Accommodation Administrative Assistant

1 week ago


Truro, United Kingdom Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and organised individual to join the Knowledge Spa and Accommodation Team.

We are seeking a friendly and enthusiastic person who can offer excellent administration skills to help shape the future of the accommodation services provided by Royal Cornwall Hospital.

To be successful you will need to be a strong administrator, with a flexible and professional approach to work, who is able to prioritise tasks to ensure that all work is accurate and provided in a timely manner. The ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the business is essential.

Experience of customer care and working in an accommodation environment is important as you will be expected to support the day-to-day operations of the accommodation office.

A key element of the role will be to support employees to find their own suitable external accommodation to move to, following their stay in Trust-provided accommodation. Therefore, to be successful you will need to possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and enjoy liaising with a wide range of people both internal and external to the organisation.

This is a full time, position working 37.5 hours per week 08:00-16:00, Monday to Friday. However, part-time working/job share would be considered.

Previous applicants need not apply

To support the Admin and Accommodation Supervisor with the administration and co-ordination of bookings for overnight accommodation utilising the electronic database, including processing requests, issuing confirmations and cancellations, and any other associated paperwork.

To support the Admin and Accommodation Supervisor with financial administration to ensure that all payments for overnight accommodation are raised promptly.

To support the Admin and Accommodation Supervisor with the administration of the nomination’s agreement with Plymouth University. To ensure that all rooms allocated to RCHT are utilised efficiently.

To support the Admin and Accommodation Supervisor to ensure the smooth running of the RCHT Accommodation Service by actively engaging with residents to help ensure they exit RCHT provided accommodation promptly in line with licence agreements.

To engage and work with individuals to understand their residential accommodation requirements and proactively provide support and assistance to help them secure residential accommodation.

To develop relationships with local letting agents, private landlords and others to maximise available opportunities for staff to access suitable residential accommodation.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

The postholder will provide administrative support to the Admin and Accommodation Supervisor to ensure the smooth running of the RCHT Accommodation Service to maximise room occupancy and revenue.

The postholder will support the Admin and Accommodation Supervisor to ensure the smooth running of the RCHT Accommodation Service by actively engaging with residents to help ensure they exit RCHT provided accommodation promptly in line with licence agreements.

The postholder will provide a service which enables RCHT employees, in particular international recruits, to access affordable and suitable residential accommodation to help them settle successfully in Cornwall to support recruitment and retention of employees for the organisation.

The postholder will engage and work with individuals to understand their residential accommodation requirements, and proactively provide support and assistance to help them secure residential accommodation. This will include developing and providing housing information and advice, specifically for international recruits, and other RCHT employees, as required.

The postholder will develop relationships with local letting agents, private landlords and others to maximise available opportunities for staff to access suitable residential accommodation.

The postholder will have no line management responsibility but will contribute towards the development of the de



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