Administration Assistant

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in England seeks an enthusiastic Administration Assistant to support the Children and Women's Directorates. The role involves providing general office and administrative support, managing diaries, and coordinating meetings across flexible locations. Ideal candidates have excellent communication and organizational skills and are committed to delivering compassionate care, ensuring high-quality services in a supportive environment. This position is based at Calderdale Royal Hospital and requires a flexible approach.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic individual committed to providing compassionate care.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in administration support or office duties.

Responsibilities

• Provide general office and administration support.
• Answer phone calls and greet visitors professionally.
• Manage diaries and book travel as needed.

Skills

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our administration team supporting both the Children & Young People's Directorate & the Women's Directorate. As an administration assistant you will be required to work flexibly across Huddersfield and Calderdale, mainly based at Calderdale Royal Hospital.

You will be well supported by the team and our other senior administration colleagues but will also be required to work independently. To assist both directorates to deliver a high quality services in their areas of responsibility by providing an efficient and effective administrative and secretarial service.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

Main duties:

• Provide general office and administration support to the department.
• Answer telephone calls in a polite and professional manner, taking accurate messages.
• Greet visitors / customers in a polite and professional manner, dealing with their enquiries in an efficient and timely fashion.
• Carry out general office duties such as formatting documents, photocopying, laminating, scanning, printing and shredding.
• Attend and take part in team meetings and regular reviews with the line manager.
• Order requests for equipment and stationery for the Directorates.
• Arrange and coordinate meetings as instructed, acting as minute taker, sharing required documents, updating meeting workplans and action plans to share with peers.
• Relay verbal communication to appropriate team members.
• Provide administration support to Children’s and Women’s Directorates as required.
• Manage own diary.
• Manage Senior team diaries as required.
• Book rooms, equipment and hospitality for events arising from Directorates.
• Book travel and accommodation as requested.
• Work within all Trust policies and procedures.
• Follow Health and Safety Policy relevant to the working environment and attend mandatory updates in accordance with the Trust policy.
• Undertake personal training and development where appropriate.

This advert closes on Friday 6 Feb 2026.