Administration Officer
| Posting date: | 23 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £26,670 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Candidates are advised to address any questions on rates of pay prior to applying for the post. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | Cardiff |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 448069/1 |
Summary
Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 9 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability network group, Employee Assistance, Representatives, FACES Network Group, LGBT+, Mind Matters, Part Time Workers, The Shed - Men’s Network Group and Women’s Network Group.
We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.
The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career!
Together as the Insolvency Service, we provide leadership across the insolvency sector and deliver integrated, valuable services where they are needed. Our goal is a fair and open insolvency system that works well, and a marketplace that is fair for businesses and individuals.
We work across boundaries within government and collaborate with our partners in the insolvency sector. We maintain the standards that help to make Britain one of the best places in the world to do business. We are proud to provide an insolvency regime which is highly regarded globally. We authorise and regulate the insolvency profession. Where legislation needs improving, we advise on the changes required.
Treating each of our customers as an individual and with respect is at the heart of what we do. We balance our efforts in protecting creditors and the public from misconduct and scams, with providing help to individuals and companies going through financial failure.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Diverse Asset Realisation Team (DART) which has a vacancy for 2 Administration Case Officers. The work of the DART Team is focused on either realising assets and/or the timely distribution of funds received from the recovery of diverse related assets held on bankruptcy cases. This is a significant piece of work for the Insolvency Service which directly supports our objective of maximising returns to creditors. The successful candidates will be working within an operational team, dealing with a variety of casework and administrative duties.
The team sit within the Insolvency Service’s Official Receiver's Services (ORS) Division, dealing with the administration and statutory investigation of bankruptcies and compulsory company liquidations. We contribute to the core purpose of the agency which is delivering economic confidence by maximising returns to creditors.
We continuously improve our services and are moving more services online so people can connect with us better.
Responsibilities:
Your duties will include, but are not limited to:
- realisation of assets which can be complex in nature
- working alongside solicitors in the realisation of pensions
- collection of monies either in-house or in conjunction with agents
- managing a case load of bankruptcy and partnership cases
- sending letters and emails to insolvency creditors and dealing with follow up queries and information requests
- entering information onto our computer system and producing standard reports for approval
- following guidance and protocols to prepare cases for payment and distributing funds to creditors
- providing general support to the other business areas outlined above, when this is needed
- providing excellent customer service.
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