Administrative Assistant Jobs

A small well established national heart charity requires a half-time experienced Administrative Assistant to work in Bromley, Kent BR2 and Dulwich SE22.  Flexible Hours.  Working with friendly staff who meet goals of support, education and research for UK families with heart disease.

Previous charity experience and Microsoft Office familiarity desirable.

Job involves assisting with Website Management and Social Media Posting, hosting zoom Trustee Meetings and manning information booth at London conferences twice yearly.

Annual renewable contract with pension and 10 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays.

Please see Marfan Trust website.   Closing Date: 28th February 2025 

   

Member Support & Administrative Assistant
6-Months Fixed Term Contract
Location: Central London (Russell Square), with 1-2 days per week in the office
Salary:  £24,000 per annum FTE pro rata
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week), 9-day fortnight (every second Friday off and paid)

Charity People are working with a national body for personal, social, health, and economic education-a school curriculum subject that equips pupils with the knowledge and skills they need for life and work. From mental health and online safety to economic wellbeing and equality, their work helps teachers and schools nationwide to raise standards. We are seeking a Member Support & Administrative Assistant to join their friendly team.

This role is ideal for someone looking to further their career in administration or seeking an entry point into the charity and education sectors.

Key Responsibilities:

As the Member Support & Administrative Assistant, you will:

• Be the first point of contact for member queries via phone and email, providing a professional and friendly service.
• Maintain our membership database by updating contact records, logging queries, and processing memberships and payments.
• Support the organisation of events such as webinars, conferences, and face-to-face training, including delegate registration, logistics, and technical support during live webinars.
• Assist with event preparation, including setting up conference materials and liaising with participants.
• Provide general office and administrative support to other team members as needed.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Experience in customer support and handling queries via phone and email.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to write clear and professional emails.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and databases.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach, able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Good organisational and multitasking skills, with a conscientious and thorough work ethic.
• Basic experience with processing invoices and payments is desirable.

Personal Qualities:

• Professional, friendly, and enthusiastic manner.
• Willingness to learn and take initiative.

How to apply:

Please send your CV as soon as possible as we are reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Title: Accessibility and Administrative Assistant

Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply

Location: Accra, Ghana (and potential international travel)

Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility

About the role

Sightsavers are currently seeking an Accessibility and Administrative Assistant. The first aspect of the role will be to support the Global Advocacy Manager - Social Inclusion, who is based in Ghana, to ensure that they can carry out their role effectively with the relevant reasonable adjustments and accessibility support in place.

As the second aspect of the role, you will establish and oversee a new administrative function within the Policy and Global Advocacy Directorate, by ensuring the Directorate operates smoothly on a day-to-day basis.

Key duties will include:

Accessibility Support

• Providing specialist accessibility support as a reasonable accommodation for the Global Advocacy Manager - Social Inclusion (GAM-SI). This includes:

1. Supporting the GAM-SI to ensure correspondence, meetings and conference calls are effectively managed.

1. Ensuring that, where requested, relevant documents are shared in accessible formats. Convert information from non-accessible electronic sources into accessible formats as needed.

1. Liaising with internal stakeholders as required, such as managing video recordings for speeches.
2. Working closely with the Senior Global Advocacy Advisor to ensure the efficient coordination and assignments of Sightsavers related tasks to the relevant internal stakeholders, primarily within PGA.

• Assisting with daily administrative tasks, including travel arrangements, managing annual leave and TOIL, logistics with third parties or visa applications and overseeing the expenses of the GAM-SI. 
• Travelling and accompany the GAM-SI on some work-related visits.

Administrative Support

• Managing the administration of the Directorate, which includes managing the new starter induction process, assisting with travel logistics as needed, setting up and maintaining a team calendar and coordinating the team's intranet pages.
• Organising and managing designated Directorate meetings. Ensure those team meetings are effectively run by coordinating content and capturing outputs and actions. This includes the regular online team meetings as well as the annual in-person Directorate meeting.
• Supporting key reporting processes including the monthly advocacy reporting cycle and other relevant reporting activities.
• Participating in internal PGA and organisational processes as appropriate. This includes developing an annual budget that aligns with the role's responsibilities.

As the successful candidate you will have experience of providing accessible support and possess experience working in an administrative role.

