Overview
Team Administrator Jobs in Stroud, UK at Gloucestershire County Council
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Job Title:
Team Administrator
Job Location:
Southfields, Stroud
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing Date: 03/08/2026
Job
Requisition Number: 13987
This post is not open to job share
About the Team and Role
We have an opportunity for an experienced Team Administrator/Receptionist to join us on a full time, permanent basis in Children’s Social Care. This post sits within our Residential Services, and the successful candidate will join our growing team across the Children’s Residential Services.
The post is primarily based at Southfields in Stroud. Southfields consists of 19 self-contained units providing supported accommodation for young people and care leavers aged 16 – 25. We are looking to recruit a full-time administrator to support the Registered Manager and team of Social Care practitioners. You will be the first point of contact for the home and be responsible for maintaining accurate records, supporting financial transactions and liaising with property and facilities management.
About
You
We are looking for someone with experience of working in a confidential, public-facing environment, with the ability to adapt to changing situations and manage their workload effectively to meet deadlines.
As a Team Administrator/Receptionist within a children’s residential setting, you will often be the first point of contact and play a key role in creating a welcoming, calm and professional environment for children, young people, staff and visitors. You will need to be approachable, emotionally intelligent and able to communicate sensitively and appropriately, recognising the needs of vulnerable young people.
The role requires resilience and the ability to remain calm, focused and professional in a busy and sometimes unpredictable environment, maintaining clear boundaries while responding to a range of situations with confidence and empathy.
We are seeking applicants with excellent IT and communication skills, a flexible approach, and strong organisational ability.
About Us
In return we will offer you:
- Regular formal and informal support.
- Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
- Access to relevant training and career progression.
- Annual leave of 25.5 days up to 30.5 days after 5 years employment.
- The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave up to a maximum of 10 days.
- Family friendly employer offering benefits to support you and your family.
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C’s apply).
Additional Information
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months’ employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
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Title: Team Administrator
Company: Gloucestershire County Council
Location: Stroud, UK
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