Part-Time Office Administrator – Support Services
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £24,827 per annum FTE (£14,896.55 actual)
Hours: Part Time,21 hours per week
Location: Taunton
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Monday 27th July 2026
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Are you: Organised? Always have a 'To Do' list? At ease with office systems?
Then you might be just the person we are looking for!
Why Work for Us?
We are a friendly team offering a pleasant working environment within our modern Taunton office, training opportunities and the chance to make a real difference. At Age UK Somerset we are committed to creating a workplace where our people feel supported, valued and able to thrive. To promote staff wellbeing, we offer a range of benefits, including:
- Employee health and wellbeing services, including an Employee Assistance Programme
- Workplace pension scheme with generous employer contribution
- Enhanced annual leave and length of service entitlement plus bank holidays
- Company sick pay
- Closure over the Christmas period
- Great shopping discounts and rewards
- Flexible working policies
About the Role
If you are looking for a varied administration role working within HR and supporting our back-office functions, with a chance to make a meaningful difference to older people every day, then this is a role that will interest you.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support for HR processes, recruitment, onboarding and training
- Maintain accurate personnel records and database maintenance
- Support governance, quality, health & safety and office management processes
- Manage confidential data in line with GDPR and information security best practice
- Use MS Office and office systems to track tasks, schedule activities and follow up actions
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in office administration, ideally in HR or office support
- Excellent organisational skills with a keen eye for detail
- Integrity and discretion
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Comfortable with technology and able to clearly convey technical information to others
- An understanding of safe IT use, data protection and cyber security aware
This role is ideal for people with experience in:
- Business support administration
- School administration
- Office management
- PA / Executive assistant
- HR administration
Appointment to this post is subject to satisfactory references.
How to apply
To apply please read the application documents below*, then complete the application form:
or the Word document version, and return it to us marked ‘Recruitment – Private & Confidential’:
by email: recruitment@ageuksomerset.org.uk or
by post: Age UK Somerset, Ash House, Cook Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6BJ
CLOSING DATE: Monday 27th July 2026
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON: Tuesday 11th August 2026
If you have not been contacted and invited to attend an interview, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. This helps us to reduce our administration costs and we can then devote our funds to services for our clients.
Application Pack Documents
- Letter to applicants (pdf)
- Job Description and Person Specification (pdf)
- Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy (pdf)
- Online Application Form or if you prefer Application form (Word doc)
- Online Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form or if you prefer download, complete and return Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (Word doc)
- Privacy Notice for Job Applicants
*You can also email us on recruitment@ageuksomerset.org.uk or call 01823 345610 to request the pack be sent to you.
Age UK Somerset is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
Charity registration number 1015900