Further requirements include:

• Experience of ensuring accessibility in documents and other communication.

• Experience organising travel arrangements (although not making the bookings themselves, as we have a dedicated travel team).

• Experience supporting administrative processes, such as facilitating reporting processes.

• Experience of working across different cultures (desirable, not essential).

• Ability to travel internationally (although this is not mandatory).

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the for full details.

Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit your CV via our recruitment portal, and answer the application questions. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

We anticipate that interviews will being during the week commencing 10 February 2025 and the evaluation process will include a written task and a two-stage oral interview process (with second stage interviews taking place during the week commencing 24 February 2025).

Closing date: 2 February 2025

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.

Our vision is for a world where everyone experiencing a mental health issue receives support and respect. Join our passionate, dedicated team and make a difference today.

About the role

Solent Mind’s Training offer has grown considerably in the past few years, we take pride in delivering great training, raising awareness about mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. We generate an income for Solent Mind services from companies across Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

Hours: Part-time, 15 hours per week.

Location: Southampton Head Office and home working.

About you

As admin support for the team, you would be key to the smooth day to day running of the training team. You will be well organised and able to prioritise task to ensure training customers get a great training experience. A natural problem solver and good communicator as you will be in regular contact with customers, trainers, finance and the wider Solent Mind team. Ideally, you’ll have worked in a similar role and have confidence using a CRM and a range of Microsoft tools such as excel, office, teams, PowerPoint etc.

About us

We're Solent Mind! We’re part of a network of over 100 Local Minds who tailor trusted mental health services to our communities. We set our own strategies and partnerships and rely on the support of our brilliant local fundraisers.

We collaborate with Mind to make sure their pioneering campaigns, information and research make a difference in Hampshire. Together, we make better mental health possible both locally and nationally.

Benefits 

Our Gold Award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and being a Mindful Employer reflects our commitment to our lively, friendly teams. We empower our people to have a voice, discover new opportunities and develop their careers. In addition to knowing you’re making a difference, you’ll also enjoy excellent benefits, including:

• Flexible working to promote a healthy work/life balance
• 25 days’ annual leave rising incrementally to 30 days per year (pro rata for part-time)
• Pension plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Season ticket and cycle-to-work scheme

If you’re ready to join the fight for mental health, visit our website to find out more and apply.  

Closing date: Wednesday 5 February 2025.

Posts may be subject to a relevant DBS check.

Solent Mind welcomes applications from all the communities in which we work. Appointments are made on merit.

Registered Charity No: 1081116. Registered with Limited Liability in England and Wales No: 4004500.

Title: Accessibility and Administrative Assistant

Salary: circa £22,000 to £30,000pa

Location: UK remote - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, when required (and potential international travel)

Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility

About the role

Sightsavers are currently seeking an Accessibility and Administrative Assistant. The first aspect of the role will be to support the Global Advocacy Manager - Social Inclusion, who is based in Ghana, to ensure that they can carry out their role effectively with the relevant reasonable adjustments and accessibility support in place.

As the second aspect of the role, you will establish and oversee a new administrative function within the Policy and Global Advocacy Directorate, by ensuring the Directorate operates smoothly on a day-to-day basis.

Key duties will include:

Accessibility Support

• Providing specialist accessibility support as a reasonable accommodation for the Global Advocacy Manager - Social Inclusion (GAM-SI). This includes:

1. Supporting the GAM-SI to ensure correspondence, meetings and conference calls are effectively managed.

1. Ensuring that, where requested, relevant documents are shared in accessible formats. Convert information from non-accessible electronic sources into accessible formats as needed.

1. Liaising with internal stakeholders as required, such as managing video recordings for speeches.
2. Working closely with the Senior Global Advocacy Advisor to ensure the efficient coordination and assignments of Sightsavers related tasks to the relevant internal stakeholders, primarily within PGA.

• Assisting with daily administrative tasks, including travel arrangements, managing annual leave and TOIL, logistics with third parties or visa applications and overseeing the expenses of the GAM-SI. 
• Travelling and accompany the GAM-SI on some work-related visits.

