Hiring: Part Time Office Administrator

Calthorpe Community Garden is seeking an experienced, driven part time office administrator to take ownership of business stream management as well as the charity’s office tasks. This is a part time, (fixed term contract) six month role with an aim to develop into a long term position at the charity, so we are looking for someone who is ready to become part of the team!

Part Time 21hr/week, in-office 3 days per week

Salary: £24,000 - £27,000 per annum “pro rata” 21 hours/week pay commensurate with experience

Application Deadline: 30th April 2024

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter to info@calthorpecommunitygarden.org.uk by 30th April 2024. We reserve the right to close the application process early if we find the right candidate.

Job Description:

Managing Business Streams (40%)

Room Hire

  • Publicity: website, other web pages, newsletter, newspapers, social media

  • Customer management

    • Maintaining relationships with long standing room hire customers

    • Taking meetings to organise room hire, including leading site tours

    • Responding to all email requests for room hire

  • Managing the Room Hire calendar

  • Managing our room hire partner accounts

  • Being available where required to shift working hours to be onsite for bookings

  • Maintaining our data system with customer / invoice information

  • Invoicing for bookings

  • Managing bookings on the ground

    • Preparing rooms for hire and closing up after bookings

    • Preparing refreshments for hires where necessary

    • Liaising with colleagues to cover bookings where required

  • Assisting with organising major events

    • Managing pricing, catering, entertainment

Corporate Volunteering

  • Customer management

    • Maintaining relationships with long standing corporate volunteering customers

    • Taking calls, zoom meetings, and in person meetings to organise corporate volunteering, including site tours

    • Responding to email requests for volunteering

  • Managing the Corporate Volunteering subcategory of the Google Calendar including vital customer details for each booking

  • Managing the Calthorpe account on the Team London website

  • Maintaining the Income google sheet with customer / invoice information

  • Invoicing for volunteering sessions and chasing up where necessary

  • Liaising sessions on the ground with garden staff

    • Opening up rooms

    • Ensuring there are teas/coffees/biscuits available on arrival

    • Being on-hand 30mins before sessions to welcome volunteers

    • Clearing up/closing up after sessions

    • Liaising with colleagues to cover bookings where required

General (20%)

  • To cover for other members of the team and division as necessary.

  • Being proactive in reviewing and evaluating own performance and identifying and acting upon areas for improvement and development.

  • Undertaking, as required, any other duties compatible with the level and nature of the post and/or reasonably required by more senior members of staff

  • Taking an equal share of CCG site and office maintenance, upkeep and operations

  • Attend and participate in Trustee and team meetings and other meetings as required.

  • Management of the public email account

  • Support social media officer/volunteer with material such as posters, photographs from volunteering sessions  

  • Responding to in-person enquiries at the office (this will be shared by all staff)

  • Answering the office phone during allocated hours, responding to general enquiries, taking messages from the answer machine and action responses

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

Required

  • Strong written English

  • Great written and verbal communication skills

  • Proficiency in Microsoft and Google suite

  • Legal status to work in the UK

  • Proactive creative thinker with ideas and development of room hire and corporate volunteering activities

  • Strong liaison with other staff members, volunteers, and community members

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Keen to learn new skills

Desired

  • Administrative experience

  • Experience producing marketing content and media for an organisation

  • Comfortable working with new software

  • Experience in the non-profit or volunteering sector

Benefits

  • Beautiful garden office in the heart of London (10 minutes from King’s Cross station)

  • Great work/life balance - working hours can be flexible to allow for family commitments

  • £24,000 - £27,000 per annum “pro rata” 21 hours/week pay commensurate with experience

  • Generous annual leave and sick leave policy

  • Unlimited teas and coffees, along with fun community lunches from time to time

  • The warm fuzzy feeling you get from knowing you are helping the community!

Calthorpe is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our team is critical to our success as a community-based charity, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

If you need assistance or an accommodation during the hiring process due to a disability, please let us know in your email application.