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Community Response Administrator
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday - working pattern to be agreed)
Job ref
247-A&E-CRAdmin-0624P
Employer
East of England Ambulance Service Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Melbourn, Norwich, Haverhill
Town
Melbourn, Norwich, Haverhill
Salary
per annum pro rata
Closing
24/07/2024 23:59

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East of England Ambulance Service Trust logo

Community Response Administrator

Band 3

Great healthcare requires great people. That’s why we are doing everything we can to recruit committed, skilled people – and to make sure we support our new and existing employees, so they choose to stay with us.

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Job overview

Responsible for delivering effective administrative support, to all aspects of the volunteer engagement.  Provide administrative support to the Volunteer Hub team.  Be the first point of contact for internal and external communications for the Trust relating to volunteering and deal with all enquiries appropriately.  Provide administrative support to appropriate meetings relating to the volunteers held at HQ.  Responsible for holding all policies and procedures and to act as gate-keeper for all records  where appropriate.  Provide organisational support for key events, and social media communication with external stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role are to organise all meeting dates, times and venues for the Volunteer Hub team, including undertaking all the administrative functions. Communicate the information both internally and externally to partners in a timely manner. Manage all regional volunteer meeting administration, liaising with COO and their office, other executives, directors, managers and volunteers in a manner consistent with the Trust values, communicating all agendas, action logs and minutes in a timely manner Communicate effectively through multiple platforms.  Maintain governance of personnel data, and document control.  Support the Community Response team in all administrative and organisational task required to enable the volunteers to provide clinical care to patients. 

Working for our organisation

Working for the East of England Ambulance Service enables you to be part of a team, impacting on patients care through the provision of good administrative support of the volunteers.   There is a team ethos and a focus on wellbeing of our staff and volunteers. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  •  Communicate information both internally and externally to partners in a timely manner.
  • Manage all regional volunteer meeting administration, liaising with COO and their office, other executives, directors, managers and volunteers in a manner consistent with the Trust values, communicating all agendas, action logs and minutes in a timely manner
  • Communicate through the medium of social media to promote and support volunteer activity within EEAST
  • Effectively communicate the Trust vision and values.
  • Communicate in a clear and appropriate manner though written and verbal methods, utilising Microsoft Office, and internal bespoke tools
  • Act as the initial point of contact for internal and external stakeholders. Responsible for supporting all aspects of contacts regarding the volunteers and ensure they are managed to a high standard. Act autonomously where appropriate in dealing with enquiries.
  • Provide support and mentoring for new staff within the team in relation to administrative processes
  • Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders within the volunteer arena
  • Communicate effectively with Occupational Health providers, and HR maintaining the requirement for confidentiality and respect
  • Manage the GRS for the community response team, in conjunction with the leadership team ensuring all policies and processes are followed.
  • Maintain the volunteer database, and records of safer recruitment, undertaking spot checks in conjunction with the volunteer leadership team
  • Maintain all documentation, version controlled and up to date, promoting the professional image of the Trust and department
  • Ensure appropriate communication is sent to all volunteers
  • Manage the public facing mail boxes of the community response team
  • To support Event management including the annual volunteers conference, linking with all stakeholders, providing a co-ordination function. Support local regional and national initiatives within community resuscitation and volunteer management, acting as a point of focus for diary planning.
  • Ensure that all functions within the administrative office of the Volunteer Hub work effectively and efficiently, including telephone answering, mail and email management.
  • Provide administrative support using Microsoft Office packages and other Trust supported systems. This includes establishing and maintaining office systems both paper and electronic to a high standard.
  • Undertake secretarial and administrative duties, preparing documents with a high degree of accuracy including confidential letters and reports.
  • Prioritise own workload to ensure that work is completed within agreed timescales.
  • Deal with enquiries from a variety of sources, actioning those within delegated authority.
  • Apply existing Trust policies and procedures and support the development and implementation of any new administrative policies and procedures within own work area.
  • Pass on to the appropriate person constructive views and ideas on improving services for users and the public. Responsible for adapting own practice as agreed with line manager.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working in administration/NHS
  • 4 GCSE's or equivalent (including Maths and English)
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 in business administration

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to use all Microsoft packages
  • Strong verbal and written communication
  • Ability to prioritise workload
Desirable criteria
  • Previous NHS expereince

Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • self motivated
  • Attention to detail

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident committedHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDyslexia Award LogoArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Pip Montgomery
Job title
Safer Recruitment Administrator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07720 207921
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