Administrative Support

• Managing the administration of the Directorate, which includes managing the new starter induction process, assisting with travel logistics as needed, setting up and maintaining a team calendar and coordinating the team's intranet pages.
• Organising and managing designated Directorate meetings. Ensure those team meetings are effectively run by coordinating content and capturing outputs and actions. This includes the regular online team meetings as well as the annual in-person Directorate meeting.
• Supporting key reporting processes including the monthly advocacy reporting cycle and other relevant reporting activities.
• Participating in internal PGA and organisational processes as appropriate. This includes developing an annual budget that aligns with the role's responsibilities.

As the successful candidate you will have experience of providing accessible support and possess experience working in an administrative role.

Further requirements include:

• Experience of ensuring accessibility in documents and other communication.

• Experience organising travel arrangements (although not making the bookings themselves, as we have a dedicated travel team).

• Experience supporting administrative processes, such as facilitating reporting processes.

• Experience of working across different cultures (desirable, not essential).

• Ability to travel internationally (although this is not mandatory).

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the for full details.

Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

Benefits

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit your CV via our recruitment portal, and answer the application questions. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW).

We anticipate that interviews will being during the week commencing 10 February 2025 and the evaluation process will include a written task and a two-stage oral interview process (with second stage interviews taking place during the week commencing 24 February 2025).

Closing date: 2 February 2025

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.

This is an exciting new role at a small charity, perfect for an ambitious person wanting to develop a fundraising career in international development and gain a strong understanding of different funding streams.

About Sand Dams Worldwide

Sand Dams Worldwide is an award-winning international development charity with a unique, compelling proposition: that millions of the world’s poorest people will transform their lives with sand dams – one of the most cost-effective methods of bringing clean water close to people’s homes in dryland areas.

About the role

You will support the fundraising team in maximising revenue from all income streams (including Individual Giving and Trusts & Foundations) by providing effective administration and research, helping to achieve fundraising targets.

You are highly organised, a confident communicator and enjoy creative writing. We are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do, has some experience in an administrative/fundraising environment, and most importantly, is willing to get stuck in and learn.

This is an especially exciting time to join SDW, as we look to scale up and expand our programmes supporting communities, farmers as well as wildlife throughout dryland areas of Africa.

Sand Dams Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting and treating employees fairly and without bias.

Central London (Hybrid working supported)

Contract type: Permanent, Full time (Part-time/flexible working considered)

Are you interested in working for a charity aiming to improve evidence for better health and social care in the UK? Are you a self-motivated and highly organised person? Do you enjoy developing effective working relationships within and across teams? If so, come and join the Research & Policy Team at the Nuffield Trust.

You will have prior experience in an administrative or team assistant role, possibly in a research/academic/health organisation. More importantly, you will have diary and logistical management skills, exceptional attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and strong interpersonal skills. You'll need to smoothly manage competing priorities with flexibility, diligence, and a friendly demeanour.

This role presents an exciting chance for someone with these relevant skills to immerse themselves in the realm of public policy and research. If you're eager to develop your skills and grow in a supportive and dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply.

You’ll spend your time:

• Supporting the team (including Directors/Deputy Directors and the CEO) with diary management, travel arrangements, accommodation, conference registrations, and expense claims.
• Organising and supporting relevant internal and external meetings, including a regular programme of lunch time learning sessions.
• Providing administrative support for research and policy project work, including proofreading, collating, data entry and maintaining electronic files as required.
• Working with other operational team members to provide general support across the Nuffield Trust.

We’d really like to meet you if you:

• Enjoy working flexibly and having the opportunity to carry out a wide range of tasks.
• Work calmly under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Demonstrate first-rate organisational skills and the ability to plan ahead and prioritise multiple tasks effectively in order to meet deadlines.
• Have strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office.

To learn more about the role, please download a copy of the Candidate Brief.

To apply, please go to The Nuffield Trust Recruitment site and complete the online application process before midnight on Thursday 13 February. 

Closing date: 23:59, Thursday 13 February 2025

Interview date: Tuesday 25 February 2025

Please note that the diversity monitoring questions are optional and will not be shared with the selection panel. The selection panel will only have access to your CV and your statement of suitability for the post.

Offers of employment will be conditional upon the receipt of two satisfactory references. Applicants must also have the right to work in the UK. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

The Nuffield Trust is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, pregnancy, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion/belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Reasonable travel expenses to attend an interview can be claimed.

