Business Administrator

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Brighter Futures for Children

Business Administrator – Enforcement

25 hours, Part-time, Term time only – 12-month fixed term contract

About us

Brighter Futures for Children is a not-for-profit company, owned by, but independent of, Reading Borough Council. Although we are independent, we are very much part of the Reading Family. Our people enjoy all of benefits as other Council employees including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and continuous service.

We work closely with partners in the local community and key organisations including Reading Borough Council, policy, public health and voluntary groups. We are responsible for the delivery of children’s social care, early help & prevention, education services (including SEND). This also includes fostering and adoption, the Youth Offending Service and traded services with schools.

Our main aim is to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Reading. We help families find long-term solutions to ensure children lead happy, healthy and successful lives.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Education Access and Support service. You will be the first point of contact for professionals and members of the public related to queries regarding fixed penalty notices (FPN’s) and support the team with implementing procedures to ensure notices are issued correctly and families are supported to make payments. Your role will be important to supporting our strategic priority of improving school attendance in Reading.

Key responsibilities

• To implement procedures related to fixed penalty notices, including reviewing information and initial agreement to issue, creating and sending the notice, and ensuring payment of the notice.
• Working with relevant departments, such as finance, to track status of payments for all FPNs issued and follow up appropriate with those unpaid and working with the attendance support team where payment remains outstanding
• To oversee the smooth running of and maintenance of office systems, ensuring databases are accurate and enable collation of information to respond to both national and local reporting when required; specific to FPNs.

For more information about the role, please read the job description and person specification.

Our offer

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
• Incremental holidays starting with 26 days plus public holidays (rising to 33 after 10 years’ service)
• Discounted Child Care (on site nursery)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season train ticket loans
• Salary Sacrifice Car Lease Scheme
• A range of local shopping discounts

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

Asking for Adjustments

Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.

If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.

Closing date: 10.08.2025

Interview date: 18.08.2025

We look forward to hearing from you!