Administrative Assistant

Job summary

FULL TIME POST - 37.5 HOURS A WEEK

An exciting opportunity for a positive and professional candidate wanting to develop their skills within the administrative and secretarial environment. The role will be to provide comprehensive secretarial support to the divisional leadership team.

Main duties of the job

To provide an excellent secretariat and planning function. Ensuring that deadlines are met, that all correspondence and documentation is produced to highest standards of accuracy, and that clear systems and procedures are in place for managing documents and dealing with emails.

The post holder will demonstrate good organisational skills and have the ability to prioritise their own workload under pressure and use their own initiative and undertake additional work as required.

They must also be able to provide a courteous and diplomatic point for enquiries.

The post holder must be able to maintain a total level of confidentiality and be able to understand and act on complex information.

If you are reliable, discreet, and diplomatic and possess the qualities outlined above, we would like to hear from you

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice