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Posted 17 June, 2026
Barnardo's

Service Administrator

Leicester, UK Full Time
Salary: £26,164 to £28,172 Annually
Reference: 23189

What level of experience is required to apply for this role?
Some relevant experience preferred
Required to apply for this role:
Enhanced DBS Certificate

Join our Team as a Service Administrator! We're excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Service Administrator to join our dynamic and growing Leicestershire Residential Services team on a full-time, permanent basis. In this vital role, you'll provide high-quality administrative and financial support across our residential homes, helping to ensure the smooth and effective running of services that deliver essential care to some of the most vulnerable children, young people, and families in Leicestershire.

Base Location: Ivan House, Coalville

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm

Travel: Flexibility to travel to our 8 residential homes across Coalville, Hinckley, Syston, Mountsorrel, Braunstone, and Market Harborough is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Supporting budget preparation and monitoring income/expenditure
  • Processing invoices, petty cash reconciliation and raising purchase orders
  • Maintaining financial records and preparing reports
  • Purchasing goods and services and reconciliation of company credit card expenditure
  • Support recruitment administration including processing of DBS applications and onboarding
  • Support or oversee minuting of meetings
  • Maintaining records inline with GDPR requirements

What We're Looking For:

The successful candidate will make the below skills & experience clear in their written application:

  • Well-developed numeracy and literacy skills at a level which will enable post holder to perform moderately difficult calculations and produce reports.
  • Proven substantial office experience.
  • Proven substantial experience of using IT packages including word processing, spread sheets, databases, Windows applications.
  • Experience of operating financial systems including petty cash, budget monitoring and control.
  • Experience of premises/facilities management.
  • Ability to manage a varied workload with competing priorities in a proactive and adaptable way.
  • A collaborative team player with excellent organisational skills.


If you're ready to make a meaningful impact while developing your career in a supportive and purpose-driven environment, we'd love to hear from you!

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

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