Personal Assistant to Deputy Director

4 weeks ago


Basildon, United Kingdom NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced administrator work as Personal Assistant to the Deputy Director of Children's Services in Essex. 

Main duties of the job

As a Band 4 Administrator you will support the Deputy Director to provide high quality administration, information and act as a central reference point to all staff within the service including clinicians/managerial staff and other external stakeholders. The role comprises of a wide range of duties and requires the ability to use multiple computer systems, be able to manage and prioritise own workloads without direct supervision and have strong communication and organisational skills. An ability to understand the need for maintaining confidentiality at all times is essential.

Candidates will need to be forward thinking and have a problem solving approach, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a fast paced environment.

The role offers flexible and remote working in line with NELFT's commitment to agile working.

There may be some requirement to attend various venues in Essex to meet with the Deputy Director. 

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria

Clear communication skills including excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills

Experience

Essential criteria

Previous experience in managing diaries Previous experience in prioritisation of emails

Desirable criteria

Able to work autonomously Understanding of project management

Skills

Essential criteria

Significant administrative experience

Desirable criteria

Use own initiative to problem solve

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.



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