Join Us as an Administration and Finance Officer (AFO)
The Admin & Finance Officer is a core part of the ETS team, keeping everything moving behind the scenes. It's a busy, fast‑paced job where you'll handle financial reports, process claims, track income, keep records up to scratch for multiple funders, and support managers with budget updates. If you're organised, good with detail, and able to juggle deadlines, you'll thrive here.
What You'll Do
1. Keep daily finance and admin tasks running smoothly.
2. Prepare financial reports, process claims, and maintain accurate records.
3. Support managers with budgets and audit ready information.
4. Maintain admin systems, produce stats, and handle general office duties.
5. Liaise with funders and partners to meet deadlines and compliance requirements.
6. Help the team stay on track with GDPR, audit, and health & safety standards.
What We're Looking For
7. Strong admin and finance experience with great attention to detail.
8. Someone organised who can manage a busy workload and tight deadlines.
9. Confident communicator with solid IT skills.
10. A team player who can also work independently and use initiative.
11. Desirable: Experience in employability services, SQA systems, or Barnardo's (or similar) databases.
Why join us?
Barnardo's Works Highland is all about giving young people the tools, confidence, and opportunities to succeed. From construction academies to industry access and wellbeing support, you'll be part of a team that changes lives every day.
Sound like you?
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.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
12. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
13. Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
14. The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
15. A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
16. Service related sick pay from day 1
17. Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
18. Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
19. Cycle2work scheme
20. Interest free season ticket loans
21. Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
22. 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
23. Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
24. Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
25. Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
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