Executive Assistant

2 months ago


Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Full time
Job Summary

The post holder will provide a comprehensive, efficient, and responsive administrative service to the Executive Director of Strategy and Corporate Deputies, as well as supporting the Head of Corporate Affairs. This will involve ensuring that all daily commitments and forward planning issues are well-organized and prioritized according to current priorities, and that deadlines are met.

Main Responsibilities
  • Provide high-level assistance and support to the Executive Directors and Corporate Team as required to enable them to carry out their work effectively and manage the business of the Trust.
  • Act as a point of contact for the Director of Strategy and Estates, dealing with complex queries from stakeholders and passing on relevant information to appropriate staff, taking into account confidentiality or sensitivity of the information.
  • Undertake a broad variety of administrative tasks for Directors, including managing an active calendar of appointments, composing and preparing correspondence, arranging complex and detailed travel plans and itineraries, and filtering post.
  • Provide comprehensive office services to the Director/s, managing a high level of emails, prioritizing action, and taking the initiative to action where appropriate, chasing progress to ensure delivery to deadlines, producing correspondence, presentations, and reports as required for internal and external use.
  • Ensure all callers and contacts with the Executives are dealt with effectively.
About Us

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust provides a full range of general acute, outpatient, and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centered on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford, and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

We believe in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care while building for excellence. In return, we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Job Responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.


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