Senior Administrator / Coordinator – Secretariat Officer – Charity – Reading

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Location: Reading
Job Description:

I am recruiting a cracking role for a charity organisation based in Reading, with broad responsibilities including:

Please only apply for this role is you have previous experience of charity / not for profit administration experience

Supporting the CEO, administrative support to the Leadership Team

Diary Management, attending meetings and minute taking.

Primary contact of governance queries

Designing and delivering training or induction programmes

Project Coordination and Budget tracking

Supervising an Executive Assistant

And a lot more!

Secretariat Officer

Location: Reading – On – Site Monday – Friday

Hours: 9:30am – 5pm (with flex)

Salary: £31,000 – £36,000 + Benefits including 35 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)

Key Skills and Experience

Demonstrable experience in governance, democratic processes, or charity administration.

Experience supporting senior leaders or Boards, including minute-taking and meeting coordination.

Designing and delivering training or induction programmes.

Working with confidential information and maintaining discretion.

Managing complaints.

Senior administration/coordination experience in a fast-paced environment

Experience driving projects and/or events

Understanding of charity law, governance frameworks and democratic structures

GDPR essentials

Excellent minute writing skills with the ability to produce clear, accurate documentation

Team leader/line management competency

Ability to build effective working relationships and rapport with trustees, student leaders, committee chairs, and university stakeholders.

Confident in managing calendars, inboxes, and coordinating events and meetings

Ability to analyse data and produce meaningful reports to support governance and engagement

Strong admin and time management/organisational skills

Good numeracy and basic data reporting/analysis

Problem solving- uses initiative to get things done and overcome challenges

Teamwork and collaboration

Tech-savvy and confident with MS 365 and other digital tools/databases

Meeting coordination/admin and discussion/facilitation skills

Multi-tasking and prioritisation

Creative thinking to brings new ideas

Project/event/campaign management basics (planning, budgets, project coordination, delivery and evaluation)

Confident presentation skills

Posted: April 28th, 2026