CAMHS Business and Administrative Lead (N&S CPCS) | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in London is seeking a Business and Administrative Lead to play a key role in operational management and oversee the administrative team. The ideal candidate will possess excellent administrative and financial skills, support strategic planning, and ensure effective service delivery. The role offers flexible working arrangements to promote work-life balance. This is a non-clinical role, integral to the Centre's functioning.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Supportive work environment

Opportunity for professional growth

Qualifications

• Experience supporting training, licensing, and invoicing processes across teams.
• Ability to work with Centre leadership and finance teams to understand financial issues and implement agreed strategies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the work of the administrative team.
• Develop and implement work plans and activities for the Centre.
• Ensure effective service delivery including training, licenses, and invoicing.
• Support the Centre’s strategic and business planning processes.
• Manage day-to-day invoicing and expenditure across financial systems.

Skills

Excellent administrative skills

Financial management

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

The postholder will play a key role in the Centre’s operational management and will oversee the work of the administrative team. The Business and Administrative Lead will work with the Centre’s senior clinical leaders to develop and implement workplans and activities across all areas of the Centre’s work, taking an important role in the Centre’s business, digital and financial planning. We would like to appoint a person who shares our values, aims and possesses excellent administrative, financial and business skills. The postholder will work with the Centre leadership team to ensure effective and efficient service delivery including training, licenses and invoicing across the teams. This is a valued role within the centre, integral to day to day functioning and project planning. The role will suit an organised individual with the ability to prioritise and plan work whilst remaining focussed on the values and aims of the Centre.

Responsibilities

• The postholder will play a key role in the Centre’s operational management and will oversee the work of the administrative team.
• The Business and Administrative Lead will work with the Centre’s senior clinical leaders to develop and implement workplans and activities across all areas of the Centre’s work, taking an important role in the Centre’s business, digital and financial planning.
• We would like to appoint a person who shares our values, aims and possesses excellent administrative, financial and business skills.
• The postholder will work with the Centre leadership team to ensure effective and efficient service delivery including training, licenses and invoicing across the teams.
• This is a valued role within the centre, integral to day to day functioning and project planning.
• The role will suit an organised individual with the ability to prioritise and plan work whilst remaining focussed on the values and aims of the Centre.
• Support the Centre’s service strategic and business planning processes.
• Develop and sustain information systems that capture accurate information and deliver reports on activity, income and expenditure and provide future forecasts.
• To work with relevant managers in commissioning agencies, local authorities and provider organisations nationally and internationally to ensure that all agreements remain both relevant and current.
• Implement skilled and facilitative financial management support to enable the efficient management of resources.
• Manage day to day invoicing and expenditure across all financial systems for the service assisted by the Centre’s administrative staff.
• Work with leadership team, finance departments within SLAM and KCL to ensure shared understanding of financial issues and that agreed strategies to meet financial targets are implemented.
• Provide overall management of the Centre for Parent and Child Support website and social media resources.
• Responsibility for management of administrative team across the Centre.
• This is a non-clinical role however the postholder will be expected to support and influence both clinical and non-clinical policy and procedures with the clinical leads for each area of work.

Locations

Michael Rutter Centre based on the Maudsley Hospital site (headquarters). Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin Park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range of restaurants. (Due to move to the Pears Maudsley Children and Young People (PMCYP) at the Maudsley Hospital in late 2025/early 2026)

Flexible Working

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 8am to 6pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)

Qualifications / Requirements

• Excellent administrative, financial and business skills.
• Organised with the ability to prioritise and plan work.
• Experience supporting training, licensing and invoicing processes across teams.
• Ability to work with Centre leadership and finance teams to understand financial issues and implement agreed strategies.

This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Oct 2025