Regional Administrator

Regional Administrator

Central Area Services

Full Time – 37 hours per week

Salary: £23,534 - £24,914

About us:

Scottish Autism is dedicated to enabling autistic people to lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. We believe in the power of relationships to transform the lives of the people we support. We help build a more caring, compassionate, and inclusive Scotland, relationship by relationship. Our people work in teams, supporting each other through the challenges and triumphs that happen every day. Our organisation is our people, and the human qualities they bring to their roles.

A key expectation of everyone who works for Scottish Autism is that they live and breathe our values; Collaboration, Change Makers, Compassion and Contribution. Our values come into play throughout everything we do at work – how we work together, and how we deliver services to the people we support and to the people we work alongside.

About the job:

We are looking for an experienced Administrator to lead our regional admin team. Based in Alloa, the Regional Administrator is responsible for providing effective and efficient administration support for the teams who deliver direct support in our Central and Lothian Area Services. 

In this role, you will:

• Lead on the delivery of high quality administrative support for the Central and Lothian regions in line with GDPR
• Oversee and support with all stages of recruitment including the onboarding process, and safer recruitment checks whilst being a signatory for Disclosure Scotland PVG Application forms
• Develop and maintain Scottish Autism’s local administration, financial and personnel systems and records
• Lead the office team to act responsively as a welcoming first point of enquiry for colleagues, external agencies and visitors to the service
• Coordinate the handling and usage of a company credit card within the region in accordance with Scottish Autism financial policy and procedures.
• Undertake the responsibilities of financial appointeeship, ensuring the safe management and reconciliation of money, benefits, and banking for the people we support,
• Line manage clerical assistants in our Central and Lothian Services, coaching them to identify their individualised learning pathway and supporting them to achieve their objectives.  

About you:

You will have previous administrative experience and be competent with Microsoft Office packages. Excellent communication skills and the ability to prioritise and organise workload is essential for this role. You will also be required to work as part of a team and to exercise initiative. Successful candidates will be able to work collaboratively, engaging with a variety of colleagues across numerous other Scottish Autism departments, as well as with external stakeholders including individual’s families and partner authorities.

Scottish Autism offers you: 

• 32 days holiday (which increases with your length of service)
• Non-contributory life assurance scheme
• Workplace Pension
• Wellbeing Support
• Discounts at high street retailers, travel and gyms

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure check. Full Job Description available on request.

Closing Date: Thursday 27th June 2024

Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission and values. 

Registered charity number is SC009068