SPH Project Assistant

St Pauls Nursery School and Children’s Centre

SPH Project Assistant – maternity cover. Start date approx. February 2027

BG8 £30023-£32046 (pro rata for part time)

22.5 hours / 3 days per week – days worked to be agreed

The post is to cover maternity leave for up to a year or until the member of staff returns

This is an all year-round contract with 25 days holiday (pro rata for part time)

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced or ambitious administrator to join our happy and busy team, working for an outstanding early years teaching hub. 

Bristol Early Years Teaching Hub (BEYTH), has been offering high quality professional learning and development for many years. Since 2022 we have been funded by the DFE as an early years Stronger Practice Hub, offering evidence-based CPD, developing professional networks, sharing best practice via a number of mediums, and supporting early years providers and workers across our SPH region in the South West. BEYTH is part of St Pauls Nursery School and Childrens Centre

There is never a dull day here, we are constantly thinking of new ways we can engage and support the sector, adapting and developing what we do, responding to our community and collaborating with partners. 

We are seeking to appoint a team member who:

• Has excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Is highly organised and able to complete tasks effectively

• Is able to efficiently plan and prioritise workload

• Is IT literate and has a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

• Is able to work with social networking for marketing and publicity purposes

• Is able to co-ordinate activities and liaise with different parties to complete tasks or achieve a goal

• Shows initiative and a can-do attitude

• Has attention to detail and can keep up-to-date data

• Has an interest in supporting the early years sector

In return we can offer:

• Dynamic, inclusive and inspiring staff team

• Supervision, mentoring and coaching

• A warm and caring ethos and environment, with a focus on individual’s emotional well-being and work life support

• An opportunity to develop skills and experience in co-ordinating events and running professional development programmes for a wide audience. 

• An opportunity to support the delivery of a DFE funded programme, to grow your understanding of the early years education sector and the changing landscape. 

• Pension

• Free parking

• Free lunch once a week

Please contact the setting for further details. 

It is highly recommended that you study our BEYTH website

St Pauls particularly encourages applications from suitably qualified Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and those who speak community languages, although all applications are warmly welcomed and will be considered on their merits.

Safeguarding and Child Protection is central to our work and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure