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Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
High level of attention to detail.
- Skills
Highly developed customer service skills
- Skills
Excellent Numerical and analytical skills
- Skills
Developed IT skills. Word and Excel.
- Skills
High degree of organisation
- Experience
Significant experience of administration in within a customer service environment.
- Experience
Experience of developing and maintaining admin procedures and systems.
- Experience
Experience of processing high volume financial data, To include ; identification of irregularities and liaison with third parties to address and resolve issues.
- Qualifications
bility to demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills to Level 2 as evidenced by: GCSE level C/4 or above in maths and english or equivalent experience
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to use a database to extract information
- Experience
Experience within a childcare setting
- Experience
Experience of the Parenta Software system or similar.
Job overview
The Sunshine Day Nursery and the Sunshine Holiday Club provide a high quality childcare service predominantly for employees of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and other NHS Organisations.
This assists the Trust in meeting Equal Opportunities and flexible working objectives by caring for employee’s children in a safe, stimulating and interesting environment.
Main duties of the job
You will be key to supporting the nursery manager/deputy manager in the business administration of the nursery. The main focus of the role is on general office duties including financial processes and managing the nursery electronic database system.
Daily responsibility for organising financial and HR information, including maintaining nursery electronic database systems, recording children’s attendance, generating invoices and recording payments.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Admin Assistant with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Sheffield, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Administrative assistant role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 pa/pro rata for part time staff. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Oct 2026.
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