Service Administrator Maternity Cover

Rugby District Children & Family Centre's are a friendly welcoming service who work together with our partner agencies to support families and young people to achieve the best possible outcomes and improve their life chances.

The service is tailored to local need with specific provision based on in‑depth understanding of the local communities it serves. The Children and Family Centre service includes the following core elements:
Coordination and administration of the designated Children & Family Centres, associated outreach provision and volunteer co‑ordination;
Provision of a range of stay, play and learn opportunities;
Service, locality and community development.

This is a 9 month maternity cover, fixed term position for 30hrs per week starting in September 2026. If you are an internal applicant, please liaise with your line manager if you are interested in applying for this role. This will require at least 75% working in one of the centres within Rugby.

Outline of job: for further details please read job description and use this as guidance when completing our application form.

• Preparing financial information, dealing with income and expenditure
• Supervision of a staff team of 5 permanent admin assistants plus As & When Admin Assistants; and there may also be responsibility for supervising volunteers who are assisting with administrative tasks.
• Support the Children's Services Manager in overseeing the health and safety systems and procedures.
• To be responsible for ensuring the administrative support to a service or group of services is provided in an efficient and effective manner.
• Provide and/or supervise the provision of efficient office systems, e.g. opening and distributing post, message taking, room bookings and staff movement systems.
• Support with the production and collation of data reports from internal and external systems - training will be given on these.
• In accordance with Barnardo's policies and procedures, ensure appropriate authorisation and enter staff employment information, e.g. leave, sickness

For more information on the role, please contact Children's Services Manager, Sara Rattenbury (tel.  Mon-Weds or email sara)