Senior Administrator | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Wythenshawe; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS Trust in the United Kingdom seeks an enthusiastic Administrator to support the Senior Leadership Team and the wider Estates & Facilities services. The role involves managing diaries, taking meeting minutes, and providing comprehensive administrative support. Candidates should be proactive, have excellent communication and computer skills, and demonstrate flexibility. A positive attitude is essential, along with the ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines. Access to transport for business purposes is desirable.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage workload with initiative and judgment.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and flexibility.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate minutes of meetings.
• Manage diaries and ensure timely availability of meeting papers.
• May work at multiple locations as needed.
• Access to transport is desirable.

Skills

Great communication skills

Proactive attitude

Customer-focused

Excellent computer skills

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and motivated person to join us in delivering a first-class administration service to support the Senior Leadership Team and the wider Estates & Facilities services.

We would like you to be highly proactive and able to use your own initiative and judgement to help manage the workload in addition to being customer focused. The post holder will need to have great communication skills and be familiar with the Microsoft Office suite. You will be able to react calmly when dealing with multiple tasks that need to be delivered to tight timeframes.

In return you can expect to be made welcome as a key member of our team who will value your skills and contribution.

The successful applicant will assist in providing a professional and comprehensive administrative service. You must demonstrate a positive attitude, be flexible, have good written and verbal skills, be able to work using your own initiative, and must have excellent computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate minutes of Directorate, Management and Service meetings.
• Diary Management – using an electronic diary, ensuring diaries are free from clashes, ensuring regular meetings are planned well in advance and all papers are available in a timely manner to facilitate meetings.
• Primarily work from one base but may on occasion be required to work at other locations to support service delivery.
• Access to a suitable vehicle/other means of transport for business purposes is desirable.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. We’re also embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Nov 2025.