Administrative Officer.
Salary: £24,546.53 per annum pro rata.
Location: Omagh, Northern Ireland.
Contract: Permanent / Part Time, 28 hours per week.
Benefits:
- 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
- Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
- Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
- Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children’s lives.
A bit about the role
Action for Children's Floating Support service is based in Omagh with an outreach office in Enniskillen and covers the Omagh and Fermanagh areas.
The Floating Support Service is funded by Supporting People to provide assistance to young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and to young people Leaving Care aged 18-25. We develop individual, outcomes focused support plans with each young person to help them develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to live independently and to contribute positively to their community.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
- Providing full administrative support to the service team including, but not limited to reception duties, writing and collating reports, being health and safety contact, reporting and following up maintenance issues.
- Recording accurate information and retrieving data using our database.
- Working as part of a team yet having the ability to work on your own initiative as required.
- Being effective, intuitive, flexible, a problem solver and able to work to deadlines.
- Providing finance reports, raising invoices, and coordinating petty cash.
- Assisting with completing applications for funding etc.
- Processing invoices accurately and maintaining an effective system to manage these.
Let's talk about you
- Previous experience of working in an office NVQ 2 in Business administration or equivalent.
- Confident with figures and financial reports.
- Good working knowledge of and experience of working with Microsoft Office including Excel and Outlook.
- Strong attention to detail and a willingness to learn new processes and demonstrate good practice to others.
- A professional yet personable approach to give the best first impression.
- A flexible and organised approach, the ability to work to tight deadlines and be able to manage changing priorities at short notice.
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to communicate clearly at all levels by phone, email, and correspondence.
Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.
Contact
email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13387.
Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
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Closing Date
Sunday 26 July 2026. Interviews will be scheduled week commencing 10 August 2026.
Administrative Officer in Omagh employer: Action for Children
Action for Children is an exceptional employer dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment in Wirral. With flexible part-time hours, employees benefit from a strong emphasis on professional development and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and young people. Our collaborative culture encourages innovation and personal growth, making it a rewarding place to work for those passionate about emotional wellbeing.
