Early Years Operations Administrator

Job description

Are you an experienced office administrator with an interest in children’s literature and early years development? We are looking to recruit an Early Years Operations Administrator to support with the operational aspects of our Early Years programmes.
This is an excellent opportunity for you to support Scottish Book Trust as an Operations Administrator. The position offers flexible full-time working within our Early Years Team. The Early Years team delivers Bookbug, Scotland’s national book gifting programme, providing a free, high-quality, book bag for every baby, toddler, three-year-old and P1 child in the country. The Early Years Operations Administrator provides reliable and efficient administration to support the smooth running of this Early Years programme, with a particular focus on operational aspects.

We’d love it if you had…

- An experienced office administrator
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral
- First-rate IT skills including confident use of all Microsoft Office software, especially Excel
- Familiarity with databases and confident with information management and mail merging
- Excellent organisational skills and time management, with the ability to manage multiple priorities to meet challenging deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team and to self-motivate
- Interest in and knowledge of children’s literature and early years learning and development
- Interest in blog writing and book reviewing desirable