Business Administrator

**Job Type**:

Part Time (20 hrs/week)**Location**:

Based at Changemaker Studios Portsmouth, Portsmouth Guildhall**Time Period**:

Initial 12 months fixed term (with a view to extending)**Salary**:

£26,395 - 30,472 FTE (£13,200 - £15,240 pro-rata)**Start Date**:

Wednesday 8th October 2025 (Flexible for the right person)**Application Deadline**:

Wednesday 27th August 2025**Are you passionate about working with young people and have excellent project management skills?**:
**Job type**:Part Time (20 hrs/week)

**Location**:Based at Changemaker Studios Portsmouth, Portsmouth Guildhall

**Time period**:Initial 12 months fixed term (with a view to extending)

**Salary**:£26,395 - 30,472 FTE (£13,200 - £15,240 pro-rata)

**Band**:S3 - S6

**Start date**:Wednesday 8th October 2025 (Flexible for the right person)

**Interview Date/s**: Tuesday 9th September 2025

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**Job Description - Are you passionate about working with young people and have excellent project management skills?**

Join an exciting, fast-paced and growing social enterprise as a business administrator, providing executive administrative support to Unloc’s senior team to enable more effective working. You will be an individual who strives for administrative excellence and values a diverse and interesting portfolio of work.

You’ll be joining an organisation that believes every young person can be a changemaker. By developing young people’s skills and confidence, we empower them to shape their lives and the world around them. Watch the short video below to see the impact we’re leading and how you could be part of it:
**What we offer**
- A fun, driven and passionate team.
- A fixed term post with a view to extending the contract.
- Technology including a **MacBook**, **iPhone** and relevant accessories to make your working life easier.
- Growth: we invest in individuals and are an ambitious organisation.
- The opportunity to work with amazing young people.
- A **flexible** approach to working life and **43** **days** **paid** **annual** **leave**; 23 days basic holiday plus a week at Christmas, a week Easter, your birthday (if it falls on a working day) and all bank holidays (not already falling within the Christmas break).
- Access to **PerkBox**, an external employee benefits & rewards scheme.
- A generous workplace **pension** scheme whereby the employer contributes 3% of total employee earnings, rather than the legal-minimum of 3% of employee earnings above the threshold.
- A comprehensive **mental** **health** **support** scheme for you and your immediate family through Health Assured including the Wisdom app.
- A full year of **team**-**building** and **CPD** opportunities.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Administrative support of the organisation’s Operations functions**
- Supporting the Director of Operations & Resources with the day-to-day management of the operations function, including updating of operational status, operational boards and onboarding new programmes.

**Administrative support for the regular cycle of Senior Team meetings**
- Organising and coordinating diaries to ensure these weekly meetings happen effectively.
- Attending meetings to record and communicate action to team members.
- Following up with Senior Team members to ensure actions are taken in-between meetings.

**Supporting the administration of Unloc’s Advisory Board**
- Supporting the Deputy Chief Executive with the organising of Unloc’s advisory board. This includes:

- Organising quarterly meetings to ensure accurate attendance.
- Curation of meeting minutes & actions and communication out of these.
- Following up on actions in-between meetings to ensure they are completed on time.

**Administrative support of interdepartmental functions of the organisation**:

- Providing administrative support across different organisation functions. This includes;
- Supporting the programme life cycle from start to finish.
- Addressing outstanding administrative tasks within the organisation across multiple functions.
- Providing additional administrative support to team members on an ad-hoc basis as and when required (in consultation with your line manager).

**Person Specification**:
**Qualifications**

Essential:

- GCSE Maths and English at grade A*-C / 9-4 (or equivalent).
- Two A-Levels at grade A*-C (or equivalent).

Desirable:

- Level 2 ICT qualification.

**Experience and Knowledge**

Essential:

- Previous work providing business support and/or executive administrative support.

Desirable:

- Previous experience of working for a social enterprise.
- Previous knowledge of the education sector.
- Previous experience of stakeholder management.

**Abilities and Skills**

Essential:

- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- High-level communication skills including written and verbal communication.

Desirable:

- High-level of skill when using G Suite.

**Other**

Essential:

- Willingne