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Administrative Assistant

Salary: £22,500 per annum

Location: Newcastle

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

Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday the 20th of August '23.

Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, professional qualifications, excellent training and development opportunities, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, up to 7% employer contribution pension, discount portal with your favourite brands and Blue Light card eligibility.

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 this role of administrative Officer, you will work as part of a team with the 0-19 Service Lead for Public Health and Nurse Lead for 1001 Critical Days to help co-ordinate Solihull training across the city of Newcastle and support the 1001 critical days Think Tank meet their priorities for 0-2 year olds across the city . You will also work alongside other senior members of staff, including the Senior Business Support Officer, administrators, team leaders and support workers.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

This is an exciting opportunity for an Administrative Officer to be part of our team at Newcastle Family Support Service.

You will be the first point of contact for children, young people, families, and professionals who contact the service, so will need to be approachable, compassionate, and empathetic whether communicating over the phone, by email or in person.

• Minute local meetings, producing letters, reports and other documents using Information Technology
• Working collaboratively as part of a team and provide help and support to other team members.
• Booking travel arrangements, accommodation, room bookings and appointments for members of the team.
• Keeping up-to-date and accurate records of financial transactions including the payment of invoices, purchase orders, holiday records and petty cash.

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. This role will be based at Birmingham Community Children's Centre.

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

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.

Interviews: Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place on Wednesday the 30th and Thursday the 31st of August ,23.

Contact: Erika Brinkman, Recruitment Partner via email; [email protected]

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?

Studies show that women and Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So, 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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