Fareham, Hampshire
Circa £23,000 - Per annum
37Hours -Full-Time - Fixed term contract until 1st March 2022 (Would consider Part-time )

Making sure everything we do runs smoothly.

The role
Fostering South support children across Hampshire, London and Kent providing long term, short term, therapeutic and parent and child fostering homes to children aged 0-18. These provisions offers those who have experienced significant trauma in their lives an opportunity to overcome adversity and have the chance to form stable and secure relationships with their foster parents.

As a Team leader administrator your role is to Lead and manage a team of administrative staff across the cluster to deliver high quality and customer focused support services.

This role can be undertaken remotely and would therefore invite applications from those outside the immediate areas the service covers.

You will make a difference by:

- Work closely with the senior management team to support the preparation of briefing papers (including referring to and interpreting statistical data), reports, communications and presentations.

- Manage the delivery of a range of administrative services i.e. front desk services, meetings management, maintenance of information and database systems.

- Work with senior management to monitor contract performance to report on outcomes achieved against performance criteria, preparing reports to highlight achievements and variances.

- You will ensure the highest standards of service provision, compliance and support through effective professional management of Business Support Officer 1 & 2's across the South region.

You will need:

- Business Administration or Management S/NVQ Level 3, equivalent qualification or experience preferred but not essential

- Experience Of local financial and budgetary management, including tracking of income and expenditure, budget variations and under\overspend.

- Proven track record in the use of relevant specialist IT packages to produce reports and presentations.

- Experience of setting and achieving deadlines and highlighting issues of risk.

- Effective written communication skills to assist with the preparation of Departmental reports for members of the management team.

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

For more information, please contact Machaela Huggins on 07776 659 803 or email

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.