Administrative Officer

Our Northern Ireland Regional Fostering Service provides a high quality service for a wide range of children and young people aged 0-18 years.

The service offers a range of placements including short and long-term placements, solo placements, and sibling group placements, including placements for disabled children and those presenting with multiple needs and challenging behaviour.

As an Administrative Officer you’ll be based in our Belfast office to support the staff team and service users.

This role is offered on a part-time basis, working 4 days a week. Although there can be some flexibility regarding which days you work on, 3 days will be spent working for the Northern Ireland Regional Fostering Service and 1 will be focussed on finance for the Northern Ireland Hub.

How will you make a difference?

By answering the telephone and meeting and greeting visitors to the service office

By updating and maintaining accurate digital records

By carrying out all general administrative and office duties for the service

By assisting the social workers prepare for their panel meetings and providing them with the documents and information they require

By processing invoices and assisting in credit control

What will you need?

GCSE A-C in English, Maths and IT

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel

The ability to work to deadlines and multi-task

Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, organisation and time management skills

The ability to work as part of a team but also to use your own initiative

A good telephone manner and a head for figures

The ability to remain calm under pressure

What are the rewards?

• Minimum 29 days' holiday (pro rata)
• Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages
• Season ticket travel loans
• Company pension scheme
• Discounts at major high street retailers.

Plus, there's a lot more besides.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to vulnerable children's lives and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity.

Action for Children is committed to safer recruitment practices, designed to protect the welfare of the children and young people using our services.

If you meet all the criteria and would like to proceed with your application, you'll be redirected to an application form on our website which should only take around 5 minutes to complete. Please have your CV handy to upload. As this job involves working around children, there are some specific questions we need to ask you as part of your application process. Thanks for taking the time to apply and we wish you the best of luck!

Apply now!

Please note: This is a 2-stage interview process with an aptitude test at the service on Tuesday, 5th November and, if you are successful in that, an interview on Tuesday 12th November 2019.