Strictly no agencies.

Requirements

Experience

Required

• 2yr+ experience working an administrative role, ideally within a Higher Education institution

• Demonstrable experience of working with policies, processes and procedures, ideally within a Higher Education institution or similar environment

• Proficiency in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) systems

• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Microsoft Teams and incorporated operating software

• Demonstrable rigour in reporting and administrative coordination

Desirable

• Educated to degree level, or relevant qualification

Skills

Required

• Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal

• Understanding and experience of adhering to data privacy standards

• Attention to detail

• Organisational skills; planning skills; analytical skills; critical thinking skills

• Problem-solving skills

• Computer skills

• Multi-tasking abilities

• Integrity, honesty

Desirable

• Valid DBS

• Awareness of HE, OfS compliance and standards

Job Responsibilities

Course Development

Administrative support for the Academic Services and Senior Management teams. Administration and implementation of organisational policies, procedures and processes.

Student Development

Support the training department with the administrative, implementation and development of learning structures.

Practitioner Liaison & Management

Support the Director of Training to maintain and develop a cohort of high calibre practitioners and industry professionals, ensuring effective and appropriate contractual arrangements.

Course Management/Co-ordination

Support the Director of Training as part of the Training & Academic Services team to schedule, monitor and coordinate the variables of each course.

Administration Support Worker

Have you got outstanding administrative skills and experience, but also have the passion, commitment, and enthusiasm to support our clients.

Come and join us, putting your administration skills to good use by joining our Elmbridge Team in Walton on Thames. Help to provide an efficient and friendly housing and support service to people with support needs.

Salary - £24,300 pa + benefits
Location - Walton on Thames
Full time - 39 hrs per week

It is desirable that you have a full valid driving licence to use the manual pool vehicle. Successful candidates will be required to complete a Basic DBS check.

About the role

Our Elmbridge Team provide housing and support to over 60 clients with a variety of support. You will be based at our Hostel in Walton.

You will be supporting the team, monitoring clients rent accounts, completing simple health and safety checks of our properties, monitoring petty cash spends and compiling letters to name a few.

You don’t need to have experience of working in housing and support, this is a great opportunity to experience working in this sector.

Why work at Transform

Transform is a place where all colleagues are valued. We want to make sure colleagues have the flexibility they need to balance their personal lives and do well at work. We focus on outcomes and are open to different ways of working including flexible hours where possible.

Our benefits are great too and include:

• 28 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
• An additional 1 day (pro rata) per annum wellbeing day
• A defined contribution pension scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Interest-free staff loans
• Flexible working options
• The opportunity to buy or sell up to five days annual leave per holiday year
• Life assurance cover

Other things you need to know

At Transform we celebrate diversity and know that it is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive, so we want to hear from anyone who is great at what they do and who shares our values.

If you need any adjustments during the application or selection process so you can do your best, just let us know. We will be happy to help.

We review CVs as we receive them and interview as soon as we have applications that look like a good match, so apply as soon as you can to avoid missing out.

You may also have experience in the following: Administrative Support Worker, Administrator, Administration, Office Administrator, Office Assistant, Admin Assistant, Administrative Assistant, PA, Personal Assistant, EA, Executive Assistant, Business Support Assistant, Scheduler, Office Manager, etc.

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CSH are looking for a full time Administration and Finance Assistant to join our team.

• Home-based remote working with monthly travel to Oxford
• Full time: 37.5 hours per week (30 hours per week on request for the right candidate)
• Salary for full time hours: £25,500 per annum (plus contributory pension).
• 25 days of annual leave per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata if employed at 4 days per week)
• Permanent role
• Apply by 12 noon on 5 February 2025
• Expected online interview date: Tuesday 18 February 2025

About The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is a charity that supports healthcare staff, and the systems they work in to be more environmentally sustainable. Our Education team provides training in sustainable healthcare and planetary health for health professionals. Our Clinical Transformation Programme mainstreams environmental sustainability within clinical areas so that it is integral to the planning of health systems and the practice of healthcare professionals. Our Green Space for Health Programme works to realise the value of the NHS green estate for physical and mental health, supporting NHS sites to develop their green space for the benefit of patients, staff and communities, while improving biodiversity and combatting climate change.

