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Job summary

Main area
Admin
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Currently 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday with flexibility to cover service from 8am - 5pm when required)
Job ref
150-SN1128-COR
Employer
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Brighton
Town
Brighton
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust logo

Estates Helpdesk Operative

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

To assist in the running of the Estates helpdesk, including provision of an Efficient and comprehensive administrative/secretarial service to the Estates managers, maintaining confidentiality at all times. The role holder is expected to work largely unsupervised, using their own initiative and be able to plan and co-ordinate multiple tasks. A key element of the role is customer care and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

  • Maintain the operation of the helpdesk, raising and closing work orders.
  • Act as point of contact for staff to report absence / sickness and submit the daily reports accordingly.
  • Liaise with in house maintenance staff to ensure all work is carried out, and work orders signed off in a timely manner.
  • Run monthly reports on outstanding work orders and individual staff productivity.
  • Input data and review electronic diary to monitor all annual leave.
  • Ability to empathise and offer reassurance when dealing with upset/angry staff/property tenants.
  • Assist Estates managers with audits / surveys. Compiling data to create and develop and maintain accurate Excel spreadsheets.
  • Monitor office consumables
  • Provide support to Estates colleagues throughout the Trust.
  • Ensure that visitors / contactors are appropriately signed in and inducted, providing information and assistance as appropriate.
  • To ensure that any issues that may affect service delivery are reported to the Estates Managers.
  • Apply existing Trust Policies and Procedures and support the development and implementation of any new administrative policies and procedures within own work area.
  • Any other duties in line with the grade and scope of the post

Working for our organisation

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

  • Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
  • Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
  • Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
  • Excellent training and development opportunities 
  • Research opportunities
  • Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
  • Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
  • Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
  • Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
  • Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
  • Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake a range of administrative/secretarial and coordination tasks for the Estates managers and maintain effective functionality of the estate’s helpdesk.

Act as initial point of contact for the Trust on Estates services matters.

Action enquiries appropriately using own initiative within scope of delegated authority referring to an appropriate Manager when necessary.

Provide professional accurate information to the Estates management team and Trust Managers as requested.

To develop an effective filing system for Estate’s information, property records, service contracts, service information etc. in both hard copy and electronically. Review and update on a regular basis, suggesting and implementing system improvements where appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications and/or professional registration

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of education with literacy and numeracy skills
  • Courses/further study attended to demonstrate personal development
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ level qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Proven experience in an admin office environment
  • Experience of working to deadlines
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of extracting management information reports from a database and presenting information and knowledge in user friendly formats
  • Previous NHS administrative experience

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Can demonstrate a forward-thinking approach
  • Able to prioritise and manage large conflicting Workload
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Proactive and able to work on own initiative
  • Ability to communicate with staff at all levels effectively using a variety of media

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerCommitted to being an Inclusive EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kayleigh Walker
Job title
Estates Helpdesk Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0783082246
Additional information

Tel - 01273 696011 Ext – 1997

 

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