Administrator for Communities Together Durham

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Type: Employment

Hours: Part time

Application deadline: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 09:00

Based: Home-based

Salary: £25,000 to 28,000 Pro Rata

Salary Type: Salary Scale

Location: Home-based

Role description: Administration

Communities Together Durham (CTD) seeks to bring hope to communities through the local church. We are closely linked to Durham Diocese, although our work also takes place alongside ecumenical partners, local authorities and others in the charity sector. CTD currently manages two separately funded projects with a staff team of 8. The Development Project offers training and support to clergy and local churches to raise awareness of poverty, develop effective local projects and participate in regional conversations to challenge injustice. The Support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (SRAS) project offers initial support to help Asylum Seekers and Refugees placed in County Durham. CTD is the lead voluntary sector agency for the New Pathways Arrival programme in County Durham and has a significant coordinating role with other agencies.

We are looking for an administrator to support us with

• Administration for the charity, ensuring effective and efficient processes in central functions and administration of the projects.
• Financial administration, maintaining and delivering financial processes to the highest standards.
• Administrative support for the board of trustees of CTD.
• External facing communications, including social media and CTD’s website.

The person we are looking for will have excellent organisation and time management skills, financial management experience to at least bookkeeping level and will give strong attention to detail and the delivery of high quality work. Working from home, you would be required to attend regular meetings in Durham.

For more details, please see the job description and person specification. If you would like an informal conversation with our CEO please contact alexander.jones@communitiestogetherdurham.org.uk to arrange this. To apply please complete the application form fully (we do NOT accept CVs) and return it to alexander.jones@communitiestogetherdurham.org.uk by Tuesday 28 January at 9am. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 4 February in Durham.