Administration Manager

Administration Manager

Job Title: Administration Manager

Salary: £27,914 per annum + £750 Home Working Allowance per annum + £4082 London Weighting per annum (if eligible)

Hours & Contract: 35 Hours per week – Permanent Contract

Location: Homebased East, North East or North London, or the borders of Essex or Hertfordshire with a requirement to travel for in person meetings at least once a month

As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees.

The TACT London & The East Administration Manager will be an integral member of the Management Team with operational responsibility for three highly dedicated and experienced administrative staff. Joining the team now will mean you will be integral to reviewing existing systems and processes and ensuring administrative tasks consistently facilitate activities for social work colleagues, carers, children and young people.

The Administration Manager will be experienced in leading a small team who work digitally using the Microsoft Office Suite while being fully home based. The Administration team undertake a wide range of admin tasks including crucial compliance processes, timely statutory reporting, regular minute taking, event organising, fostering panel administration, team wellbeing activities, and coordination of essential communications.

Working closely with the Area and Deputy Area Managers, the Administration Manager will role model Our Values with a collaborative approach to aid innovation while coordinating all admin activities including cover for gaps and absences. The ideal candidate will receive expert management support, wrap-around wellbeing services, and in-house management training and development opportunities. The Administration Manager will be responsible for identifying opportunities to improve services and contribute to the continuous development of a high functioning admin team essential for the growth of our social work and carer services across the TACT London & The East Area.

If you want to be valued as a professional and contribute to better outcomes for the children and young people connected with TACT, apply now.

Overall Duties of the Administration Manager will include:

1. Management, supervision and development of small team of admin staff
2. Participating in operational planning and management to ensure smooth running of all admin functions
3. Responsibility for processes and systems for contributing to financial planning, budgeting and reporting
4. Ensuring the administrative support for the foster care panel is efficiently and effectively provided
5. Responsibility for establishing and maintaining systems and processes to support statutory reporting and compliance
6. Coordination of all admin functions including event organising, minuting meetings, and other essential admin tasks for the smooth running of social work and carers services

TACT offers an excellent employee benefits package including:

1. 31 days paid holiday plus 8 annual bank holidays.
2. Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy).
3. Family friendly policies.
4. Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
5. Help at Hand Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions on serious diagnosis).
6. An hour a week of live, expert led activities through the Annual Employee wellbeing Programme.
7. Menopause Policy and free Menopause Clinician Appointments.
8. Stakeholder Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice).
9. Fantastic learning and development opportunities for all roles.

A Standard DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.

Closing Date: Midnight on Monday 7th October 2024

Interview Date: Tuesday 15th October 2024 (via Microsoft Teams)

Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies, nor the fees associated with them.