Service Administrator & Finance Officer

Job title:

Service Administrator & Finance Officer

Company

Barnardo’s

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge? Bay6, our Supported Housing Project for 16 – 24 year olds based in Leyland and our Lancashire Young Carers Service has an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to join our team as a Service Administrator & Finance Officer, on a full time permanent basis.Our young people say‘Bay6 is special in more than one way’‘It’s a step to a brighter future’‘Staff taught me to believe in myself’‘It’s like a second family to me’LocationBay6, 1 Dorothy Avenue, Leyland, PR25 2YAShift patternMonday to Friday 9am – 5pm or 8am – 6pmObjectives of ServicesBay6 provides a safe environment to offer holistic approach to young people to enable them to gain and develop the skills needed to live independently through one to one support and group work. Our Lancashire Young Carers Service supports young carers on a one to one basis to reduce the impact of their caring role. As the Service Administrator & Finance Officer, you will support with the day to day running of these services.Some of the Key Responsibilities include:

• Front facing/reception duties with a friendly can-do attitude.
• Monitoring income and expenditure against original budget and revised forecasts.
• Managing rent accounts, liaising with local authorities, ensuring receipt of housing benefits etc
• Processing invoices/purchase orders
• To support the Service Manager and wider team with the annual health & safety audit and ensuring there are appropriate risk assessments in place.
• Managing VOIDS and repairs
• General administration duties to support the day to day running of the service

Essential Requirements to evidence in your written application:

• Experience of preparing and managing budgets and financial/statistical information for internal and external reporting requirements.
• Experience of day-to-day cash handling and maintaining accurate petty cash records.
• Ability to manage workload appropriately, demonstrating efficiency and reliability in meeting deadlines.
• Extensive administrative experience
• Experience of supervising staff.

You will receive support, guidance and training from our friendly finance and management team!Our Mission statement‘To provide a safe, friendly and appropriate environment where young people are supported, enabled and empowered to prepare for independent living’For more information about the role, please contact Jenny Ashcroft – [email protected]When completing your application please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience you have in relation to the Person Specification & Job Description.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 FrameworkWe 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 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo’s as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.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 progression 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.BenefitsWorkplace Offer: What it means for youThe world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. 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, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• 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.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• 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
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo’s stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo’s Learning and Development offer

*T&C’s apply based on contractAbout Barnardo’sAt Barnardo’s we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

Expected salary

£24960 – 28080 per year

Location

Leyland, Lancashire

Job date

Sun, 05 May 2024 04:15:01 GMT

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