Home Start Kirklees

Flexible from 24 up to 30 hours per week over 4 or 5 days.

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Huddersfield and surrounding areas

Permanent

NJC Scale SCP 7-11 (£27,274 - £29,071 pro rata). Starting salary SCP 7, increasing to SCP 8 after a successful probationary period.

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Home Start Kirklees

Home-Start is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families through recruiting and training volunteers to provide family support. Our vision is that families will be safe, healthy and resilient and that children will have the best start in life.

We are currently recruiting for an Administrator

Location: Huddersfield Town Centre Office.

Salary: NJC Scale SCP 7-11 (£27,274 - £29,071 pro rata). Starting salary SCP 7, increasing to SCP 8 after a successful probationary period.

Hours: Flexible from 24 up to 30 hours per week over 4 or 5 days.

Benefits: Generous annual leave allowance including Birthday leave with one week extra annual leave after 5 years’ service. Well-being support (Employee Assistance Programme). Professional development and travel expenses paid. Free parking at town centre office location.Family friendly policies.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Home-Start Kirklees at a time of growth and development.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the office, providing administrative support to a busy, professional team.

Essential requirements include:

• Experience of working in an administrative role
• Excellent IT literacy (including Microsoft Office package)
• Excellent attention to detail and high standards of handling personal information
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience of, or ability to learn, basic bookeeping
• Working with accounting software (e.g. Quickbooks) would be an advantage
• Understand GDPR, confidentiality and professionalism in the workplace
• Ability to work as part of a team with supervisory support

Visit our website for further details on: www.homestart-kirklees.org.uk

For an application pack, please contact us on 01484 421925 or email us at

info@homestart-kirklees.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday 19th October 2026

Interviews for this post will be held on Wednesday 28th October 2026

Please do not send CVs.

Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check at enhanced level and barring service check and the receipt of appropriate references.

Home-Start Kirklees is committed to a policy of equality and diversity which respects the identity, rights and value of all individuals. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all staff working with these groups are expected to share a commitment to this. You will be expected to report any concerns relating to the safeguarding of children and/or young people in accordance with agreed procedures. If your own conduct in relation to the safeguarding of children or young people gives cause for concern, Home-Start Kirklees child protection procedures will be followed, alongside implementation of the charity’s disciplinary procedure.