The post holder will be responsible for providing an effective and efficient administrative function to assigned senior manager/s and their associated team/s. There will be an expectation for the post holder to be highly motivated, flexible and multi-skilled with excellent organisational skills. The post holder will have high standard of skills using Microsoft Office packages and experience of using bespoke IT systems. The post holder will need to meet deadlines, collate data and maintain standards relating to administrative processes. They will need to be able to work within a team effectively and share work streams where appropriate. Key Responsibilities include Comprehensive diary management and ensuring manager/associated team members are briefed and ready for meetings and appointments Collate and distribute reports/papers for meetings chaired by the manager/associated team and ensuring the agenda is sent out to report authors and attendees in advance Meeting administration: taking and distributing formal minutes; recording clear actions and following these up to check completion; maintaining attendance records Event coordination and planning as required Supporting the manager and team by ensuring that records are up to date on all staffing and patient systems and that items are dealt with quickly and efficiently on finance systems. Profile Excellent planning and organisation skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Excellent attention to detail Enthusiastic and confident to challenge Professional telephone manner Collegiate approach and diligent Takes pride in their work and consistently strives to produce work of the highest standard Seeks to deliver the best possible outcome rather than just the task at hand Works in partnership with the Manager/associated team to understand their needs and priorities (which may change depending on workload) Excellent time management skills to manage their own time and that of the Manager they support Experience of prioritising a varied and busy workload their own and that of the Manager they support and using initiative Experience of working under pressure with the ability to work to and achieve deadlines The role will involve the development and implementation of office procedures and will require a high degree of organisational skills and excellent working knowledge of administrative systems.
