Home Administrator

Porthaven Care Homes; Cherwell District; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Porthaven Care Homes is seeking a dedicated Home Administrator at Lincroft Meadow Care Home, Kidlington. You'll support the Home Manager with finance, HR, payroll, and records, ensuring smooth daily operations and excellent resident service.

You will handle payroll and invoices, manage databases, assist with recruitment, and maintain strict confidentiality, while delivering high-quality administrative support to the care team.

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative role, ideally in care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and databases.
• Experience processing payroll and invoices.
• Strong integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Process payroll and supplier invoices for the home.
• Maintain financial records and databases accurately.
• Assist with recruitment and onboarding activities.
• Provide HR support to the Home Manager.
• Support daily admin tasks to enable care teams.

Skills

Payroll processing

Microsoft Office

Communication

Confidentiality

Care sector experience

Tools

Payroll software

Job description

Lincroft Meadow Care Home, The Moors, Kidlington OX5 2AA

Full Time Position - 37.5 Hours Weekly - 9am to 5pm

** Porthaven Care Homes do not currently offer sponsorship or relocation packages **

About the role:

Make a difference to people's lives every day with a rewarding career at Porthaven Care Homes. Whether you are new to the care sector or have experience, working within a Porthaven care home can be incredibly fulfilling.

As a Home Administrator, you will work at the very heart of our home providing comprehensive administrative support that will enable our teams to focus on delivering the quality of care that our residents deserve. You will be a vital part of our homes' management team and your focus will be on assisting our Home Manager with finance and HR matters. This will include maintaining accurate and complete financial records, managing databases, assisting with recruitment, and looking after the payroll.

About you:

You will have experience in a similar administrative role, ideally within the care sector but this is not essential as full training will be provided. You will be an excellent communicator, both written and verbally and you will know your way around the Microsoft Office suite. You will have experience with processing payroll and invoices and will have strong personal integrity for maintaining confidentiality.

Providing great customer service is something you really enjoy and you are naturally adept at dealing with all sorts of people, whether face-to-face, on the phone or by written correspondence. You are extremely organised, able to work under pressure and you have ability to multi-task where required.

The successful candidate will be subject to the provision of satisfactory references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and they must be authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

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