Clerical Administrator

Reports to: School Business Manager

Contract: Permanent

Start date: 2nd September 2026

Pattern: Term-time only + 1 week, 32.5 hours per week (Mon-Thurs 8:15am-3:45pm with a half an hour unpaid lunchbreak) Fri 8:15am-12:45pm

Grade: NJC Grade 5 £33,012 pro rata

Closing date: Thursday 11th June 2026

Interviews: 24th June 2026

About our Federation:

Based in the socio-economically and culturally diverse London Borough of Croydon, our Federation of two nursery schools provide early education and wider family support services for children aged under 5 and their families. The Federation is a forward thinking, fully inclusive, innovative provider of nursery school education. We seek an outstanding professional who has the commitment and drive to make a real difference to children’s lives.

About the role:

The successful applicant will play a major role in the day-to-day life of the Nursery School Office. They will need to be highly motivated, able to use their own initiative and be able to adapt to a range of tasks. They must be able to work efficiently and calmly, with good inter-personal skills. Experience of working in an office environment and the ability to prioritise workloads and manage multiple deadlines is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

Day to day management of manual and computerised record/information systems ensuring that these are completed in accordance with regulatory and Federation Business Management Plans.
Analyse and evaluate data/information and produce reports/information/data as required.
Undertake day to day administrative tasks, including complex procedures and ICT based tasks.
Provide personal, administrative, and organisational support to other staff.
Provide administrative and organisational support to the Governing Body.
Complete and submit complex forms, returns etc., including those to outside agencies e.g. DfES.
Undertake agreed administration tasks, as directed by the School Business Manager, to support the dayto-day upkeep of the HR and Payroll systems used by the Federation to ensure workforce compliance.

Key Requirements:

NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification or experience in relevant discipline.
Full working knowledge of relevant polices/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation in respect of schools and children’s centres.
Very good numeracy/literacy skills.
Effective use of ICT and other specialist equipment/resources
Very good ICT skills.
Ability to relate well to children and adults.
Work constructively as part of a team, understanding Federation roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.
Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.
SIMS experience preferred.

How to Apply:

For further details about this exciting opportunity please contact Dawn Bedi (School Business Manager), by telephone on 020 8654 7566 or email (dbedi2.306@lgflmail.org) for an information pack and application form.

Deadline for applications is 4.00pm on Thursday 11th June 2026.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 24th June 2026.

Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised. We reserve the right to withdraw or close this application early should a sufficient number of suitable candidates be received.

To apply, please follow the application process detailed above.

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