Action for Children
Team Leader Administration
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Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive. We know that racism and discrimination create barriers, and we’re taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.
We strongly welcome applications from people who are Black, Asian, or from other racialised and ethnically marginalised communities, as well as disabled people, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.
Role: Team Leader Administration – Hackney Children’s Homes
Salary - £30,333.00 (pro rata) – inc. of London allowance £3333.00 per annum
Location: Hackney London - Hybrid working - a mixture of home working and time in the homes themselves (as required)
Contract/Hours: Permanent – 17.5 Hours per week – actual days and hours to be agreed with the successful candidate.
First stage interviews will be held on MS Teams with a second stage interview at the home(s).
Benefits:
- Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave (pro rata) and the option to buy or sell leave.
- Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake professional training for some roles.
- Flexible maternity, paternity, and adoption packages
- Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
- Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers
At Action for Children, we offer more than just a job. Join us and you’ll be part of a team dedicated to giving children safe and happy childhoods. See how your skills can make a real difference, helping solve the problems children and young people face every day.
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About the role:
We are looking for a Team Leader Administration who will be responsible for providing an effective, efficient administrative service, supporting two homes in the London Borough of Hackney
This person will play a pivotal role in ensuring the effective administration, compliance, performance monitoring, and operational coordination of two trauma-informed children's homes. They will provide high-level business support to the Registered Managers and senior leadership team, ensuring services remain inspection-ready, financially robust, fully compliant, and capable of delivering outstanding outcomes for children and young people.
What you do could make a difference:
- Workforce Administration including training, timesheets, payroll submissions, health, and safety.
- Regulatory Compliance for Ofsted Readiness.
- KPI and Performance Monitoring.
- Financial Management including forecasting, purchase order and invoice management and monitoring expenditure against budgets. You will report on financial performance.
- Management and guidance of one other administrator.
About You
Our job description for the Team Leader Administration outlines the requirements of the role but the must-haves are:
- Business Administration or Management S/NVQ Level 3, equivalent qualification, or demonstratable experience.
- Having excellent organisation and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion.
- Experience of budgeting, forecasting and income and expenditure monitoring
- The ability to analyse data and pull together concise reports.
- Strong skills in the Microsoft Suite including, Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook.
- Staff management experience.
- Oracle experience (desirable).
- You must be a confident professional who can provide robust challenge to managers, driving accountability and continuous improvement.
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Will you join us?
Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
If you require any support with the application process, please contact Sarah Manderfield at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13508.
Want to know more about Action for Children?
Find us on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/action-for-children/], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ActionforChildren] or YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/actionforchildren] to get to know us better.
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Action for Children Employee Benefits
AfC Commitment Statement
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