Service Administrator

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Service Administrator Are you interested in using your administration skills to support teams that work with children and young people? The Mental Health Support Teams ( MHSTs) in the West locality team in North Cumbria are recruiting a Service administrator for 30 hours a week due to the growth of the teams. The teams work in schools offering low intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to children and young people as part of an NHS contract. You will be working with the teams that cover Egremont, Whitehaven, Workington, Maryport, Cockermouth and Keswick. It is expected that you will be able to work from the service bases in Workington and Cockermouth on a weekly basis and the role will involve attending regular meetings in Carlisle. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating delivery of all administrative/ data functions across the service and ensuring that consistent processes are in place for finance, data and health & safety in line with contractual and Barnardo's requirements. You will implement new, and revise existing, systems for financial and data management across the service as required and prepare financial information dealing with, and checking income and expenditure, including payroll. Reporting to the Children's Services Manager you will support with designated work in terms of planning, development, projects, and business support tasks across the localities. The post holder will be required to compile reports as required for presentation both internally and externally and support and work with the Regional Finance Team, Health and Safety Officer to ensure that all compliance requirements and targets are met/exceeded. There will also be Line management responsibilities as designated and you will work with, and provide support to, the Children's Services Manager to ensure all compliance requirements are met It is essential that you have: Excellent literacy and numeracy skills at a level that enables you to perform difficult calculations and produce reports Substantial experience of using IT packages particularly MS applications Experience of Health and Safety and premises/facilities management Experience of financial administration You must be: Able to work independently without direct supervision, demonstrating initiative when required. Able to delegate work effectively if applicable. Able to maintain strict confidentiality and work within data protection guidelines. Able to work effectively as a member of a team. Able to work in a thorough and systematic way, paying attention to detail. Able to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders. Able to prioritise own workload and meet tight deadlines. Experience of formally line managing staff is advantageous, as this role will include directly line managing staff.

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