Service Administrator Maternity Cover (23002)
Rugby District Children \& Family Centre's are a friendly welcoming service who work together withour 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
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* *values**. 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 in April 2023\. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our* *People \& Culture* *Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.*
*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 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.*
BenefitsWorkplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)
- 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.
- Annual Leave entitlement for full\-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave 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
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti\-racist organisation with Anti\-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT\+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
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Discounts at 100's of retailers
Employee suggestion scheme
Company pension
Employee Assistance Programme
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