Salary Range:  £29,619 - £33,314
FTE:  1.0 (35 hours/week)
Term:  Fixed Term (for 12 months or to the return of the post holder)

Closing Date:  27/11/2022

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and manage administrative and operational support and services with the Centre for Excellence for Children‘s Care and Protection (CELCIS).

As a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland, at CELCIS we work to improve the lives of children and young people in need of care and protection, and their families and carers. We do this by supporting people and organisations responsible for their care to make changes in services and in the practices and skills they use, all based on the needs, experiences and rights of children and young people.

You’ll find us a friendly and engaging bunch at CELCIS, caring and compassionate with each other, with a drive to improve and learn, and the passion and determination to make change happen. The administrative work we do in CELCIS is incredibly varied. It is critical work and our team is at the heart of what makes CELCIS run smoothly so that we can all help to deliver for our children and young people, everyone who cares for them, and care leavers.

As Admin Team Manager, you will lead a dynamic and diverse team who deliver all the administration needs and activities across CELCIS and you will drive forward the continuous improvement of CELCIS’ office environment and processes in line with the needs of the organisation.

You will work closely with the Operations Lead and others across CELCIS to ensure the highest quality of support in project and operational activity, ensuring effective allocation and delivery of services within available resources. You will oversee the HR activity around recruitment fostering positive relationships with leaders across CELCIS and across other functions of the wider university.

The successful candidate will have proven experience in the management and development of other people and of the development, implementation and management of administrative practices, and organisational processes and procedures. Highly organised with a high level of personal responsibility and initiative, the postholder will be forward thinking and innovative with excellent communication and negotiation skills and an ability to work with colleagues and stakeholders across all levels. We need someone who is flexible, motivated and able to work with limited supervision, juggling a varying workload. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

Change is happening. Be part of it. Together we can make things better for children, young people and their families.

The University is recognised as being people-oriented and our staff have access to a wide range of outstanding benefits, such as: a holiday entitlement of 31 days and 11 statutory days; in-house training and development provider for vocational and non-vocational courses; on-campus nursey; reduced membership at Strathclyde Sport and much more. You can find more information hereabout rewards and benefits.

Flexibility for blended or hybrid working arrangements (from home, in the office, and travel to work with local partners as required for the role) is available.

This is a fixed term maternity cover post of one year or until the return of the postholder. Secondments welcome.

Formal interviews for this post will be held on 12/12/2022.

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Donna Martin, Operations Lead (donna.martin@strath.ac.uk).