“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Administrative Officer
£20,077 – £23,291 Dependant On Experience

We are currently recruiting for an Administrative Officer. The purpose of the role is to provide high quality and efficient administrative support to the Youth Support Team and to provide professional and welcoming customer-facing services to young people, service users and partner organisations.

The Youth Support Team, work with approximately 6,000 young people in Gloucestershire. We target specific groups of young people who are the most at risk of not making a successful transition into adulthood. We also deliver statutory services, and operate across Gloucestershire through our youth support centres, schools, and with families and young people in their homes.

Our passionate and committed staff members are on the side of young people and their families. We work with all kinds of young people, no matter what their background and we aim to offer quick, responsive, and effective intervention. We work with the young people and their families to identify the best support for them within their own communities.

Essential:
You will have:
NVQ 3, or willingness to work towards, in Business Administration or willingness to work or an appropriate equivalent qualification

Experience of providing administrative support to a team and identifying priorities to meet the demands of a busy office

Demonstrable experience of successfully working to targets

Download the Job Description for full details.

Location:
Gloucester

Employee Benefits

As well as helping to make a positive difference to the lives of young people, as an employee of Shaw Trust you will have access to the following benefits:

25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday

2 days paid volunteering leave each year

An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months

Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate

Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes

Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network)

Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In our most recent colleague survey “86% of our colleagues say we demonstrate a true commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion”.

In addition;

We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.

We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.

Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: [email protected]

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.