Administrative Officer

Role:
Administrative Officer Salary: £24,546.00 per annum

Location:

Aylesbury. Contract/

Hours:

Fixed Term Contract for 12 months - Full-Time - 35 hours a week – Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Benefits:

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.

Bucks Activity Project is part of the Action for Children Countywide Integrated Short Breaks Service, commissioned by Buckinghamshire Council and provides community short breaks to children and young people aged 0-19 with disabilities and additional learning needs across Buckinghamshire with over 250 children currently registered.

Patience, a sense of humour and a positive outlook are required for this busy environment. Although the role is demanding the rewards are great too, with the organisation offering a good package of support by way of promoting self-development and well-being through our learning and development platform, as well as the service delivering positive outcomes to children, young people, and their families.

You will work as part of a Business Support team providing administrative support to the Senior Business Support Officer, Service Coordinator, Team Leaders, and Support Workers.

• Providing data required by the senior business support officer for internal and external reporting: weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good IT knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, as well as financial understanding.
• Accurate and thorough record keeping.

Would entail answering telephone queries from parents and professionals, responding to emails with appropriate action or signposting, tracking and recording staff hours alongside timesheets and rotas, reporting maintenance faults, tracking H&S compliance checks, processing purchase orders, ordering resources, taking card payments from parents, recording accurate children and staff attendance, all in agreed timescales.

• Business Administration S/NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification.
• Experience of using Microsoft Office Suite and Email/Internet.
• Experience of providing a confidential, professional service.
• Ability to work within a diverse team environment and work independently when needed.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Responsibility for a project or task and deliver within agreed timescales.
• Ability to manage and prioritize your own workload within agreed deadlines.
• Attention to detail is essential.

• Providing a high standard of administrative tasks by supporting the team i.e. upkeep of accurate records.
• Ensuring a smooth-running service.
• Providing a warm and welcome disposition and be in contact with colleagues, parents, and professionals.

Contact:
Sarah Manderfield or email us at recruitmentserv quoting reference 12666

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.

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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