Job Description

Job Overview

ID: 1582

Early Years Administrator

Service: Peterborough Pre-Schools

Location:Hybrid - Homeworking and some attendance at office in Woodfield Park Family and Community Centre, Normanton Road, PE1 4XE. Includes occasional travel to other sites within Peterborough

Hours:16 hours per week (part-time, term time only)

Salary:24,206 FTE per annum (7,649.30 per annum for part-time, 16 hours per week, 38 weeks per year term time only)

Contract type:Permanent

Family Action & the Role's Impact:

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It's what we've done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the

importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

This is a busy and varied role offering the chance to support our Peterborough Pre-school service through administrative tasks and responsibilities.

Main Responsibilities:

Working with our early years manager to ensure the smooth running of all administrative systems.

Creating, or maintaining existing, databases.

Supporting with the creation of documents and promotional materials

Placing regular stock orders

Support with occasional special events

Making visits to early years settings to deliver resources or support with administrative issues

Understanding the importance of safeguarding within your role

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):

Excellent IT skills, including a demonstrated, recent knowledge of Microsoft 365 especially, Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, SharePoint and Forms.

Experience using Canva to design, create and maintain publicity materials.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written, telephone and face to face), with a good understanding of customer service

Proactive, solution-focussed work-ethic with excellent attention to detail.

Driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service - Enhanced Level including children's barred list check

Benefits:

- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days pro-rata, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days pro-rata plus bank holidays

- up to 6% matched-pension contributions

- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment

- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions

- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers

- cycle to work scheme

- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:

Click the

'Apply'

link below and fill out our digital application form

Closing Date:Thursday 2nd October 2025 at 11.59pm

Interview date:

Week commencing 06/10/2025

For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: karen.woodcock@family-action.org.uk

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 24,206.00 per year

Expected hours: 16 per week

Benefits:

Casual dress Free parking Sick pay
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Peterborough PE1 4XE