Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Secondment: 6 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 246-COR8124740
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Norfolk County Hall
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Leadership Administrator
NHS AfC: Band 4
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Job overview
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing complex diaries and correspondence, coordinating meetings, preparing reports and presentations, and ensuring the smooth running of key administrative processes. You will also provide supervision, support and development to administrative staff, helping to maintain excellent standards of service across the team.
This role requires excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, and experience of working with a range of systems and stakeholders. You will play a key role in supporting service improvement initiatives and ensuring the Corporate Medical Directorate operates effectively and efficiently.
Working for our organisation
At Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, inclusion is at the heart of how we work. We are committed to creating a fair, transparent and accessible recruitment process where every candidate has the opportunity to succeed.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds, particularly those currently underrepresented in our workforce. We recognise that not everyone has equal access to opportunities and are working to address this.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring all candidates receive a positive and equitable experience.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 Business Administration or equivalent or willing to work towards.
Desirable criteria
- Use of relevant systems such as Trac, ESR, Power BI, and HealthRoster.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a full range of admin/secretarial procedures and systems gained at senior level, including management experience.
- Experience of working at PA level
Skills
Essential criteria
- ICT skills including Microsoft (especially word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or equivalent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine Worllley
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Medical Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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