Overview
Administrative Officer – Environment, Property & Procurement – Permanent – Full Time
ID: 290495
Job Specialism: Charity
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £25,370 per annum
Closing Date: Friday, 17th October 2025
About the Role
Sense is recruiting for a Administrative Officer to join our fantastic Environment, Property & Procurement Team based in our offices in Selly Oak, Birmingham on a hybrid basis.
The successful applicant will play a central role in day-to-day office operations, including managing correspondence, organizing meetings, maintaining records, and supporting documentation needs. As part of a charitable organization, this role helps ensure smooth internal processes that support our broader mission and commitment to sustainability and procurement. You will be responsible for updating databases with the Environment, Property and Procurement departments and 3rd party platforms.
The main duties and responsibilities include:
- Coordinate calendars, schedule meetings, and prepare meeting materials
- Draft, proofread, and manage correspondence and documentation
- Support implementation of sustainability programs and campaigns
- Maintain accurate records for procurement, environmental and property data
- Handle general office duties such as data entry, scanning, responding to inquiries, and supply coordination
- Monitor shared mailboxes and deal with daily emails accurately and efficiently
- Assist with invoice processing and keeping track of internal approvals and documentation
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- Experience in an administrative role, preferably in a nonprofit or charity setting desirable
- Exceptional organizational and multitasking abilities
- Attention to detail and comfort handling confidential documents
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (particularly Outlook, Excel, Word)
- Professional communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workload
For a full job description and person specification please see the link below.
About Sense
We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader.
Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.
To apply
Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 393 4529 or recruitment@sense.org.uk
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependant on the nature of the role.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone’s contribution is valued and we ensure they’re given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
Precise Location: 750 Bristol Road, , Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6NA, United Kingdom
