Birmingham Forward Steps is a pioneering health and wellbeing initiative for all Birmingham children aged 0-5 and their families.  The new service has been designed to bring together the current health visiting service and children's centres, so that families can access the help they need from pregnancy until their child starts school.

Working in partnership with Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust, Barnardo's manages several Children's Centres within Birmingham district's and we are looking to recruit a full time (36.25 hours per week) Service Administrator to work across our Ladywood and Edgbaston districts.   You will be numerate, accurate, methodical and analytical and able to manage the workload appropriately, demonstrating efficiency and reliability, including meeting deadlines.

It is essential that you have the following:

Education/Knowledge

• Well-developed numeracy and literacy skills at a level which will enable post holder to perform moderately difficult calculations and produce reports.
• Proven substantial office experience.
• Proven substantial experience of using IT packages including word processing, spread sheets, databases, Windows applications.
• Experience of premises/facilities management.
• Experience of dealing with members of the public and other agencies.

Experience of line managing staff is advantageous as you will be required to undertake formal supervision for up to 8 direct reports.

This role involves travelling between our Children's Centres on a daily basis in and around Birmingham, so you must be able to travel independently and be flexible and adaptable in relation to your working hours and location.

For an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Linzi Harris, Resources Manager on (0121) 550 5271 quoting the job reference number.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Description. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.