Barnardo's Highland are looking for a Administrator to work in partnership with Police Scotland and Highland
Child Protection Committee under our RISE Highland Service.
The successful candidate will work as part of our Highland Admin team but will be based Predominantly from Police HQ
Inverness and additional Police Vetting will need to be carried out. Due to the nature of the post there will be
no option for home-working.
The successful candidate will provide administration support under RISE Highland for a multi-agency exploitation
team.
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to
March 2026 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy
consultation or a TUPE arrangement.
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
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment
to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for
more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and
progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our
People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their
colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both
their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the
minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues
annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on
Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as
we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and
empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage
those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our
Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage
their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- 26 days annual
leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days
annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company
Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related
sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from
Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own
contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group
Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and
cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays
and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to
purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock
employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been
through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating
to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have
invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer.
EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is
reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on
inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic
Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
Our basis and values