Personal Assistant to Senior Leadership Team

A Personal Assistant is required to provide a comprehensive secretarial service to the Care Group Senior Management Team within the North Lincolnshire Mental Health and Talking Therapies Care Group.

Previous experience in a secretarial role supporting a senior manager is essential. Candidates will need to be flexible, be able to work independently and be proactive. Duties will include the production of confidential correspondence and reports; attending formal meetings to produce the minutes; maintenance and development of office systems and administrative processes involving IT systems.

In addition to formal secretarial qualifications, the post requires experience of Microsoft Office packages – Word, Excel and Power Point. Experience of audio typing may be useful. Excellent word processing/typing skills, exceptional organisational abilities and the capability to work in a confidential manner are of paramount importance in this role. The ability to communicate effectively; to work well under pressure and to prioritise the demands in a busy environment, are also essential. Managing competing priorities and identifying quickly emerging pinch points that may impact on the performance or productivity of the Senior Management Team is also necessary.

The post holder will be proactive in organising the full range of administrative/secretarial support to the Care Group Senior Management Team.

They will work alongside the other Care Group Team Personal Assistant in relation to their corporate activities within the Care Group maintaining the highest degree of confidentially at all times.

Core Activities:

• PA activities may vary according to senior management team requirements, but are likely to include the following:
• Pro-active, efficient and effective diary management for appointments and meetings (face to face or on via Microsoft Teams, allowing sufficient 'free' time for Director[s] to fulfil their responsibilities. Where appropriate to delegate non-essential meetings to relevant members of the management team/direct reports.
• Review, sort, prioritise and respond to email correspondence, providing draft responses (where possible) and in collaboration/agreement with allocated Directors, managing their email inbox to work more effectively and efficiently with the Directors working pattern.
• Undertake a proactive approach to planning/rescheduling meetings, and responsibility for organising multidisciplinary meetings, conferences and events as required.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

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We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications