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Senior Administrator

This role will be a key part of this work, by providing essential administrative, operational and compliance support to our Engage Team 2, which delivers Ofsted registered supported accommodation for young people aged 16+. 

We are looking for an experienced administrator to be part of a small, dedicated team that helps ensure our residents receive a safe, high-quality and well-organised service. As Senior Administrator you would be maintaining the systems, documentation and reporting that keep our accommodation compliant with regulations.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (flexible and part-time working patterns available)
Location: Unit 21, Skillion Business Centre, Durham DH7 8HG with travel to other Handcrafted hubs and various
properties across County Durham, Gateshead and Sunderland
Salary: £29,200 pro rata

Application Closing Date: 17:00 on Friday 5th December 2025. Interviews will be conducted during w/c 15th December depending on your availability.

Download the full Recruitment Pack here to find more information and you can submit an application here. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further then please contact: recruitment@handcrafted.org.uk

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Testimonials

There are countless challenges and barriers between our Fairchance service users and a healthy, productive and satisfying life.

We often use the term ‘chaotic lifestyle’ to describe the multitude of issues they face, and we contrast this lifestyle with an ideal that is secure, positive, stable and fulfilling. Often people looking in on the lifestyles of our service users find them intimidating, disorientating and full of risk – it should be no surprise that the same is true the other way around. For our service users who are looking into employment, education and stable accommodation, what they often see is a very unfamiliar culture and environment that they are unable to navigate.

Handcrafted helps to bridge this gap. It’s a middle ground between work and leisure where our service users are building confidence, self-esteem, working relationships, responsibilities, a sense of achievement. As a natural consequence of this and armed with the skills necessary to make this transition our service users are developing goals and ambitions and making plans for the futures that they are beginning to see as a reality for themselves.

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