Business Support Officer – Hackney Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

Fixed Term Contract/Secondment opportunity to 31st March 2026.

Hackney Education provides a range of services to support the education of children, young people and adults in our inner London borough. Hackney is one of the UK’s highest performing local authorities, serving one of London’s best places to live and work. Within our diverse borough we serve a wide range of children and young people. We have a particular focus on supporting less advantaged families: Hackney figures in the 10% most deprived boroughs in England on a number of measures.

Hackney Education’s key priority is to improve the life chances of every child, young person and learner: making Hackney the most forward looking education system in the UK, where schools, settings and partners provide an exciting environment which ensures inclusion and success for everyone. We see our borough as being one of the best places in the country for young people to grow, learn, develop and achieve –and one of the best places for colleagues to work and thrive in our education system.

Business Support Officer – Hackney Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

Hackney Education is seeking a Business Support Officer to support the Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF). This role is critical in ensuring the efficient operation of the programme, which provides activities and food for young people in Hackney. The Department for Education renews the funding for this scheme periodically on a fixed term basis and has just announced a three year extension of funding until March 31st 2028. This post will be three days per week and a fixed term contract until 31st of March 2026 and we expect to be able to offer an extension to the role in 2026.

Key Responsibilities:

– Monitor and validate user eligibility for HAF via a centralised booking system.

– Process and monitor all financial activities and invoices in a timely manner.

– Maintain and update the Hackney HAF webpage in collaboration with the web team.

– Provide administrative support, including meeting organisation and minute-taking.

– Support quality assurance visits to clubs during school holidays. These visits will be conducted during the Easter, Christmas and summer school holidays, although not on public holidays such as Christmas day.

– Assist with data collection, analysis, and financial returns, ensuring GDPR compliance.

– Serve as a primary point of contact for providers, schools, and the public regarding the HAF programme.

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people from a black and global majority background as these groups are currently under represented in our workforce.

DBS check required for this role: Yes