Job summary
There's never been a better time to consider joining Children's Community Health Services (CCHS), working to support the delivery of high quality business support and administration across our services.
Join us, you will soon be working alongside CCHS providing project management and day-to-day operational management of our fantastic administration team and services.
In return, you'll benefit from a supportive team where your career ambitions will have every chance to be fulfilled. From your initial induction to a personalised development plan, we'll support your career path every step of the way with regular training opportunities in an organisation that believes in every voice being heard.
The successful candidate will need a good eye for detail and know the importance of working in a confidential environment. The ideal candidate will be someone who enjoys helping and motivating others and is flexible to support the changing service requirements. Indeed, you will require excellent interpersonal skills and to communicate effectively at all levels and with different audiences.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a candidate with a positive attitude, flexibility and ability to motivate and lead our Administration and Business Support team.
You will act as one of the Senior Admin Cluster Leads for administrative functions within CCHS, having managerial and operational responsibility for administrative staff within CCHS.
You will provide competent project management support and day-to-day operational management across CCHS.
You will work with an influence all grades of medical, nursing and AHP staff and support wider health and social care community teams.
You will support and advise the leadership team in the the planning and organisation of the CCHS business and admin processes.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Project management qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Educated to master's level or equivalent experience
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Significant experience at senior level. In a large complex health / social care or equivalent setting.
- Project Management experience or equivalent including team operational.
- Experience in delivering project outcomes within budget and time constraints
- Experience of developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating project action plans.
- Experience of providing supervision and coaching support on matters unfamiliar / uncomfortable with
- Experience of managing performance appropriately and successfully (project or team)
Desirable
- Experience of developing alliances and partnerships within and across organisations
Skills
Essential
- Excellent negotiation, influencing and problem solving skills and able to deal effectively with those resistant to change
- Able to build excellent working relationships and rapport with a variety of stakeholders
- Able to actively listen and empathise. and build rapport with wide variety of people and at different levels within an organisation.
- Able to influence, motivate and engage individuals, teams, partners, key stakeholders.
- Able to analyse, interpret and summarise complex information / data and explain in understandable. language to a variety of audiences
- Able to produce reports.
- Able to manage and prioritise. personal workload using own initiative
- Effective organisation and time management skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of budget / financial management
Aptitudes
Essential
- Self-motivated
- Committed to improving service. quality and experience
- Able to observe strict confidentiality.
- Ability to deal sensitively with complex and difficult emotional circumstances
Desirable
- Ability to travel between different locations.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Project management qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Educated to master's level or equivalent experience
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Significant experience at senior level. In a large complex health / social care or equivalent setting.
- Project Management experience or equivalent including team operational.
- Experience in delivering project outcomes within budget and time constraints
- Experience of developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating project action plans.
- Experience of providing supervision and coaching support on matters unfamiliar / uncomfortable with
- Experience of managing performance appropriately and successfully (project or team)
Desirable
- Experience of developing alliances and partnerships within and across organisations
Skills
Essential
- Excellent negotiation, influencing and problem solving skills and able to deal effectively with those resistant to change
- Able to build excellent working relationships and rapport with a variety of stakeholders
- Able to actively listen and empathise. and build rapport with wide variety of people and at different levels within an organisation.
- Able to influence, motivate and engage individuals, teams, partners, key stakeholders.
- Able to analyse, interpret and summarise complex information / data and explain in understandable. language to a variety of audiences
- Able to produce reports.
- Able to manage and prioritise. personal workload using own initiative
- Effective organisation and time management skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of budget / financial management
Aptitudes
Essential
- Self-motivated
- Committed to improving service. quality and experience
- Able to observe strict confidentiality.
- Ability to deal sensitively with complex and difficult emotional circumstances
Desirable
- Ability to travel between different locations.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).