At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the administration for Family and Friends and Kinship Services, ensuring smooth operations.
- Company: Join Bolton's welcoming organisation dedicated to improving community outcomes.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, generous leave, exclusive discounts, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Be part of a committed team with strong ambitions for the borough.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while developing your administrative skills.
- Qualifications: NVQ Administration Level 3 or equivalent experience required.
The predicted salary is between 25989 - 28142 £ per year.
Grade D scp 6 £25,989 to scp 11 £28,142 pay award pending
Contract: permanent
Essential qualification: NVQ Administration Level 3 or equivalent or proven experience of working in an administrative role
Interview date: TBC
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Administrator to join the ‘Bolton Family’ and be a part of our administration team supporting the Family and Friends and Kinship Service. The service supports every aspect of the in-house foster carer process and kinship carers from marketing and recruitment events to promote fostering in Bolton to the annual family event to celebrate the hard work of foster carers. Foster carers provide children with a safe place to stay and ensure they are supported to achieve better outcomes, and they have every chance to succeed, be safe and be happy. You will join a committed team who are proud of the service they deliver to help children, young people and families achieve their potential.
The lead administrator is key to ensuring the smooth running of services and the role is exciting and varied. Duties include (but are not limited to):
- Assisting with pre and post fostering panel arrangements
- Collating reports for Panels
- Taking comprehensive minutes of panel meetings, so accurate and efficient minute taking experience is essential
- Ordering goods and dealing with Petty Cash requests
- Updating and uploading documents to the Children’s Liquid Logic database
- Keeping trackers updated
You will work closely with the other Lead Administrators in the team to support services and training will be given to support the successful candidate in fulfilling the role.
About You
You will demonstrate effective communication skills in order to present information both verbally and in writing. You will have the ability to work as part of a team and under your own supervision. You should be able to demonstrate effective organisational skills, with the ability to plan, develop and prioritise your work. You must possess accurate literacy skills to ensure correct information is collated and processed and have good systems skills.
Experience of using a range of computer software packages to produce accurate, well-presented documents is essential, as is a demonstrable ability to handle cash and be able to record and monitor payments in line with financial procedures. You will have experience of taking comprehensive minutes at conferences or multi-agency meetings.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough. Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us. Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
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