Administrative Officer

Salary: £23,151 per annum

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full Time – 35 hours a week 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday

Benefits:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days PLUS bank holidays
• Up to 5 more days leave for continuous service plus the option to buy and sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• A pension with a up to a 7% employer contribution rate. Plus, if you pay in to the pension you will receive life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal with your favourite brands.
• Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help.

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role

You will be working as part of a team of Business Support Officers within the Children and Families Newcastle Service.

In the role of Administrative Officer, you will work as part of a team working with other senior members of staff, including the Senior Business Support Officer, administrators, team leaders and support workers. The role would require good customer service skills and will be based across our sites in Gosforth, Kenton and Lemington.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

We are looking for an experience Administrative Officer who has administrative experience and a knowledge of the local area to join our team at Gosforth. You will:

• Working collaboratively as part of a team and providing help and support to other team members.
• Providing data required by the senior business support officer for internal and external reporting: monthly, quarterly and year-end.
• Provide day-to-day admin support to the service including reception duties, reporting and monitoring repairs, ordering goods, publicity documents.

Let's talk about you.

Experience of working independently to plan and manage your own workload to meet organisational deadlines and shared goals, will be essential.

We will actively support you in your role and provide you with relevant training, development, and supervision.

You will find full job description attached job description details the requirements of the role but the ‘must-haves' are:

• Business Administration S/NVQ Level 2 desirable or work-related experience.
• Confident communicator with the ability to deliver and manage basic written and oral communication effectively.
• Organised and can prioritise your workload.
• A high understanding of Microsoft package specifically Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Good attention to detail, highly organised and adaptable to accommodate the needs of the service.

Good to know.

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Closing date: 19th April 2024

Interviews: Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place week commencing 29th April 2024

Talent Pool

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

Contact: If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Wede Omu at Wede.omu@actionforchildren.org.uk. We'll be happy to give you any support you require.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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