Overview

We are looking for students studying towards their Early Years or studying Educational courses to join our on-campus Nursery team on a casual basis throughout the year!

Halley Nursery provides a warm, friendly Nursery environment for our local community, university staff and the student population right here on Frenchay campus in Bristol.

Our day Nursery is made up of our Baby room, Toddler room and Pre-school room and has a friendly team of Nursery Assistants, Nursery Nurses, Nursery Supervisors and our Nursery Manager to keep things running.

We also have several UWE student staff supporting rooms on a casual basis. We are currently looking for UWE students studying relevant courses such as Early Years to join our casual student staff team.

Hours are flexible and are based on your availability but we are looking for students who actively want to work shifts each week when shifts are available.

Duties:

• To provide high quality, child-centred care and education.
• To act as a key-worker for a group of children.
• To supervise and encourage positive, safe behaviour for children.
• To build positive relationships with children by acting as a role model and providing a warm, caring environment
• To assist children with personal, social hygiene and care.
• To promote and engage in effective, positive communication with children, colleagues, staff and parents.
• To comply with the Health & Safety policy and good practices.
• To promote safe working practices.
• To participate in regular staff meetings/events and training.
• To adhere to the Nursery’s Policies and Procedures.
• To maintain and complete nursery paperwork (medicine checks, accident forms etc)

Experience/Skills:

We are looking for students who are either childcare qualified or have had experience of working with early years and have a good knowledge of child development.

We would also be interested in applications from students studying Early Years or Educational courses.

We are looking for hardworking staff who can help at busy times throughout the year and ideally availability during university breaks as well as actively wanting to work shifts each week within a Nursery environment.

Rate of Pay:

£13.44 per hour

*Please note this hourly rate will be inflated to include holiday pay

Hours per Week: 

Various 

We are looking for staff who can help at busy times throughout the year, who actively want to work shifts each week and ideally availability during university breaks. 

Variable shifts available such as 8-2, 11.30-5.30, 8-5.30, 9-5.30 etc depending on the need of the nursery. 

The Nursery is open Monday- Friday between 8.00am and 5.30pm and children are aged from 3 months up to 5 years.

Location: 

Frenchay Campus Halley Nursery

How to Apply: 

Here at The Students’ Union we want our workforce to reflect the makeup of the community we serve. Therefore, we welcome all applications irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, religion, belief, sexual orientation, age or disability.

To apply for this role, please download an application and Equal Opportunities form. and return to surecruit@uwe.ac.uk 

Closing date: Wednesday 21st October 2026 at 23:59pm 

Interview date: likely to take place in-person week commencing 2nd November 2026 (TBC). 

AI Statement

Here at The Students’ Union at UWE, we acknowledge that AI could be viewed as a useful tool to support you with completing an application form.

We also understand that AI can support accessibility and inclusion.

However, we’d like to take the opportunity to remind you that we are specifically looking for individuals who embody our organisational values and behaviours and align with our strategy.

Therefore, we would recommend that if using AI, you ensure that your application if still an authentic representation of your skills, experiences and attributes and that you have the skills, experiences and qualifications outlined within the  the position you are applying for.

If you have any questions, or would like to discuss further, please email surecruit@uwe.ac.uk

Make sure you mention the JobShop when applying!