Office Manager

Remarkable future starts here Location- Little Manor Nursery School Address - 90 Railway Road, Adlington, PR6 9RB Hours - 30 Hours per week, 8am till 2pm Salary - £13.50 per hour Office Manager | Grow Your Career in Early Years Leadership Are you an ambitious administrator or office professional looking for a key role where your work truly matters?

If you thrive on variety, love building relationships, and want to develop your career within a vibrant early years environment, this is your opportunity to step into a pivotal leadership-support role. What This Role Offers You A Direct Track for Career Growth: You won’t just be managing an office—you’ll work hand-in-hand with our Nursery Manager and Central Support Finance Team.

You'll gain high-level operational experience across finance, compliance, ratio management, and setting leadership. A Role Where You Make an Impact: Every system you streamline and every family you welcome directly contributes to creating a safe, nurturing, and high-quality environment for young children to thrive. Dynamic & Diverse Workdays: From front-of-house family engagement to financial administration and Early Years Funding management, no two days are the same.

You'll expand your skill set across multiple operational areas. A Supportive, Collaborative Culture: You will be part of a positive team that values your proactive ideas, supports your professional development, and celebrates your successes. How You’ll Shape Your Day & Build Your Skills As our Office Manager, you are the heart of the setting—the welcoming face for families and the operational anchor for our team.

In this role, you will: Lead the Front-of-House Experience: Welcome current and prospective families, host engaging nursery tours, handle parent enquiries, and build warm, lasting relationships across our community. Master Early Years Finance & Funding: Partner with our Central Finance Team to manage invoicing, payment queries, and debt administration, while taking ownership of Early Years Funding claims and accurate record-keeping.

Drive Operational & Compliance Excellence: Support the Nursery Manager with staff administration, ratio alignment, and essential compliance procedures. Champion Systems & IT: Utilize and sharpen your IT and organizational skills by managing multi-platform administrative systems that keep the nursery running smoothly. What You’ll Bring to the Team We are looking for someone organized, warm, and ambitious.

You’ll be a great fit if you have: Relevant Administrative Experience: Background in office management, financial admin, school, or early years settings. Financial & Funding Confidence: Familiarity with invoicing, financial administration, or Early Years Funding claims (or the confidence to learn quickly). Strong IT & Organizational Aptitude: Comfortable managing multiple priorities, learning new software systems, and keeping meticulous records.

People Skills & Positive Energy: Outstanding communication, proactive problem-solving, and a warm, professional customer service approach. Compliance Awareness: A solid understanding of safeguarding principles and the importance of compliance within an early years setting.

Benefits

at a glance For you -We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with Pay. Captain Family matters

• Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more) Health & wellness
• Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more Development
• Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund Our community
• Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering. We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy. Ready to advance your administrative career while making a real difference for children and families? Apply today—we’d love to hear from you! Storal sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS. CCH