Administrator (Service & Finance) (12472)

Barnardo's Northern Lights is a beautiful home on the outskirts of Inverness providing a safe, warm and supportive environment for up to five young people who have had adverse childhood experiences.

We are looking for an organised, committed and skilled Administrator to join our team across the Highland area, the base will be Northern Lights, although flexibility hybrid working can also be agreed.

The service seeks to improve the lives of these young people through the use of a rights based, trauma informed approach. Staff seek to enrich the lives of young people placed with us through support and activities aimed at raising self-esteem, promoting mastery and enabling the young people to have childhood experiences in line with their age and stage of development. The service also works alongside the Local Authority in promoting education.

The Service Administrator's main tasks will be:

• Supporting the service manager with budget monitoring
• Inputting information such as absences and timesheets
• Completing H&S returns and a GDPR audit to evidence compliance with requirements
• Maintaining a petty cash account & processing Invoices
• Administrative support to Managers and residential staff

We are looking for an administrator who can demonstrate good organisational skills, attention to detail, numeracy and literacy skills and an ability to work with Microsoft office programs such as Excel, Word and outlook, a good understanding of finances is essential to be successful in this role.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

• Service Administrator - Job Description & Person Profile (3).pdf (86.74 KB)
• Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Updated Version July 2021.pdf (101.44 KB)
• Work from Anywhere Framework - March 2022.pdf (74.96 KB)
• Our basis and values

Barnardo's offers a hybrid working model covered under our `Work from Anywhere' Framework, therefore vacancies advertised with this as an opportunity are open for applicants to either work from home or any location within the UK, including Barnardo's Hub/Office that is a reasonable distance from your home address.

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.

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.