Jobs at Target in United Kingdom

We are hiring an Administrator at Target Housing to support our growing support services.

Location: Hull

Job Type: Full-Time, permanent

Application Deadline: 31st July 2025

About us

Target Housing is a charity and registered social landlord. Over the past 30 years we have shown that stable accommodation and support can help transform lives. We work in a psychologically and trauma informed way to empower people to achieve independence. Target delivers the highest standard of housing and support to enable vulnerable people to live independently, fulfil their potential and contribute to their communities and wider society.

Working hours are generally 9am till 5pm with a 20-minute unpaid lunch break.

Salary: £25,553 per annum

You will get an initial 28 days Annual Leave with an additional day a year up to 33 days leave, PLUS 8 Bank Holidays.

There are many great reasons to join our team!

• Great opportunities for career development
• Allocated training
• Mileage Compensation
• Access Membership to Westfield Health & Lifetime Financial
• Ability to apply for the Blue Light card
• Employer Contributory Company pension scheme (4%)
• A supportive culture where staff feedback is highly valued and regular supervisions with line managers are conducted

We do not offer sponsorship to overseas workers, please ensure you only apply if you have the right to work in the UK.

Main Purpose

Provide admin support to ensure the efficient functioning of Target support projects.

• Collate and analyze invoices and payment schedules, ensuring discrepancies are highlighted and resolved directly with the purchaser.
• Monitor income and expenditure for projects within scope and produce financial reports relating to these.
• Be a point of contact for referring agencies and people we support and provide regular feedback and updates.
• Respond to all telephone queries & enquiries, take messages, update colleagues and others accordingly.
• Record relevant information in databases and produce reports from the database as required.
• Liaise closely with external agencies and stakeholders.
• Develop an approach to signposting individuals to other housing providers. Develop a rapport and professional relationship with those providers.
• Ensure all correspondence is consistent and uniform and produced to a high professional standard.
• Follow equality of opportunity approach to managing accommodation waiting lists ensuring Fair Access Policy is followed.
• To attend meetings, act as a note taker and produce minutes with actions.
• Complete quarterly monitoring returns as required by your line manager.
• Any other duties deemed as appropriate and agreed with your line Manager
• Assist with office duties as directed and day-to-day office functioning.
• Take responsibility for ensuring all electrical, technical equipment and components are fully functioning and liaise with external IT Support Service.

Person Specifications

Excellent numeracy skills.

Good knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and database systems.

Understanding of budget management, income and expenditure and forecasting.

Possess excellent communications skills both written and verbal.

Experience in office administration.

Ability to liaise with a diverse range of people.

Ability to establish and maintain effective strategic relationships.

Ability to demonstrate a level of flexibility in order to respond to demands and timescales.

Ability to work as part of a team to contribute to set objectives.

Willingness to undertake further training and development as necessary.

If you have any special access requirements or other support needs throughout the application process (including interview), please contact us so that we can let you know how we can support you.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about the role, please get in touch with Amanda.fields@targethousing.org.uk

Please note: We reserve the right to close our vacancies early if sufficient applications are received. We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible!

This role is subject to two satisfactory reference checks and an enhanced DBS.