Administrator

Overview

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within CGL East Sussex substance misuse service for an enthusiastic, reliable, IT literate, and dedicated Administrator to join our office based team at Hastings. The role will require you to provide effective administrative support to the CGL East Sussex Drug & Alcohol Recovery Service.

Where: Hastings

Hours: 30 hours a week

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until March 2027

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

About the role:

• Assist with the preparation and maintenance of prescriptions
• Process correspondence in and out of the service
• Ensure effective processing data entry as required
• Undertake operational requirements of the project base as required, e.g archiving, room bookings etc.
• Assist with maintaining petty cash systems
• Provide administrative back up in support of operations across the service.
• Attend and take minutes at meetings as required
• Support the management team in developing effective systems.
• Maintain diaries for assessments and medicals
• Assist with building maintenance, premises and Health and Safety matters.
• Place orders as needed for stationery, equipment, consumables
• Work across all sites in East Sussex as needed
• Single Point of Contact when required for drug workers and other professionals
• Ensuring local systems are in place in order to meet all data and auditing requirements
• All other duties as required

About You:

• Experience of working within a busy office environment
• Experience of working with Microsoft software packages, and databases
• Understanding of the issues around safeguarding and confidentiality
• Flexible, approachable, dependable and conscientious approach to work
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Attention to detail, ensuring accuracy
• IT / admin certificate
• Experience of working in a health / social care setting

What we will give to you:

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL SPOT (20) (£26,091.00 - £26,091.00)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

19/6/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Martin Wooldridge | [email protected] | 07825 175226

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Scheme check at a basic level.