Position: Lunchtime Assistant
Closing Date: Friday 13th November 2026
Interview Date: Tuesday 24th November 2026
Job Start Date: ASAP
Salary: £7,013 per annum
Hours Per Week 10hrs per week, all year round. Monday to Friday. Working hours are 11:30am – 1:30pm
Location of Role: Bramble Infant School and Nursery
Contact email address: besau@bramble.portsmouth.sch.uk
Job/Person Summary
We have a vacancy for a Lunchtime Assistant to join our nursery. We are a diverse and unique nursery in the heart of Southsea, committed to delivering excellent outcomes for all our children.
This is a busy and varied role which is crucial in ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for children during the lunchtime period. To succeed in this role, you will need to be reliable, enthusiastic, energetic and ready to play. If you are ambitious for the children in your care, motivated to develop your own practice, brimming with ideas, love working as a team member, we want to hear from you.
Room staff work together sharing different duties over the lunchtime period. Duties include:
- setting out lunchtime tables ready for the lunchtime period,
- supervising and assisting children at the dinner table,
- encouraging and supporting eating,
- providing drinks as required and offering help where required,
- clearing away following the lunchtime period, sweeping the floor and washing down tables,
- supervising and engaging children in play activities contributing to their overall development and wellbeing.
Application Procedure
Visits to the nursery are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit please contact the Business Manager on 023 9282 8606.
Please apply using the attached application form. Completed application forms can be returned by hand to the School Office, addressed to the Business Manager, or by email to besau@bramble.portsmouth.sch.uk
Portsmouth City Council and Bramble Infant School and Nursery are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level and any other background checks, including overseas checks, will be required prior to any offer of employment. You will need to demonstrate that you have a Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
This advert is in no way exhaustive and we welcome queries about this vacancy via email to besau@bramble.portsmouth.sch.ukor via the telephone, 023 9282 8606
We would like to thank you in advance for your application; however please note we will only contact those applicants shortlisted for an interview.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
As part of any recruitment process, Bramble Infant School and Nursery collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. Bramble Infant School and Nursery is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
Completing and submitting an application for a vacancy is your consent for us to process your data for the purpose of recruitment. Your data is not used in any other way and you can withdraw your consent at any point in the recruitment process and we will destroy or delete your information. For more detailed information on what we collect, how we use, store, and delete data and your rights you can access a privacy statement on our website.
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