Administration Officer

The Administration function provides high-quality, proactive administrative support across the organisation. Working as part of a small team, the Administration Officer roles ensures efficient coordination, accurate record-keeping, and timely administrative processes that enable departments to operate effectively and collaboratively. The role is designed to be flexible and responsive, supporting multiple teams at any one time and contributing to a resilient centralised administration model.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide proactive administrative support to multiple allocated teams, ensuring effective coordination, organisation, and timely delivery of activities.
• Coordinate diaries, meetings, and events, including preparing agendas, circulating papers, and recording actions and notes as required.
• Act as a professional first point of contact for internal and external administrative enquiries, managing communication efficiently and escalating where appropriate.
• Prepare, collate, and quality-check papers, reports, and presentations for internal meetings, senior leadership and Association forums.
• Maintain accurate and secure records and filing systems in line with organisational policies, data protection, and information governance requirements.
• Use organisational systems effectively and support departmental compliance with internal policies, controls, and procedures.
• Work collaboratively within the Central Administration team to provide cover, balance workloads, and support wider organisational priorities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of administrative processes and ways of working across the or Foundation.

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