Risk and Assurance Team Administrator (12 Month fixed term contract)

Parkinson's UK; Harrow; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Parkinson's UK is seeking an organised administrator to provide critical administrative, operational, and coordination support to the Risk and Assurance Team. You will help manage documentation, scheduling and meetings, ensuring smooth daily operations.

You will follow up on outstanding audit and risk actions and data incidents at the request of the Head of Risk and Assurance, maintaining robust audit trails and accurate records across the team's activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in an Administrator role.
• Experience working with specialised compliance or data tracking management systems.
• Impeccable organisation skills, capable of juggling competing priorities under tight deadlines.
• Excellent administration skills, including note-taking, presentation preparation and a positive, assertive and resilient approach to prioritising and juggling varying pressures and conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate internal and external meetings including the creation of agendas, collation of papers, and drafting of minutes and or action and decision logs as appropriate, in line with clear deadlines.
• Maintain the various team information systems, ensuring they remain accurate at all times.
• Monitor the team shared mailboxes, in line with agreed rules, escalating enquiries to the appropriate team member in a timely manner.
• Establish and maintain central digital libraries for compliance evidence, internal policies, and regulatory activity reports.
• Support with the collation of information associated with Internal Audits, Insurance Renewals and evidence for the Data Security and Protection Toolkit

Skills

Admin experience

Compliance systems

Organisational skills

Admin skills

Job description

You’ll provide critical administrative, operational, and coordination support to the Risk and Assurance Team. You’ll ensure the smooth daily functioning of the department by managing documentation, scheduling and administering meetings.

You’ll follow up on outstanding audit and risk actions and data incidents at the request of the Head of Risk and Assurance. You’ll maintain excellent records to ensure robust audit trails exist for all team activity.

Please note this is a fixed term contract for 12 months.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate internal and external meetings including the creation of agendas, collation of papers, and drafting of minutes and or action and decision logs as appropriate, in line with clear deadlines.
• Maintain the various team information systems, ensuring they remain accurate at all times.
• Monitor the team shared mailboxes, in line with agreed rules, escalating enquiries to the appropriate team member in a timely manner.
• Establish and maintain central digital libraries for compliance evidence, internal policies, and regulatory activity reports.
• Support with the collation of information associated with Internal Audits, Insurance Renewals and evidence for the Data Security and Protection Toolkit

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in an Administrator role or a willingness to learn
• Experience working with specialised compliance or data tracking management systems
• Impeccable organisation skills, capable of juggling competing priorities under tight deadlines
• Excellent administration skills, including note-taking, presentation preparation and a positive, assertive and resilient approach to prioritising and juggling varying pressures and conflicting priorities

Please apply by sending us your CV and a detailed cover letter explaining how you meet the criteria in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.

Applications close on Sunday 4 October.

Interviews for this role will be held on W/C 12 October.

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