Charity Administrator - 9 month FTC in Swindon

Swindon Full-Time No working from home possible

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We are seeking an experienced Administrator to join our team. You will help the team to grow by taking on our existing administration tasks, support our Events Executive and find team volunteering opportunities with local charities.

The Openwork Foundation has just had a record year, raising over £1m for local charities and this year we will do even more. This role will help create the space for us to put in new technology to help us be more efficient and help us deliver more events and volunteering to our people across the Openwork Partnership.

Please note, this is a hybrid role based 3 days a week in our Swindon office.

Benefits:

Salary - £26,000 pro-rata
Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 7.5%
Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
Critical illness cover
Income protection - 1x salary
Death in service - 4x salary
27 days holiday + bank holidays (pro-rata), with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
Up to 3 working days per year of paid time to participate in volunteering activities
A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Key accountabilities:

Take over existing administration and reporting tasks for income, spending and record keeping, mostly using Excel.
Work with the Foundation Executive to improve the information we record about the people who support our charity.
Support our fundraising events by recording ticket sales, bookings and remotely helping with events logistics.
Talk with local charities around Swindon to find volunteering opportunities for teams from our offices. Help with the event set
up, booking and being a successful day.
Support the team with other administrative tasks.

What will you need to succeed?

Previous experience in an administrative role (charity, events, or office-based is preferred).
Knowledge of the charity sector / internal payment processes is a bonus, but not essential.
Confident using Excel and Microsoft Office tools.
Strong collaboration and people-skills to be able to work with charities and community organisations.
Highly organised with very good attention to detail.
Open, approachable and supportive way of working.

Why us?

At The Openwork Partnership, we're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential. We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.