University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 3 Administrator/Co-ordinator - Executive Management Team

The closing date is 08 June 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Executive Administration Team at Heartlands Hospital, working closely with the Senior Administrators and Executive Assistant to provide a comprehensive administration and secretarial support for the Senior Leadership team and Clinical Delivery Groups for Surgery and Medicine.

Your responsibilities will be wide ranging and varied, including the sourcing of venues and meeting rooms for a range of meetings, photocopying, laminating and collating papers for meetings.

If you think we have described, you and you believe you have the skills and ability to succeed apply today.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Rachel Ayris, Executive Assistant to Hospital Executive Director, Heartlands Hospital on 0121 424 0411 or rachel.ayris@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive and full range of administration / co-ordination service, working in conjunction with colleagues, service users and stakeholders to provide an efficient service

To provide a professional secretarial service to managers; to include collating and printing correspondence, reports, presentations and other documents

To support with the management of manager's diaries / electronic schedules on their behalf; operating a robust bring forward system

Knowledge and use of various Microsoft Office Software programmes including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel to produce letters, presentations, reports and other relevant correspondence

To undertake typing which may include touch type from audio and / or copy type from written documentation which may include letters, emails, reports and any other correspondence as required

To distribute and prioritise incoming mail, using judgement and experience to decide which documents require urgent action and which may be passed directly to other areas for action and information.

Receiving and dealing with telephone enquiries as appropriate.

Any other duties as directed by the Executive Assistant and / or the Senior Management team

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details

Date posted

02 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,169 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9005785

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Good General Education (eg. GCSE English and Maths A-C) GCSE Level 9-4
  • *Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in an administrative environment

Experience

Essential

  • *Experience of dealing with the Public/Customer service experience
  • *Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (eg. Word, Excel and Outlook)
  • *Experience of using IT systems

Desirable

  • *Experience of working in a busy environment
  • *Experience of working in Healthcare

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • *Good communication / customer care skills both written and verbal demonstrating sympathy and compassion
  • *Good keyboard/ IT skills
  • *Good organisation skills and ability to multitask
  • *Good time management skills Ability to deal professionally with enquiries from staff, Patients and Visitors
  • *Ability to problem solve
  • *Understand confidentiality and apply the principles in every day working practice
  • *Ability to pay attention to detail where there are predictable interruptions to the work pattern
  • *Ability to deal with stressful situations and sensitive issues
  • *Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services
  • *Confident in dealing with people at all levels
  • *Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity
  • *Mature open and flexible approach to work
  • *Demonstrates care and compassion
  • *Good inter-personal and communication skills.
  • *Good organisational skills
  • *Team Player
  • *Conscientious
  • *Demonstrates reliability, motivation and commitment
  • *Ability to travel to multiple sites

Desirable

  • *Ability to work under pressure and deal with stressful situations
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • *Good General Education (eg. GCSE English and Maths A-C) GCSE Level 9-4
  • *Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in an administrative environment

Experience

Essential

  • *Experience of dealing with the Public/Customer service experience
  • *Experience of working with a range of Microsoft Office packages (eg. Word, Excel and Outlook)
  • *Experience of using IT systems

Desirable

  • *Experience of working in a busy environment
  • *Experience of working in Healthcare

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • *Good communication / customer care skills both written and verbal demonstrating sympathy and compassion
  • *Good keyboard/ IT skills
  • *Good organisation skills and ability to multitask
  • *Good time management skills Ability to deal professionally with enquiries from staff, Patients and Visitors
  • *Ability to problem solve
  • *Understand confidentiality and apply the principles in every day working practice
  • *Ability to pay attention to detail where there are predictable interruptions to the work pattern
  • *Ability to deal with stressful situations and sensitive issues
  • *Work effectively and flexibly as part of a team to meet the needs of the services
  • *Confident in dealing with people at all levels
  • *Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity
  • *Mature open and flexible approach to work
  • *Demonstrates care and compassion
  • *Good inter-personal and communication skills.
  • *Good organisational skills
  • *Team Player
  • *Conscientious
  • *Demonstrates reliability, motivation and commitment
  • *Ability to travel to multiple sites

Desirable

  • *Ability to work under pressure and deal with stressful situations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Rachel Ayris

rachel.ayris@uhb.nhs.uk

01214240411

Details

Date posted

02 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,169 to £25,674 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9005785

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


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