£22,932 per annum + £750 homeworking allowance per annum

Salary: £22,932 per annum + £750 homeworking allowance per annum

Contract:Permanent Role

Location: Homebased in Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire & North East team as a Senior Administration Officer.

Overall Duties of the Senior Administration Officer will include:

• Excellent familiarity with the Microsoft Office Suite – Word/Excel/PowerPoint/MS Teams
• Substantial administration experience – including systematic servicing of committees and minuting meetings
• Excellent attention to detail alongside excellent communication skills, both online, in person and writing
• Experience in administration of events – including negotiating arrangements with venues and similar third-party providers
• Adept at working as part of a remote team, providing support and cover, while being self-motivated and able to work flexibly according to the business needs
• Skilled at dealing with sensitive information with empathy, discretion and confidence and having excellent customer service abilities
• Undertaking compliance monitoring to ensure that the service is meeting its regulatory obligations
• Running regular monitoring reports and reporting findings to various colleagues within the organisation
• Willingness to travel to face-to-face events such as team meetings, training and local events

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 Senior Administration Officershould be based within a reasonable travel distance of Yorkshire 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: Monday, 18th August 2025

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.