Job summary We are looking for an experienced personal assistant primarily based at Heartlands hospital supporting senior management across women's & Children's services.The role will entail: Diary and email management for the Directors acting as their key point of contact.
Maintaining diaries, organising meetings; both internally and externally and dealing with associated correspondence.Taking minutes at high-level Director's meetings; producing accurate notes and following up actions and putting together high-level presentations and reportsSupporting with wider office management duties.Dealing with typing, report writing, draft correspondence and photocopying.Organising meetings, conferences; including rooms, equipment, catering.An ideal candidate will have previous experience within a PA role.
You will be personable and dedicated to the role with outstanding attention to detail, comfortable with a heavy workload and be willing to provide support to the team as required.
You will have a flexible approach to your work.
Your experience will include Supporting a senior management team with secretarial/PA/Administrator duties.
A confident and proficient user of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and TEAMS.
Ability to multi-task and prioritise workload and remain calm under pressure.
Experience of the NHS is desirable, but not essential.
This is a full-time post ( hours); working Monday to Friday.
For informal queries please contact: Jo Lees 0121 424 2312 Main duties of the job The post holder will provide a comprehensive and efficient secretarial service to the division.
It is essential that the post holder exercises initiative and judgement using acquired skills and knowledge, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
The post holder will provide an empathic and sensitive point of contact for all service users.
*To provide a complete confidential general administrative/ personal assistant service for the Directors/ Senior leaders in the Divisional team*To take minutes at meetings and to transcribe the notes in a timely manner.
This will require the post holder to:*Arrange venues, invites, prepare and distribute agendas, minutes, reports and associated papers,*Ensure follow up actions are dealt with and tracked through to conclusion.
*To organise travel arrangements and assume responsibility for the daily management of the Directors' diaries.
*All work to be carried out on own initiative, without direct supervision and to tight deadlines, in order to achieve Trust standard and targets*Deal with queries and instigate appropriate action, as appropriate to the complex and sensitive nature of the information involved*To use various Microsoft Office packages to produce correspondence, reports, presentations and spreadsheets, as and when required, ensuring they are accurate, produced to a high standard and in a timely manner.
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Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.
This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.
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Job description Job responsibilities Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description Person Specification Qualifications Essential * Good general education ( GSE+CSE English and Maths A-C) * RSA/OCR level II or equivalent * Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a clerical environment.
Experience Essential Experience of: * working as a secretary/personal assistant * dealing with the public/customer service experience * working with a range of MS office packages (Word, Excel, Outlook,Powerpoint, Teams) * using IT systems * working in a busy environment * Good organisational skills * Able to use own initiative and deal with the unpredictable * Able to work under pressure and multi-task Able to work to deadlines