Administrative Officer Salary: £23,151.50 per annum (£13,890 per annum pro-rata) Location: Templeton, Pembrokeshire Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time - 21 hours per week Benefits: 29 days annual leave (pro-rata) PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts. Vulnerable children in the UK need your help Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK. Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive. Why Action for Children? Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives. About the role Based at our Ty Hydref service in Templeton, you'll also be providing administrative support to our other services across West Wales who enrich the lives of the children and young people that we work with on a daily basis. This will be a varied role in which you'll need to provide an effective, efficient administrative service which would suit an experienced Administrative professional who wants to make a difference to the lives of children and families across Wales. How you'll help to create brighter futures Providing a high-quality range of administrative services across the departments. Being effective, intuitive, flexible and able to work to deadlines. Having a willingness to learn with strong attention to detail and adhere to best practises. Providing excellent customer service and being a good communicator. Having a sensitive approach to the work that we undertake. Working as a team but with the ability to work on your own initiative. Let's talk about you Experience of a similar administrative role with excellent communication skills is essential. Strong IT Skills and experience of using various IT systems including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. To be a confident communicator and able to converse with senior professionals from a variety of backgrounds. The ability to take minutes at meetings. Good prioritisation and time management ensuring deadlines are met, whilst maintaining the ability to handle sensitive data. To be proactive with a 'can-do' attitude. Good to know Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role As a non-profit organization, we are committed to the recent update from the Welsh Government in relation to 'eliminating private profit from the care of children looked after '. "80% of care homes in Wales are run by the private sector. Our aim is to ensure that public money invested in the care of children looked after does not profit individuals or corporate entities, but is wholly spent on children's services to deliver better experiences and outcomes for children and young people, supporting service development and improvement and further professional development for staff." By 2027, they aim to have the care of children who are looked after in Wales, to be provided by the public Sector and charitable or non-profile organisations. For more information, please visit their website https://www.gov.wales/removing-profit-care-looked-after-children. Contact: Contact: Scott Jones via email at quoting reference 10677 Diversity, equality and inclusion At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family. Want to know more about Action for Children? Find us on X, Linkedin, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.