Cancer Education Team Administrator

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

High-Cost Area Supplement

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Cancer Education Team Administrator to support the Postgraduate Education Centre and multidisciplinary Cancer Services teams. You will help coordinate education, training events, and workforce development with a focus on accurate records and effective IT support.

Working two weeks on a 3-2 pattern, you will assist with induction programmes, study days, HR pre-employment checks, and liaise across departments to ensure

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent.
• Good level of mathematics and English and general office experience.
• Evidence of creating and maintaining databases and accurate reports.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate study days, induction programmes and training events.
• Maintain accurate records and databases for education and training.
• Support online learning platforms and digital processes.
• Collaborate with HR for pre-employment checks and look after work experience placements.
• Ensure effective communication across the Cancer Education Team and Trust.
• Support supervision of training delivery and governance checks.

Skills

Excellent IT skills

Good communication

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Discretion with confidential data

Organisational skills

Education

GCSE level or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

AI digital assistants

Canva

Mentimeter

Survey Monkey

Job description

We are recruiting for a Cancer Education Team Administrator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. The post holder will provide comprehensive administrative and Information Technology support to the Postgraduate Education Centre, supporting the delivery of high-quality education and training to multidisciplinary staff groups across Cancer Services. Working as part of the Cancer Education Team, the post holder will support senior staff and training teams with a range of administrative and coordination duties relating to education, workforce development and staff training processes. Key responsibilities include coordinating study days, induction programmes and training events; maintaining accurate records and databases; supporting online learning platforms; working with Human Resources to support identification and pre‑employment checks, look after all work experience placement for Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, ensuring effective communication across the department. The post will be worked on a part‑time basis, with a two‑week working pattern of 3 days one week and 2 days the following week. There will be some flexibility to adjust working days to meet service requirements and ensure appropriate office cover. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

• Educated to a minimum GCSE level or equivalent
• Able to demonstrate a good level of education in mathematics and English, General office experience, preferably in a training/learning environment
• Evidence of creating and maintain databases and other forms of accurate reports
• Handling telephone queries, Good communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Excellent IT skills, with the ability to confidently set up, manage, and troubleshoot systems and digital processes, for example Microsoft packages, AI digital assistants, Canva, Mentimeter, Survey Monkey
• Demonstrates strong IT proficiency and confidence in implementing and maintaining systems.
• Good management and prioritisation or workload skills, Able to take own initiative and identify methods to improve administrative processes, Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Strives for excellence & continuous improvement
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and establish good working relationships at all levels
• Demonstrates the ability to handle confidential information with the utmost discretion and professionalism At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high‑quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

In addition, you will receive a High‑Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro rata.