Job Description

Salary: £24,546 per annum

Location: City of Glasgow, office based

Contract/Hours: Permanent / Full Time – 35 hours per week - Monday to Thursday, 9:00am – 5:00pm and Friday 9:00am – 3:00pm.

Interviews will be held on 11th and 12th June 2026

Benefits:

29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave (pro rata)
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

A bit about the role

Action for Children’s Glasgow Stoneside Family Support service provides high-quality, compassionate care for children and young people with additional support needs, alongside meaningful support for their families. Based in the southside of Glasgow, Stoneside offers both Short Break and longer-term residential care in a safe, nurturing environment designed to help young people thrive.

We are looking for an Administrative Officer to join our friendly team and offer valued support through a range of administrative services. You will be first point of contact for our operational colleagues, welcoming all internal and external visitors to the service, making sure everyone has a wonderful experience.

You will deliver a high quality, effective, efficient, administrative service that is flexible to meet the needs of our team, ensuring the smooth running of our support services.

You’ll take ownership of your tasks with confidence, ensuring precision in every aspect of your work.

A crucial part of this role involves managing and recording the petty cash and online receipting on behalf of the service p card holders, a task which requires attention to detail and accuracy.

If you thrive in a dynamic environment, have a keen eye for detail, and excel at managing multiple tasks efficiently, we’d love to hear from you.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

Some key responsibilities for the role Administrative Officer are:

Providing a wide range of administrative and front of house services.
Managing, monitoring and recording and reconciling petty cash, coding p card receipts and raising purchase orders.
Admin support including minute taking for operational and HR meetings.
First point of contact for general enquiries.

Let's talk about you

We are looking for someone with a ‘can do’ attitude to join our team. Ideally you will:

Have a Business Administration S/NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification or work experience.
Have experience using computers through a business network running MS Windows and Office applications, email and the internet.
Be confident with figures and applying literacy skills, to communicate effectively with a range of individuals / teams.
Have effective communication, both written and oral, to a range of different personnel.
Be able to work within a team environment, demonstration tact and diplomacy with other members of staff and where necessary, to direct and guide.
Deliver task(s) and within agreed quality and timescales.
Be able to prioritise own workload and work on own initiative.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

Good to know 

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Contact: Jessica Jarvis at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference -13144

Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We  actively  encourage  applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

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