Children's Centre Administration Assistant

We are looking for a Children’s Centre Administration Assistant to join our team at a time of exciting and positive change.

As Children’s Centre Administration Assistant for Achieving for Children, you will be responsible for

• Supporting the smooth running of all of the centre sites, including outreach venues, and to assist the wider centre teams with day to day organisational and administrative duties.
• You will be working as an integral part of the children’s centre team. You will need to greet and receive centre members of the public and professionals entering the Children’s Centres and will need to assist in ensuring that centre users registrations and activity records are up to date and accurate. The role also involves undertaking a variety of general administrative duties as directed.
• You will have good organisational skills and be able to work flexibly to adapt to busy and changing circumstances.
• You will need to work well as part of a team and maintain a polite and professional manner at all times.
• You will need to manage your own workload, with support from the Administration Officer.

Working for Achieving for Children, you will have the opportunity to operate at the cutting edge of children’s services delivery. We are an award-winning social enterprise created by Kingston and Richmond Councils in 2014, and responsible for delivering the entirety of both boroughs’ children’s services.

We have been up and running for three years, and in that time we have established a reputation as one of the leading children’s services providers in the country. We are one of the Department for Education’s eight ‘Partners in Practice’, tasked with leading improvement across the sector.

To be Children’s Centre Administration Assistant for AfC, you will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people. In return, we will offer you high quality support and development opportunities.

Benefit of working for Achieving for Children:
As a social enterprise owned by two local authorities, we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. We offer a range of excellent staff benefits, including generous annual leave entitlements, cycle to work scheme, annual season ticket loan, childcare vouchers, and discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres and much more.
The successful candidate will have access to;
• Excellent learning and development opportunities and schemes of support
• A competitive and desirable retention package (to include a generous local government pension scheme)
• Retention of continuous service benefits, for those moving from a local government post
• A clear progression path when key qualification milestones are reached
• Tools and models to support practice, including Signs of Safety
• Reflective supervision from an experienced management team
You will find out more about our organisation at https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/

Before applying please refer to the role profile and ensure you meet the essential criteria. You will then need to complete the online application, adding a supporting statement addressing how you meet the criteria outlined on the role profile.

Achieving for Children is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All candidates will be required to undertake a Criminal Record Check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. However, should you not declare an offence that is subsequently revealed, e.g. through the DBS check, then this may place your appointment in jeopardy.

Job profile.

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