Administration Officer - Part-Time

Tact Fostering; Liverpool City Region; Remote; GBP 13,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

Join Tact Fostering as a part-time Administration Officer, providing vital administrative support to foster care training, communications, and record management. This role offers flexible working arrangements and an excellent employee benefits package, including a homeworking allowance and wellbeing initiatives. Applicants should be within reasonable travel distance of the Merseyside / Wirral area.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Help@Hand Employee Assistance Programme

Fantastic learning and development opportunities

Homeworking bundle including IT equipment

Qualifications

• Required to manage local authority paperwork and communications efficiently.
• Must have access to Microsoft Word and Excel for interview exercise.
• Standard DBS clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Record and monitor information using Excel and an in-house database.
• Administrate and record foster care training.
• Monitor and respond to emails using Outlook.

Skills

Excel

Word

Communication

Job description

£13,759 per annum + £450 per annum homeworking allowance

Job Title: Administration Officer (Part-Time)

Salary: £13,759 per annum + £450 per annum homeworking allowance

Contract:Permanent Role

Location: Homebased in the Merseyside / Wirral area

As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees so they can give an excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.

As a foster care charity, TACTinvests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and childdevelopment.This means that we have been able to investin uniqueprojects likeTACT Connect , our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care-experienced young people and adults, as well as our expandingEducation and Health services.All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma-informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.

In 2024, TACT became one of the top 5 charities to work for in the UK, placing 5th intheUK Best Companies Work For survey results , and a top 25 mid-sized company to work with across the whole of the UK. 97% of our people feel proud to work with TACT and think that TACT cares about their wellbeing, while 92% of our people would say they “ love working for TACT”.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the North West team as a part-time Administration Officer.

Overall Duties of the Administration Officer will include:

• Using Excel, Word, and an in-house database to record and monitor information
• Administrate, arrange, and record foster care training
• Monitor and respond to emails using Outlook
• Request and chase Local Authority paperwork.
• Take panel/team minutes as requested by the line manager
• Manage daily post using the virtual systems in place
• Respond to telephone calls and allocate these to staff as appropriate.
• Carry out any other task that the Admin Manager, Area Manager, or any other Social Workerrequires.

TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:

• Progression to salary target rate upon completion of 18 months’ service.
• 45p per mile for business travel.
• Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy).
• Family-friendly policies.
• Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment, and a loan for home office set up.
• Help@Hand Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support, and second opinions on serious diagnoses).
• An hour a week of live, expert-led activities through the Annual Employee Wellbeing Programme.
• Menopause Policy and free Menopause Clinician Appointments.
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice).
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities for all roles.

The Administration Officershould be based within a reasonable travel distance of the Merseyside / Wirral area and will be required to travel to face-to-face meetings at least once a month and on other occasions for training and team wellbeing events.

A Standard DBS clearanceis required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.

As part of the interview, you will be required to complete an exercise using both Microsoft Word and Excel, please ensure that you have access to these applications to complete the exercise

Please see theJob Information Pack,Job Description, and TACT website at tactcare.org.ukfor more detailed information.

• Closing Date: Sunday 22nd June 2025
• Interview Date:Tuesday and Wednesday, 1st and 2nd July (via Microsoft Teams)

Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children. We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.

TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies, nor the fees associated with them.