Administrative Assistant

Public Health Wales; Penarth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

This role is situated within the Microbiology Administration Team, providing support to deliver a consistently high-quality service, promoting excellent customer service and effective working relationships. This is a non-patient facing role and is predominantly at University Hospital Llandough.

The post holder is required to liaise with colleagues across Public Health Wales and partner organisations, work to deadlines and ensure professional standards are maintained. The post holder will be expected to perform duties consistent with training, skills and experience, being appropriately responsive to pressures or changes in workload supporting clinical and scientific laboratory staff. The post holder will carry out administrative duties including call handling, a large amount of data entry and may be required to support low level minute taking on occasion. Training will be provided.

About Public Health Wales

We are Public Health Wales - the national public health agency in Wales. Our purpose is 'Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.

Our Values and Working Arrangements

We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing.