Administrative Support Officer- Leadership Team

Esneft; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) is seeking an Administrative Support Officer to provide high-quality administrative and secretarial support to the Cancer Leadership Team, ensuring smooth executive activities. You will act as a key contact for internal and external stakeholders, coordinating meetings and delivering key projects across the leadership function.

The successful candidate will have strong organisational and interpersonal skills, capable of managing a busy

Qualifications

• Experience providing admin and secretarial support in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Experience coordinating meetings and events.
• Knowledge of NHS information governance standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative and secretarial support to Cancer Leadership Team.
• Maintain electronic and paper filing in line with NHS information governance.
• Act as first point of contact for enquiries to the Leadership Team.
• Support planning and delivery of leadership meetings, events and away days.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the leadership office.
• Circulate key communications, briefing papers and updates as directed.

Skills

Administrative support

Secretarial support

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

We are looking for a Administrative Support Officer to join our team at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).

You will need to provide high quality administrative and organisational support to the NHS Cancer Leadership Team, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of executive activities. You will act as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, supporting effective communication, coordination of meetings, and delivery of key projects and priorities across the leadership function.

The successful post holder will have strong organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage a busy workload and handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.

Main duties of the job

• Provide day-to-day administrative and secretarial support to members of the Cancer Leadership Team.
• Maintain filing systems (both electronic and paper) in line with NHS information governance standards.
• Act as the first point of contact for enquiries to the Leadership Team, ensuring professional and timely responses.
• Support the planning and delivery of leadership meetings, engagement events, and away days.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the leadership office.
• Circulate key communications, briefing papers, and updates as directed.

For further information about this role please contact:

Morven Hurding [e-mail]

Working at ESNEFT

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on sponsorship we are unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold. Full guidance on sponsorship can be found Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

Notes

Please note that where response levels are exceptional we may close the post before the specified date, therefore early application is recommended.

In line with AfC Terms and Conditions new entrants to NHS will commence on the entry level of the salary

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