Project Administrator

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A FULL TIME OFFICE BASED POST. THERE IS NO HYBRID WORKING OPPORTUNITY IN THIS ROLEEarly Help Service Administrator will work within 2 services: Autism: Delivery of the Autism programme to parent/ carers and children & young people to enhance skills and abilities.Yardley & Hodge Hill: The aim of the provision is to build capacity within local communities to ensure that children, young people and families have access to the right support at the right time before issues and concerns escalate.The RoleLove bringing order to chaos? Spot inefficiencies and fix them? We're looking for an experienced, proactive administrator who will: Streamline systems and save timeKeep records sharp, accurate, and meaningfulDrive improvements, not just maintain the status quoBe a key voice in how the service growsYou won't just support the teamyou'll help shape it.Job Purpose and key responsibilities: Accurately input and maintain a large amount of service user data across systems and trackers, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and data integrity.Process a large amount incoming referrals received from across Birmingham from multiple sources, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records across systems, and following up on any missing or unclear data as required.Update systems and trackers promptly to reflect closures, status changes, and progress notes.Run reports and collate data to support quarterly contract monitoring and performance reporting. Ability to analyse data and provide more effective ways of working.Provide flexible staff support, assisting with day-to-day operational tasks and sharing information as required.Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information along with initiating and maintaining office systems.Able to work on their own initiative to resolve issuesMonitoring and Quality of Service:Act appropriately and within policy & procedure with any representation or complaints, from any source, in a fully compliant and professional manner to ensure that concerns are addressed, resolved, and documented in line with relevant Children's Services PoliciesSafeguarding ensuring active engagement is maintained in the interests of the child at all levels and that all issues are dealt with comprehensively and compliantly to Barnardo's policy and procedures.Apply a culture of safe and effective practiceAttending team meetings, actively preparing, and contributing to supervision with line manager and being able to reflect on practice and learning.Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possiblePay & Reward Framework We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's? values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our? People & Culture ?Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.Workplace Offer: What it means for you Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rataThe ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave schemeA host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave optionsService related sick pay from day 1Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contributionDeath in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal PensionCycle2work schemeInterest free season ticket loansDiscounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal20% discount at Barnardo's storesOpportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etcFree access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and supportAccess to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer*T&C's apply based on contractTPBN1_UKTJ