Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Administration Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
Applicants are now invited to apply for this post as Senior Administration Assistant. The role will focus on supporting administrative processes for the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Collaborative Programme. The post is part-time (22.5 hours per week) for a fixed term of 12 months.
This role will work closely with the programme leads supporting the fantastic work taking place in our workstreams, which include Adult Mental Health, Suicide Prevention, Learning Disabilities and Autism, Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health, Community Mental Health and more. Please note a significant part of this role will be diary management and meeting support, including minutes, agenda setting and action logs.
Main duties of the job
- To work with our programme leads to ensure they have effective admin support to deliver their workstreams.
- To prepare for and support meetings, which will include regular minute taking, agenda setting and taking any appropriate follow up action as necessary.
- To provide diary management, organising meetings with a number of external stakeholders, often utilising own initiative to identify contacts.
- To prepare and amend documentation including terms of reference and meeting papers.
- To assist with the procurement process, ensuring that purchase orders are raised, and correct process is followed.
- To ensure that robust clerical systems are kept in place, including maintaining risk registers, Oracle order tracker and keeping Outlook contact groups and meeting invites up to date.
- To respond appropriately to enquiries from internal and external stakeholders.
- Our collaborative programme comprises a wide range of work programmes of which coproduction and stakeholder engagement plays a key part. You may be required to support in the organisation and delivery of stakeholder events both online and in person across our Humber & North Yorkshire area.
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic knowledge of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Programme
- Advanced keyboard skills: RSA/OCR III or equivalent/Advanced ECDL
- Literate and numerate
Desirable criteria
- Literacy and numeracy level 2
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience organising, preparing for and supporting meetings
- Experience of preparing agendas and papers, writing minutes, noting and monitoring the completion of actions
- Experience of using a range of IT systems, including Microsoft Office applications and MS Teams.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of event support
- Working knowledge of mental health, learning disabilities and autism services.
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate inter-personal communication skills
- Have a flexible approach to workload and enjoy working in a busy team.
Desirable criteria
- Supervision Skills
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily Davey
- Job title
- Programme and Performance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07794302889
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