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Finance and Administration Assistant

About the role:

The Finance & Administration Assistant plays a critical role in the Youth Zone’s mission to provide young people with affordable access to fun and inspiring opportunities; designed to help them lead active, positive lives and raise aspirations. The role holder will provide finance and administrative support to enable the smooth running of the Youth Zone’s activities, including but not limited to: day-to-day finance tasks such as cash counting, bank reconciliations, placing orders and processing supplier payments, generating supporter invoices and financial reporting, plus general office admin, supporting recruitment and HR processes and providing a first-class service to our members and supporters.

This role will add extra capacity to the HideOut Youth Zone team in its first 6-12 months whilst also supporting the finance and admin function of Salford Youth Zone during its construction phase and pre- opening period. This role will then transition into the Salford Youth Zone team permanently.

About Empower Youth Zones:

Empower Youth Zones is the charity that oversees the creation, management and sustainability of Youth Zones in Manchester and Salford. These include HideOut Youth Zone located in Gorton, East Manchester which opened in 2020 and Salford Youth Zone located in Pendleton, Salford which is due to open to young people in Spring 2025.

HideOut and Salford Youth Zones provide children and young people aged 8-19 and up to 25 for those with additional needs with somewhere safe to go, something position to do and someone trusted to talk to.

Empower Youth Zones is part of the national network of OnSide Youth Zones, which supports the creation and implementation of a network of Youth Zones across the country.

Youth Zones are purpose-built spaces fizzing with energy, and crammed with incredible facilities. They are staffed by skilled and dedicated Youth Workers who truly believe in young people – helping them see what they could achieve, and giving them the skills, confidence and ambition to go for it.

This is life-changing support that helps tens of thousands of young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to thrive.

How to apply:

Please save the application as YOUR FULL NAME and submit your completed application by email, to recruitment@empoweryouthzones.org 

Please include in the subject title the job title of the post you have applied for and your full name.

We review applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the role at any time.

Salary: £24,960 – £26,278 (pro rata)
Hours: 40 hours per week, can consider 30 hours per week (including some evenings and weekends)
Location: Currently located at HideOut Youth Zone for training purposes, with base transition to Salford Youth Zone early 2025
Closing Date: 25/10/2024
Job Type: Full time