Birmingham Forward Steps is a citywide service delivered collaboratively by Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust working alongside Barnardo's, and other voluntary organisations, operated across 10 districts for children and their parents/ carers from shortly before birth up to the age of five. The service, commissioned by is designed to provide all families of pre-school children with accessible, community-based services in their own homes, GP surgeries, children's centres and a number of other community venues such as places of worship or libraries, with extra help available to those that need it.
We are seeking to recruit a full time - 36.25 hours per week – Business Support Team Leader/Admin Manager for our Fox Hollies Children's Centre/Yardley Family Hub in Birmingham. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS OFFICE BASED. IT IS NOT A HYBRID/HOME BASED POSITION.
It is essential that you have:
Education/Knowledge
* Well-developed numeracy and literacy skills at a level which will enable post holder to perform moderately difficult calculations and produce reports.
Experience
* Proven substantial office experience.
* Proven substantial experience of using IT packages including word processing, spread sheets, databases, Windows applications.
* Experience of premises/facilities management.
* Experience of dealing with members of the public and other agencies.
Main duties & responsibilities include:
* Undertaking daily, weekly and monthly health and safety checks
* Required to be a certified First Aider and Fire Marshall
* Taking minutes at line group meetings and at other meetings as required
* Effective supervision and line management of a team of administrators
* To provide support to the Children's Services Manager and management team
* Overseeing in house financial administration
You must be:
* Able to work independently without direct supervision, demonstrating initiative when required.
* Able to delegate work effectively if applicable.
* Able to maintain strict confidentiality and work within data protection guidelines.
* Able to work effectively as a member of a team.
* Able to work in a thorough and systematic way, paying attention to detail.
* Able to communicate effectively with staff, young people and visitors.
* Able to prioritise own workload and meet tight deadlines.
Experience of formally line managing staff is advantageous, as this role will include directly line managing several staff.
This role will require you to travel independently across the District therefore you must be flexible and adaptable, particularly in relation to working hours and location.
Should you require any further information regarding this role, please email Charlotte Spall, Recruiting Manager: charlotte.spall@barnardos.org.uk
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
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