Job Description

Service Administrator, Tandridge Family Centre

Tandridge Family Centre is a supportive and committed team who are passionate about the work we do. Would you like to join us as a Service Administrator?

This post will be based at Tandridge Family Centre, Surrey.

Tandridge Family Centre is seeking a skilled and committed administrator. The role is for 14 hours a week to be worked on Mondays and Tuesdays as part of a job share which provides administrative support for the whole week.

Our service is commissioned by Surrey County Council to provide family support for families with children aged 0 to 11 years, living in Tandridge. Families are referred into our service from health services, schools, Surrey Children\'s Services, nurseries etc. Our team of family support workers visit families in their own homes and also run groups at our site. The location is Hurst Green Infant School, Wolfs Wood, Oxted, Surrey RH8 0HJ. Barnardo\'s supports flexible working and a combination of home and office working can be considered.

We are a friendly, committed team who are passionate about making a difference to families.

This is a varied role and responsibilities include:

• Maintaining a small imprest account
• Raising purchase orders for goods and services and recording expenditure
• Budget monitoring
• Supporting the service with Health and Safety requirements

The following skills and experience are required:

• Evidence of good organisational skills and attention to detail
• Evidence of effective team working
• Ideally previous experience in an administrative role
• Ability to work independently without direct supervision, demonstrating initiative when required
• Experience of operating financial systems including petty cash and budget monitoring
• Good IT skills in Microsoft applications
• Excellent communication skills when dealing with members of the public

Full training will be provided along with on-going support through regular supervision.

When completing your application please refer to your skills, knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Barnardo\'s believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements.

If you are a skilled, organised communicator with experience of finance, premises and producing management information, we would love to hear from you.

Please do not hesitate to call Tracey Quixley, Children\'s Services Manager on 07592 593580 if you wish to discuss this vacancy.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo\'s . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo\'s as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo\'s pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo\'s believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo\'s. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo\'s stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo\'s Learning and Development offer

*T&C\'s apply based on contract

About Barnardo\'s

At Barnardo\'s we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo\'s is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo\'s.

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