About us

We offer Short Breaks service for children with disabilities in variouse sites around Lancashire and Blackpool. There are weekend, after school and school holiday groups available and is for any child or young person with SEND aged 4-18. We also offer individual packages of care within a group setting from our base in Lostock Hall enabling children and young people aged from 4-18 to access a range of activities and develop skills including social communication and understanding. The service also operates an Advocacy service for young people in care for the Blackburn with Darwen Local Authorities.

About the role

The job role is an administrator in a busy service and the role will include:

• Working across Include Me 2 Service
• Supporting the manager with budget monitoring and collating invoices and expenditure on a weekly and monthly basis
• Monitor building maintenance and ensure that all checks are completed in a timely fashion
• Supervision of relevant staff
• Completing H&S returns and a GDPR audit to evidence compliance with requirements
• Maintaining a petty cash account
• Keeping track of rent and Housing Benefit accounts
• Supporting with reports for quarterly and annual reports
• Buying and keeping track of supplies for the services
• Administrative support to Managers and project staf

The post will be to take on the role of all financial aspects of the service and monitoring income and expenditure on an ongoing basis alongside the manager so a good understanding of finances is essential.

About you

Ideal Candidate's must haves:

• Administration experience
• Organisation, attention to detail and time management skills
• Proven substantial experience of using IT packages including word processing, spread sheets, databases, Windows applications.
• Experience of minute taking
• Experience of operating financial systems including petty cash, budget monitoring and control.
• Ability to work as part of a team and/or using own initiative.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

• Reference number:22257
• Job Title:Administrator
• Location:Include Me 2 Project, Preston (Lancashire Locality)
• Contract type:Fixed term
• End date:31.12.2026
• Hours:18
• Salary:£26,751 - £29,214 FTE (£13,283 - £14,506 pro rata) plus Office at Home Allowance - £312 per annum
• Closing Date:7 January 2026
• Interview Date:14th January 2026