Office Manager

​Job Title: Office Manager

Location: Office Based from our Oundle office

Contract: Permanent/Full Time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £28,000 - £38,000 dependent on relevant experience 

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Office Manager to join our well-established team at Fostering Solutions - Oundle in Northamptonshire. We want someone who places a focus on the positive outcomes of our children and young people. This is your chance to join a supportive, caring, and high achieving team at Fostering Solutions who are part of National Fostering Group. 

About National Fostering Group

Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2025! 

83% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company! Please read more about why our employees love working here: https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1574411 

With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers.

As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.

We also offer a 4 day working week - this means 80% of the hours for 100% pay! This will be given following a successful 6 month probationary period and is a performance based benefit. 

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, conscientious and experienced Office Manager with excellent organisational skills join our busy fostering team in Oundle. This is a demanding role and you will need to be experienced within a professional and fast paced office management role and be able to demonstrate your multi-tasking and decision-making skills, and also demonstrate a high level of IT skills.

You will be required to ensure we meet our regulatory requirements in terms of the Fostering Regulations and Standards. You will be responsible for ensuring our meetings are well organised, accurately minuted and that the necessary actions are followed up in a timely manner. You will ensure the smooth running - from opening and closing the office, welcoming our stakeholders to the office, dealing with all of our customers and carers and ensuring all administration activities are covered accurately within the team. 

Essential Criteria:

You must have good analytical skills and a logical approach to problem solving as well as being a competent user of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and databases and be able to coordinate all office requirements. We are looking for someone with:

• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Be able to work as part of a team.
• Self-motivated
• Work independently
• Flexible and resilient
• Meet targets and achieve deadlines.
• Remain calm under pressure.

But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Up to 40 days annual leave each year (26 base entitlement + 1 One moment in time + 8 bank holidays + ability to buy up to 5 extra days)
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer.

Job ID: 301603