Please note that this is a job share position
Working hours: 16 hours per week, Wednesday to Friday, with flexibility to work across two or three consecutive days
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Portsmouth Homeless Family Service is based across three residential Lifehouses, accommodating a total of 45 homeless, vulnerable families (which included couples, single parents and pregnant mothers) with support needs. We also support 32 families living in Local Authority Sublet tenancies and a further 14 families living in other housing.
Key Responsibilities:
The role of Administrator with The Salvation Army is an inspirational one and key to achieving successful outcomes for the service. As a motivated and dynamic Administrator, you will be responsible for assisting with delivering a high-quality programme of support which promotes client choice and control.
You will complete day to day activities including handling rent payments, managing compliance, stock checks and ordering and reception duties to support the successful operation of the Lifehouse.
The successful candidate(s) will be able to demonstrate:
1. Significant experience of providing administration support and managing your own time effectively
2. Great communication skills, with the ability to develop good working relationships
3. Excellent working knowledge and experience of using Microsoft Excel and Word, and a willingness to learn our in-house systems
4. An excellent level of English - both spoken and written - and numeracy at GCSE level or equivalent
5. The ability to work within The Salvation Army’s Christian ethos and key values: integrity; accountability; compassion; passion; boldness and respect
6. Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise, organise and manage your own workload to meet objectives
We expect you to exhibit behaviours that model our values ofintegrity; mutual accountability; compassion; passion; respect and boldness