprehensive and full working knowledge of administration.

Filton Avenue Nursery School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant.

Job Features

Job Category

Admin Team

Grade

Unknown

Contract

Part time (fixed term until 27 August 2026)

Working Weeks

Term time only

Working Hours

33 hours per week - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9am-3.30pm; Thursday 9am-4.00pm (jobshare considered)

Salary/Pay

£25,949 pro rata

Start Date

3 September 2026

Application Closing Date

26 June 2026 (11:59pm)