Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Administrator
Band 4
Job overview
To undertake all administrative functions related to the roles and responsibilities of the Quality and Safety Team. The role involves confidential record keeping, management of
complex databases, coordination of high level meetings including comprehensive minute taking, project work, and personal assistant duties. The post holder will be required to work to a very high standard and work autonomously without supervision, organising and prioritising their workload on a daily basis to accommodate short deadlines, support team working within a sometimes pressured environment. The post holder must possess detailed knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook) to work confidentially and professionally at all times.
The post holder will demonstrate a significant level of initiative in the organisation of workloads and will be required at times to make decisions and have the confidence to escalate issues in a timely manner. The post holder will be required at times to be the first point of contact for teams/customers, providing telephone and email support. The post holder will need an organised and flexible approach to their workload and have the skills to manage complex and sensitive information supporting a busy department.
Main duties of the job
Lead on and establish administrative processes to support the Quality & Safety (Q&S) Team in conjunction with the other Administrators. Provide confidential administrative support. Receive & manage highly confidential complex and sometimes distressing information. This requires an understanding of information sharing framework & the ability to recognise appropriate processes on a case by case basis. The ability to prioritise & recognise events that require urgent actions/escalation. To review & format procedural documents whilst monitoring compliance in relation to review dates. Co-ordinate agendas/papers, take minutes at multiple high level meetings. To prepare reports for committees, including Provide Board. Type up complex action plans & monitor the actions to ensure deadlines are met. Escalate non compliance of actions appropriately. To maintain complex databases & produce reporting dashboards to support clinical leads in producing quality assurance reports. To create presentations from supplied information. Receive telephone calls & deal with issues that fall within the remit of the job description. Monitor all incoming communications, distribute, prioritise & escalate as required. To provide PA support to clinical members of the Q&S Team. To include diary management & arranging venues & attendance lists. Support the management, storage & distribution of controlled stationery. Any other duties commensurate with the role as required.
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As outlined in the job overview and main responsibilities section as well as the job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • BTEC or equivalent level of knowledge of a range of administrative processes & management procedures requiring formal training.
- • RSA Stage II in word processing / typing or ability to demonstrate equivalent standard and experience.
- • 4 GCSE’s at Grade A-C or equivalent preferably including English and Maths.
- • Able to demonstrate a good level of English language and grammar commensurate with composing own letters and ability to correct other correspondence as necessary.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an administrative role for a team.
- • Previous experience of implementing and utilising administrative systems.
- • Previous experience of taking minutes at high level meetings.
- • Detailed knowledge of Microsoft Office (including word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook).
- • Experience of co-ordinating several diaries.
- • Experience in data collection.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working in health/social care setting.
- • Knowledge & understanding of confidentiality & information sharing frameworks.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise workload and competing deadlines for each team.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to follow Provide guidelines and policies.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, oral, verbal, written and electronic.
Desirable criteria
- Typing speed 50 word per minute.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Phillipa De-Negri
- Job title
- Quality & Safety Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07852673248
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