Research Administration Officer

The role requires provision of a high-level, confidential and comprehensive administration service to key senior members in the YAS Research Institute which sits within the Clinical Directorate.
**The main duties of the role are**:
To provide administrative support to the research team, including handling correspondence with research participants.
To take a lead role in organising and administering meetings, including room bookings, taking and circulating minutes.
Electronic diary management and filtering appropriate meeting requests as necessary.
To act as a point of contact for external stakeholders.
To prepare, organise and attend meetings, including setting dates, checking availability, booking venues and organising refreshments.
Work to deadlines and have the ability to multitask where there is a need to allocate and reallocate tasks to meet organisational requirements.
Identify and book appropriate travel arrangements and provide comprehensive itineraries.
Advise on Trust policies and oversee compliance where appropriate.
Be the first point of contact for the Head of Research, Research Delivery Lead and R&D Manager for information internally and externally to enable them to fulfill their duties.
Liaise with finance and supplies regarding departmental invoices following any issues with requisitions.
Attend meetings and document minutes, whilst identifying any follow up actions.
Provide secretariat support for specific meetings including collation and circulation of agenda papers, and producing minutes and action logs in a timely manner.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

**Benefits**:

- Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
- 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
- Contributory Pension.
- NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
- Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent)
- Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
- Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
- Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

**The main competencies of the role**:
Excellent organisational and planning skills.
Able to plan and manage a demanding workload with competing priorities.
Time management and administrative ability.
Experience of transcribing and producing minutes and identifying follow up actions from them.
Participating in a team working environment.
The post holder must have a minimum of 5 GCSE's or equivalent at grade C or above including Mathematics and English.
NVQ Level 4 or equivalent level of knowledge and experience.
Experience of working in an administrative or support role within a project management team.
Experience of electronic diary management.
The post holder must follow the YAS Values and Behaviours.