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SWAN ADVOCACY NETWORK
South West
Full-time
Registered Charity No: 1125679
Company Registration No:  6599429

Job Description:  Central Services Administrator

South West Advocacy Network (SWAN) supports and empowers people to have a voice, by ensuring
access  to  quality,  independent  advocacy.  We  believe  that  everyone  has  the  right  to  be  heard  &
respected, the right to choice in decisions about themselves and the right to be safe.

Role Overview: The Central Services Administrator will work at the heart of the organisation supporting
members of the Senior Leadership Group (SLG)by ensuring that key procedures are both completed and
appropriately recorded, and that all records are shared as required with the responsible manager. The
post will work across finance, operations, training and HR

Reporting to: The post will report to the Finance and HR Officer

Direct reports: There are no direct reports at this point in time.

Duties and responsibilities.

Finance:

•  Supporting with the preparation spot purchase invoices and subsequent follow up as needed
•  Managing travel arrangements for members of SLG (train/ferry tickets, hotels etc)

Operations:

•  Maintaining and reporting on key organisational activity registers (logs) in relation to:

-Safeguarding
-Complaints
-Gifts
-Subject Access Requests (including administration)
-Fundraising Suppression Requests
-GDPR Breaches
-Accident and Incident forms

•  Data inputting from the client case management system to the quarterly commissioning reports

as required by each service contract

•  Supporting Service Managers with data reporting as requested
•  Proof  reading  of  documents  and  reports  ensuring  accuracy  and  compliance  with  branding

guidelines.

•  Preparing monthly SLG standing item agenda’s from the SLG Reporting Schedule
•  Processing and monitoring of Out of Area referrals on behalf of the commissioning local authority
•  Providing administrative support to tender bids if and when required
•  Supporting the Quality Performance Mark accreditations as required

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Training:

•  Maintaining  the  mandatory  training  schedule  for  all  employees  and  volunteers,  ensuring

compliance with induction requirements and ongoing refresher training.

•  Ensuring CPD/training records on Breathe HR are updated for all employees and volunteers.

HR:

•  Recruitment  administration  from  advert  to  induction,  for  both  employees  and  volunteers,
working  directly  with  the  recruiting  Manager  or  Director,  ensuring  timely  communication  and
action at all times.

•  Manage the internal DBS system including 3 yearly renewals
•  Providing administrative support for all HR procedures i.e. Performance Development Reviews,

Grievance and Disciplinary proceedings

•  Oversight  of  emergency  contact  details  on  Breathe  HR,  ensuring  full  compliance  form  all

employees and volunteers

•  Oversight of sickness absence and return to work sickness forms
•  Upload policies, procedures and forms as Company Documents on Breathe HR

Skills/Experience:

•  Knowledge and good working practices in relation to IT systems, electronic data, email and client

case management systems (or similar)
•  Fully confident with using Microsoft office
•  Efficient and organised, able to commit to busy and sometimes conflicting reporting schedules
•  An eye to detail and accuracy
•  Able to maintain confidentiality and be discreet in dealing with all employee and volunteer

information

•  Able to develop effective systems of work to ensure compliance with all organisational

requirements, including legal requirements if appropriate

•  Able to manage and prioritise workloads and competing requests for support

General Information:

SWAN employees must at all times carry out their responsibilities with due regard to SWANs policies and
procedures  in  particular;  Health  &  Safety,  Financial  Authorisation,  Confidentiality,  General  Data
Protection Regulations 2018 and all other relevant regulations.

Equality,  diversity  and  inclusion  are  core  to  our  values.  In  the  selection  of  our  employees,  we  are
committed  to  equality with  regards  to  protected  characteristics:  age,  disability, gender  reassignment,
marriage  and  civil  partnership,  pregnancy  and  maternity,  race,  religion  or  belief,  sex  and  sexual
orientation.    We  welcome  applications  from  disabled  people.  Employees  must  ensure  a  positive
commitment towards equality by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect

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discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any description and promote positive working relations
amongst employees, suppliers and clients.

The above Job Description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore
vary over time according to the changing needs of the organisation.

Job Description Agreement
Employee’s Signature:

Line Manager’s Signature:

Date:

Date:

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