Administrative Officer

Omagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

1/7/2025

Job Description

Salary: £23,151.50 per annum, pro rata which equates to £18,521

Location: Omagh

Contract/Hours: Permanent, part time (working 28 hours a week) – ideally 4 full days but can be flexible

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.
  
  

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 687,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

About The Service

Action for Children's Floating Support service is based in Omagh with an outreach office in Enniskillen and covers the Omagh and Fermanagh areas.

The Floating Support Service is funded by Supporting People to provide assistance to young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and to young people Leaving Care aged 18-25. We develop individual, outcomes focused support plans with each young person to help them develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to live independently and to contribute positively to their community.

How You'll Help To Create Brighter Futures

Some key responsibilities for the role of Administrative officer are:

• Providing full administrative support to the service team including, but not limited to,: reception duties, writing and collating reports, being health and safety contact, reporting and following up maintenance issues.
• Recording accurate information and retrieving data using our database. 
• Working as part of a team yet having the ability to work on your own initiative as required. 
• Being effective, intuitive, flexible, a problem solver and able to work to deadlines. 
• Providing finance reports, raising invoices and coordinating petty cash.
• Assisting with completing applications for funding etc.
• Processing invoices accurately and maintaining an effective system to manage these.
  
  

Let's Talk About You

• Previous experience of working in an office NVQ 2 in Business administration or equivalent. 
• Confident with figures and financial reports.
• Good working knowledge of and experience of working with Microsoft Office including Excel and Outlook. 
• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to learn new processes and demonstrate good practice to others.
• A professional yet personable approach to give the best first impression
• A flexible and organised approach, the ability to work to tight deadlines and be able to manage changing priorities at short notice.
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to communicate clearly at all levels by phone, email, and correspondence. 
  
  

Contact: Emma Goodwin on 01923 361725 or email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 10645.

Please note: Interviews are planned to be held in Omagh in the week commencing 27 th January 2025.

Good to know 

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Talent Pool

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Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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Job Description

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Action for Children Northern Ireland Booklet