Job Description

Contract Type
Permanent
DBS Required
Yes
Department
Children's Centres
Closing date
06/10/2025

Hackney Education provides a range of services to support the education of children, young people and adults in our inner London borough. Hackney is one of the UK's highest performing local authorities, serving one of London's best places to live and work. Within our diverse borough we serve a wide range of children and young people. We have a particular focus on supporting less advantaged families: Hackney figures in the 10% most deprived boroughs in England on a number of measures.



Hackney Education's key priority is to improve the life chances of every child, young person and learner: making Hackney the most forward looking education system in the UK, where schools, settings and partners provide an exciting environment which ensures inclusion and success for everyone. We see our borough as being one of the best places in the country for young people to grow, learn, develop and achieve -and one of the best places for colleagues to work and thrive in our education system.

Job title:

Senior Administration Officer x 2 (Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub & Clapton Park Children's Centre)

Salary:

Scale 6 (37,509 to 38,637)

Terms and conditions:

Full time, Permanent

If you are an experienced administrator and are looking for a challenge working with Children and Families in Hackney this role is for you. You will gain experience in a busy strategic Children's Centre, working in a dynamic and dedicated team. Your role will be based in an admin team being responsible for the Nursery Administration, registering parents, fees, invoices and communication with parents.

Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub and Clapton Park Children's Centre are looking to recruit two Senior Administrators to work full-time, 36 hours per week. You will need to have excellent people skills, being the face of the Childcare being a first contact for all the Nursery parents and families accessing the Daycare. You will have access to training to gain further understanding and skills working with Google and other programs such as Famly to manage invoices. You must have an excellent understanding of customer service and have the ability to multitask and manage workload during busy periods. We are looking for someone who likes to work as part of a team and can be flexible and adapt to changes. You will be working closely with the Office Manager and Bursar in all administrative areas.



Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub is an Outstanding Multi-Agency Hub, housing many professionals including health, midwife, speech and language, clinical psychologist and many more. We have a 70 place onsite Nursery which supports some of Hackney's most vulnerable children.


Clapton Park is a smaller Center, however has a similar amount of daycare spaces. Clapton Park has a thriving Forest School attached with activities taking place over the holiday and term break times.


To find out more contact


Ann Tayler Children and Family Hub Janet Omari or Biddy Hutton, 02072756020 or email Janet.Omari@Hackney.gov.uk



or Biddy.Hutton@Hackney.gov.uk

OR

Clapton Park Children's Centre contact Emelia Kesewaah, 02089867437 Emelia.Kesewaah@Hackney.gov.uk


We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.



Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people from a black and global majority background as these groups are currently under represented in our workforce.



DBS check required for this role: Yes