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Administration Officer - 14 hours per week – remote working.
Salary Scale £23,000 - £27,000 (pro rata)
A wonderful opportunity has arisen to join our small, passionate team. We are looking for a self-motivated individual who can commit to the Charitable Objectives of this Christian Charity. We are looking for a self‑motivated individual who is committed to the charitable objectives and Christian ethos of ICC. This role has direct responsibility for day-to-day administration of the ICC UK remote office, including general donor and office support, as well as managing and maintaining the ICC UK Storage Facility.
A desirable part of the role includes supporting financial administration and reporting tasks. Knowledge of financial systems like Xero or Sage, Direct Debit management and Gift Aid.
This is an exciting part-time role with a Charity caring for children and families with disabilities in China. International China Concern (ICC) has been established for over 30 years and the UK National Office is looking forward to our next phase of growth.
A Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) exists for the post-holder to be a practising Christian in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
Main Responsibilities:
Office & Administrative Operations
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Manage day‑to‑day office operations to ensure a welcoming, efficient, and well‑organised working environment.
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Oversee office supplies, equipment, stationery orders, and relationships with vendors.
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Maintain digital and physical filing systems, ensuring documents are stored securely and are easy to locate.
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Support onboarding and practical arrangements for new staff, volunteers, and interns.
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Point of contact and responsible for maintaining the ICC UK Storage Facility. (Currently situated in Newcastle upon Tyne)
Executive & Team Support
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Provide administrative support to the Executive Director and wider leadership team, including diary coordination, travel booking, meeting preparation, and expense processing.
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Assist in preparing board papers, agendas, minutes, and follow‑up actions for ICC UK Board and sub‑committee meetings.
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Support internal communication by ensuring timely circulation of updates, documents, and scheduled reminders.
Finance & Compliance Support
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Assist with routine finance administration, including invoice processing, receipts collation, card reconciliation, and liaising with the ICC UK finance team as needed.
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Maintain accurate records for compliance, audits, safeguarding training, and policy renewals.
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Support contract and lease administration (e.g., office lease, supplier agreements, insurance renewals).
Event & Travel Coordination
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Coordinate logistics for UK events, training days, team gatherings, and visits from international colleagues.
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Manage bookings, venue arrangements, hospitality, travel itineraries, and attendee communications.
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Support international travel preparation, including documentation, itinerary organisation, and expense tracking.
Communications & Public-Facing Support
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Serve as a friendly first point of contact for enquiries via email, phone, and the ICC UK office address.
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Assist with maintaining contact databases and ensuring GDPR‑compliant data handling.
Systems & Organisation
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Maintain shared calendars, organisational systems, and internal workflows to ensure alignment across the team.
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Help ensure consistency of templates, branding, and standard documents across ICC UK.
General Duties
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Uphold ICC’s mission, values, and commitment to hospitality, clarity, and servant‑hearted support.
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Undertake other reasonable administrative tasks as required to support the smooth running of ICC UK and its partnership with ICC International.
Deadline for applications: 16th March 2026
Reg Charity No 1164736
ICC acknowledges our duty of care to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of children. As such we are committed to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice requirements. Training will be provided where needed to ensure ICC’s policies and procedures on Safeguarding are adhered to.
The suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.
The offer of a permanent contract of employment will be subject to references and a 6 month probation period.
Registered Charity
1 - 5
Our Mission is to ensure every child with a disability in China is embraced by love, fueled by hope, and empowered with life-changing opportunities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
The Opportunity
As a key team member within our Partnerships and Income Development team, you will play a vital role in supporting the management and growth of our corporate partnerships, with a focus on partnerships that enable and enhance our Aspiring Professionals Programme.
1. Account Management:
- Ownership and management of the direction, growth and success of key strategic partnerships with Freshfields and Linklaters, providing excellent stewardship and effective communications to ensure long-term and mutually beneficial relationships.
- Manage, renew and develop a select portfolio of smaller existing partnerships in the legal sector, identifying new opportunities to deliver greater impact and income growth.
- Support internal account management structure across corporate programme partnerships, ensuring relationship management and programme delivery is delivered to a high standard, processes are consistently upheld, and partnerships are renewed where required.
2. Stewardship and Reporting:
- Track deadlines, deliverables and reporting requirements for own portfolio of corporate partnerships.
- Create reports, updates and support with the creation of case studies to demonstrate the value and impact of partnerships.
- Find creative ways to share updates and engage partners with our mission and work
- Work closely with the Head of Partnerships & Income Development, Partnerships Manager and finance team to build budgets, track secured income accurately, report on risk and opportunities, and ensure that income is banked.
3. New Business and Partnership Development
- Work closely with the Programme Delivery team to understand programme needs and gaps in provision, in order to improve the quality, depth and breadth of programme partnerships.
- Use your expertise and creativity to design and shape strategic programme partnerships that align partner objectives with student and programme outcomes.
- Write, build and create compelling and innovative partnership proposals, budgets and presentations to secure new business and develop existing partnerships.
- Deliver a smooth onboarding process for transitioning new partners into account management structure.
4. Line Management
- Outline outcomes to be achieved, considering individual skills, capabilities, and workload to ensure a balanced distribution of work.
- Review work outputs, monitor and quality assure work.
- Identify training and development needs; employ a coaching approach, and clarify opportunities for skill enhancement and career growth.
See attached job description for more detail on the key responsibilities in the role
Person Specification:
We need someone who will demonstrate our organisational skills-based competencies - as listed below:
- Leadership
- Communication
- Adaptability
- Professionalism
- Decision-making
Technical knowledge, understanding and experience required:
- Demonstrable experience of working in a partnership role in a charity or similar non-profit organisation.
- Demonstrable experience of building, maintaining and developing outstanding and mutually beneficial corporate partnerships.
- Knowledge of programme design and planning with corporate partners, including setting and managing complex budgets.
- Understanding of good practice in fundraising including data protection and partner stewardship.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel.
- A basic level of understanding of Salesforce CRM
See attached job description for more detail on the person specification
Ways of working:
- Most of our work is office based, but you will spend a lot of time collaborating with other teams and clients via email, telephone and other communications channels such as Teams or Zoom.
- Some travel will be required as part of this role to other offices and locations, as needed for events, work placements and meetings.
Benefits
- 36/37 days' annual leave (England & Wales and Scotland respectively - includes bank and public holidays), with 3 of these days reserved for the annual end of year office closure.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- 5% Salary sacrifice pension scheme with enhanced matching employer contributions
- Employee Assistance Programme available to staff and their family
- Flexible work options such as hybrid working, flexitime, part-time
- Regular staff team building and business planning “away days”
How to Apply
If you are interested in applying for this role, please head over to our website by 23:59, Sunday 22nd February and answer the following questions:
1) Why would you like to work at the Social Mobility Foundation? (250 words max.)
2) What makes you a suitable candidate for this role, including specific examples from your experience and skills? (500 words max.)
3) Tell us about a time when you managed an important relationship with a corporate partner, client or external stakeholder. What was your role in maintaining the relationship, and what did you learn about effective account management from the experience? (500 words max.)
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We unlock potential, broaden horizons and create opportunities for young people
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.