Head of Administration

Location: Ullswater, Lake District
Salary: £25,790 - £34,541 plus benefits.
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week.
Reporting to: Head of Centre.
Contract: Permanent.

If you have great organisational and administrative skills, are a decision maker, problem solver, with a ‘can do’ attitude, and enjoy a wide variety of responsibilities, in a fun, fast paced environment, this is the job for you!

We’re an educational charity that helps young people defy their limitations, so they become strong, resilient and curious, ready for the challenges of life.

Using learning and adventures in the wild, we partner with schools, colleges, employers and youth groups to teach their young people the most important lesson they could ever learn: to believe in themselves.

The Head of Administration reports to the Head of Centre and is responsible for providing day to day and strategic leadership and management in all aspects of administrative functions, including:

• Financial control and procedures (budget of £3.9M)
• HR advice and administrative support in line with The Trust’s HR policies and procedures
• Lead, manage and supervise the Centres administration team
• Provide executive level support to the Head of Centre
• Be a proactive member of the Senior Leadership Team.

Our Ullswater centres are based in the Lake District National park and are two of six residential centres in the UK. Ullswater can accommodate up to 120 young people at any one time whilst Howtown accommodates up to 72. Both have their own unique identity and are ideally based to access the wider adventures on offer in the National Park.