Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday from 9am until 5pm)
- Job ref
- 325-7278314-CORP-B
- Employer
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Headquarters
- Town
- Leatherhead
- Salary
- £50,008 - £56,908 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Project Manager & PA
NHS AfC: Band 7
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
We are looking for a Project Manager and PA to support colleagues within the Chief Operating Officer Directorate and across operations to deliver change projects and programmes of work which help the people we serve, their carers and families live better lives. The post holder will do this by project managing and supporting key strategic projects whilst also offering expertise, coaching, support, advice and challenge within the Chief Operating Officer Directorate.
This post will be expected to be on site at our Headquarters for a minimum of 3 days a week
Main duties of the job
You will possess excellent communication skills as the role requires you to work across teams, be organised, creative and forward thinking and enjoy working in a varied and fast paced environment.
Ideally you will have an understanding of project management and be able to analysis information and provide reports to the management team on the status and progress of projects. You will also be confident in responding to emails and managing a busy diary on behalf of the Chief Operating Officer to support them with this and other administrative duties.
If you would like to discuss the post please contact Alex Vaughan at [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to master level, or equivalent eperience Formal training in programme and project management e.g. Prince 2/Agile or equivalent RSA 2 or 3 or equivalent demonstrable competence
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working in a similar role
- Experience delivering successfully implemented projects within Prince 2 and/or Agile methodology
- Knowledge and experience of delivering projects across organisational boundaries
Desirable criteria
- Experience working as a PA
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alex Vaughan
- Job title
- Senior Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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