About the role

We are looking for a detail-oriented Administration and Finance Assistant to join our team. You will work with the Chief Operating Officer to ensure payroll, invoicing and finance tasks are completed and with the wider team on administrative support.

Key Responsibilies:

Finance (estimated 60% of work hours)

• Working under the direction of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and external accounting team, and using the Xero finance system to;
  • Prepare, send, and chase invoices through co-ordinating with wider team members
  • Liaise with accountants & COO to ensure correct income allocation across department codes
  • Arrange refund and credit notes when needed
  • Order equipment for staff. Complete supplier details requests. Ensure costs are correctly allocated across the department codes on Xero
  • Pay expenses to staff
  • Reconcile Xero with bank account
  • Deal with external suppliers

Admin and operations (estimated 40% of work hours)

Ensuring the smooth running of CSH operations including:

• Setting up regular team meetings
• HR systems administration – Keeping track of staff holidays, sick leave. Updating and maintenance of staff details and HR folders
• Helping with recruitment admin including filing applications, sending replies and responding to queries
• Organising office days once a month- booking venues, catering and technical support
• Timely management of CSH general inbox and phoneline, ensuring there is holiday cover in place when needed
• General CSH administration; providing additional administration tasks for the CSH team as required
• Working with the COO and Directors to prioritise continuous improvement and ensure administrative processes are smooth across the organisation.
• Dealing with external suppliers e.g. IT support, software providers.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety standards is facilitated and prompted across CSH (e.g. Display Screen Equipment training)
• Administrative support to new starters
• Supporting offboarding of staff: calculating remaining annual leave, supporting leavers with handover, arranging leaving card and gifts, ensuring recovery of CSH assets; IT equipment, systems access and software etc.
• Supporting COO with EDI initiatives and actions (RACE report etc.)

We are looking for an organised individual who is confident with IT, quick to learn and who enjoys working as part of a team. Please read the full job specification. 

Location

The role may occasionally require travel within the UK. We encourage the use of sustainable travel wherever feasible. CSH is based in Oxford, UK. Staff are requested to attend team meeting days in person once a month. Travel costs for attending these meetings are reimbursed.

Closing date: 12 noon on 5 February 2025

SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, which exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. We are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.

We are now looking for a UK-based capable Fundraising Administration & Operations Officer to provide critical support to the Partnerships & Philanthropy and Programme Funding teams.

· Enable smooth operation of systems and processes

· Implement standard operating procedures

· Support high-value fundraising and programme teams to work efficiently and effectively.

· Coordinate diaries, travel, meetings (internal and external)

· Accurate and efficient data collection and reporting

· Oversee Salesforce CRM and manage programme pipelines

· Liaise with colleagues across SOS Children’s Villages UK, the global Federation and external partners

If you are a proactive, detail-oriented professional with experience in operations, systems or administrative roles – and a passion for support teams working to improve children’s lives – we want to hear from you!

To Apply

Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 11 February 2025 at 23:59 UK time. We reserve the right to close the application process early if a successful candidate is found.

Please note: The post-holder must be UK-based. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.

Service: Manchester CAPS Service               

Location: Blended Working Home and Newton Heath Sure Start Children’s Centre, Manchester

Hours: 14.8 hours per week – Working Patterns Negotiable

Salary: £22,771 - £24,206 FTE per annum (£9,108.40 - £9,682.40 per annum for part-time, 14.8 hours per week)

Contract type:  Permanent

At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community-based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and experienced Data and Admin Support Role to join team our CAPS Parenting Team. The CAPS team deliver Parenting Course across 30 Children’s Centre’s in Manchester per year. The role will be predominately inputting referrals onto Family Actions electronic system and supporting the Business Administrator in administrative tasks.

Data inputting can be on a working from home basis, however, there will be limited tasks that will require you to work in office at Newton Heath Sure Start Children’s Centre

Your impact

The admin and data tasks carried out in this role will play an integral part in the smooth running of the service by supporting the Business Administrator, Leadership Team and Parent Group Leaders.

Your skills   

We welcome applicants who: 

• Have achieved – Minimum 5 GCSEs at Grade A-C. Including Maths and English

And/or

• Have relevant experience in inputting data onto electronic systems , administration  skills and the ability to work as part of a busy team.

