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Temporary role ending on 31 March 2027
Senior Project Administrator position
Based in Sheffield city centre office, 50% of working hours
Temporary to 31 March 2027, Full Time
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Administrator to join our team. You will be providing administrative support across a range of projects within the IT Team and be pivotal in assisting with our merger and integration activities with our parent company.
We are a forward thinking, values driven housing association, and this role is based in our Sheffield city centre office for 50% of your working hours.
- Working hours – 37 hours, Monday to Friday, Hybrid 50/50
- Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata.
- Excellent flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time, and Job Share.
- Excellent benefits including:
- SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on health eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
- Westfield Health (employer paid)
- Counselling
- Discounted Gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you.
As our Senior Project Administrator, you’ll play an important role in supporting the successful delivery of technology projects across our IT team. You’ll help keep projects organised, well documented and moving forward by coordinating meetings, maintaining project records, tracking actions and supporting clear communication between colleagues, suppliers and business stakeholders.
This is a varied and collaborative role where strong organisation, attention to detail and proactive communication will make a real difference.
Who you are:
You’re an organised, proactive and detail-focused administrator who enjoys helping projects run smoothly. Confident using Microsoft Office, you’re comfortable maintaining accurate records, coordinating meetings, tracking actions and deadlines, and supporting clear communication across teams.
You’ll be a strong communicator who can build positive working relationships with colleagues, project teams, suppliers and stakeholders. You ask the right questions, follow things through, and know when to highlight risks, issues or delays so they can be addressed early.
Most importantly, you’ll bring a positive, flexible and collaborative approach, taking pride in producing high-quality work and supporting a team.
Who we are:
At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.
Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.
Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
At SYHA, we value the incredible contribution and talent that people with disabilities can and do bring to our workplace and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitments, we will ensure that disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
To be considered under the scheme, disabled applicants must disclose their disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) on the Equal Opportunities section of the job application.
SYHA does not hold a sponsorship license and are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
For an Informal Discussion Contact: Katie Crookes – IT Solutions Delivery Manager, k.crookes@syha.co.uk
Interview Date: 12 th October 2026
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