Business Administrator

Norse Group; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Business Administrator to join their team in Barnsley. This permanent role involves reception duties, payroll processing, and supporting compliance requirements. Candidates should have extensive experience in administration or a customer service environment and hold essential qualifications such as GCSEs in Maths and English. The position offers a competitive pay rate, developmental opportunities, and a supportive work culture focused on employee well-being.

Benefits

Competitive rates of pay

Personal development and onsite training

Access to free physiotherapy and chiropractic treatment

24/7 helpline for support

Refer a Friend scheme up to £250

NEST Auto-Enrolment pension scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in an administrative role or customer service environment.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Reception duties for professional communication within the service.
• Support Registered Managers with rota management.
• Collate and process payroll information.
• Undertake purchase ledger responsibilities.
• Process HR documentation and support compliance.
• Maintain accurate record keeping.
• Create new admission contract documentation.
• Reconcile petty cash accounts and other cash-based accounts.
• Provide clerical and administrative support.

Skills

Administration experience

Customer service

Microsoft Office proficiency

Timekeeping

Customer care

Education

GCSE (or equivalent) in three core subjects including Maths and English

Job description

Overview

Join our friendly, supportive and inclusive team at Sydney House to help us make a real difference in the lives of the people we care for.

Business Administrator – Sydney House / Stalham

£14.18 per hour / £27,357.55

37 Hours Per Week

Monday - Friday: 09:00-17:00

Are you an experienced administrator looking for a new challenge? Come and work for Norfolk’s largest care provider. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from giving back to your community and improving people’s lives.

We currently have the exciting opportunity for a Business Administrator to join our busy team on-site at Sydney Houseon a permanent basis, working 37hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Reception duties, providing a professional, efficient service for all communications within the service.
• Providing support to the Registered Managers with regards to rota management, ensuring staff levels are appropriate to deliver the level of care expected.
• Collating and processing payroll information, including completing weekly/monthly returns
• Undertaking purchase ledger responsibilities.
• Processing HR documentation and supporting the compliance requirements for new staff.
• Data input to accurate record keeping across the service.
• Creation of new admission contract documentation.
• Maintaining & reconciling a petty cash account and other cash-based accounts in line with the NorseCare policy.
• Provide generalist clerical and administrative support for the service as appropriate including daily reception duties.

About you

We are looking for you to demonstrate extensive previous experience within an administrative role or customer service driven environment. Alongside this you will:

• Hold GCSE (or equivalent) grade C (or Level 4) or above in three core subjects including Maths and English
• Good understanding of Microsoft office including use of Word, Excel and Outlook
• Excellent timekeeping and ability to meet deadlines
• High levels of customer care and share our core values: We care completely, We collaborate proactively, We act with integrity, We pursue better, We make it happen.

Why work for Norse Care?

We value the contribution that everyone at Norse Care makes to improving people’s lives. It’s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training, so our service users get the best care, and you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!

We understand that working in care can be rewarding but also challenging, so your wellbeing is important to us. From day one, you will have access to a wide range of benefits alongside a great reward package including:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Enhancements for weekends, bank holidays & additional hours
• Personal development and onsite training and paid for courses.
• Access to free physiotherapy and chiropractic treatment
• A 24/7 helpline, with calls answered by experienced in-house counsellors, legal and financial specialists
• Reward and Recognition scheme
• A refer a Friend scheme up to the value of £250
• NEST Auto-Enrolment pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Cycle to Work scheme

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. We expect all our colleagues to share our vision and values.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. Details of our DBS policy relating to the recruitment of ex-offenders are available.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the high number of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.