• Accurate Word Processing and typing skills.

• IT skills.   

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates and candidates with disabilities 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 and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.

What will we offer you?

We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. All roles in Family Action are open to a discussion about possible flexible working options, subject to business needs, and all new starters will have the right to make a flexible working request from day one of employment. We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we will invest in your professional development with on-going quality training and career development opportunities. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing service and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning and has the needs of children and families at its core. 

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. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Closing Date: Thursday 17th February 

Interview: Thursday 27th February

Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where appropriate to the role.

At Humanimal Trust we passionately believe that humans and animals should benefit from equal medical progress. Do you wish for a future where all patients matter whatever the species? As the Administartion and Finance manager you will enable the charity to operate in an organised, efficient and effective manner. This vital, varied and senior role in a small team involves a range of key functions, proactively supporting the CEO and Board of Trustees. It encompasses a range of business support functions, including book keeping, HR administration, coordination and monitoring of projects, office management, developement of policies and procedures, and will also hold the position of Company Secretary.

Position: Administration and Finance Manager

Accountable to: CEO

Responsible for: Administration Assistant

Location: Remote working, with occasional in person time.

Full time

Circa £40,000

Responsibilities:

• Provide executive support and guidance to the CEO and Chair of the Board of Trustees
• Ensure the Trusts records for the Charity Commission for England and Wales and for the Scottish Charity Regulator are always up to date and any changes in relevant law and guidance are communicated to the CEO and Board
• Manage dailyadministrative activities
• Take ownership of data entry, retrieval and database maintenance
• Liase and manage external providers. Contract negotiation
• Resonsible for Trusts book keeping and financial reporting
• Take accountability for invoices and expenses
• Liaise with payoll bureau to accurately process salaries
• Administer uto enrolment pension scheme
• Support the designated Data protection Officer by advising on obligations, monitoring compliance and training staff
• Contribute to and support the delivery of the strategic business plan
• Review policies, procedures,staff handbooks and the Governance Manual to an agreed rolling schedule
• Ensure appropriate infrastructure is in place and colleagues are trained in the use of CRM systems, and communications and engagement platforms

Closing date: 2nd March 2025

First Interview: w/c 10th March 2025

Title: Executive Assistant

Salary: £18,563 pro-rata (FTE £30,939)

Location: Activity-based/Hammersmith

Hours: 21 per week, including Tuesdays in the office

Contract Type: Permanent

These are exciting times for Women's Pioneer Housing. We are developing over 160 new homes for single women in West London, including brand new offices on our site at 227 Wood Lane.

Founded in 1920 by women and men who understood the challenges faced by women trying to secure affordable, safe and independent housing at the time. The need for safe, secure, affordable housing for single women is as great as ever. We remain committed to making a positive difference to women’s lives by providing high quality homes and services.

We have been creating new roles to support our growth, our people and continue our commitment to providing excellent customer services as we embark on this new, exciting chapter of service improvement. Working alongside the Corporate Services team and reporting directly to the CEO, the Executive Assistant will be the first point of contact for enquiries referred to the CEO and will provide an effective administrative support.

You will already be working in a customer-focused environment and will be able to balance priorities, resolve queries and manage a wide-ranging portfolio. You will have intermediate MS Office skills, particularly in Outlook, PowerPoint and Word. An ability to quickly grasp other software packages will be a distinct advantage. An understanding of social housing is preferred but not essential – a great attitude, ability to adapt and learn are important attributes - respect for our residents and a commitment to delivering a 1st class service is key to this role.

We are a small team and work together to deliver shared objectives. If you are passionate about bringing excellence, are a good team member and can demonstrate an interest in and commitment to our work, we would love to hear from you.

If you would like an initial discussion to find out more about this role, please contact Susan Bernard, Head of Corporate Services, or Tracey Downie - Chief Executive.

TO APPLY:

Please send three documents to our HR mailbox:

• Up-to-date CV
• Supporting Statement
• Diversity Monitoring Form

You may find more information about the role on our webiste.

Closing Date: 23:59 Sunday 9th February 2025

Interviews and assessment: Friday 21st February 2025