HCRG Care Group

Senior Administrator

The closing date is 24 August 2025

Job summary

Are you an experienced and proactive administrator ready to take the next step in your career? We're looking for aSenior Administratorto join our integrated administrative team within theEssex Child and Family Wellbeing Service, helping to deliver a high-quality and responsive service that truly makes a difference.

As aSenior Administrator, you will play a key role in the day-to-day coordination and supervision of the administrative team. This is a hands-on leadership position where you'll work closely with function leads, support colleagues, and ensure the smooth running of administration across the service.

This is a dynamic role with varietyranging from line management to project support and service improvement initiatives. Youll be involved in decision-making, championing new technologies, and adapting to the changing needs of the service.

This is a fixed term position for 12 months for 37.5 hours a week. You will be based at out Seax House, County Hall location.

Travel for this role across our Essex Quadrants is required, meaning a driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is required for this role.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Administrator you will:

  • Supervise and support a team of administrators across Essex

  • Line management of Apprentices and Band 3 staff, including appraisals and rota planning

  • Deputise for Band 5 Admin Leads during absence

  • Collate and present service performance reports

  • Support and lead on the implementation of new ways of working

  • Promote positive change within the administration hub

  • Chair or minute team meetings as required

  • Ensure accurate and confidential patient record keeping using SystmOne

  • Maintain excellent communication with families, professionals, and external stakeholders

  • Provide flexible support across multiple Essex locations (minimum two days per week travel)

  • Embrace and support use of digital tools and new systems

  • Work independently, setting your own priorities

For more details please see attached job description

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Details

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,000 to £25,814 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/10129/16640

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Chelmsford

Essex

CM1 1QH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Our ideal candidate will have:

  • Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
  • Competent IT skills including Word, Outlook and Excel
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good organisational skills
  • Accuracy/attention to detail
  • Ability to prioritise own workload
  • Effective time management
  • Abilitytoworkonowninitiative
  • Experience of working with confidential and sensitive information and data
  • Understanding of patient needs andNHS
  • ECDL or equivalent
  • SystmOne Experience

As this role requires travel, a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes are required.

For more details on our requirements please see the attached job description.

As aSenior Administrator,youll be part of our valued team based atSeax House, County Hall, Chelmsford.

You will feel valued as aSenior Administratorwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • A salary of £24,000 - £25,814(depending on experience) with access to our group pension
  • Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our ideal candidate will have:

  • Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
  • Competent IT skills including Word, Outlook and Excel
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good organisational skills
  • Accuracy/attention to detail
  • Ability to prioritise own workload
  • Effective time management
  • Abilitytoworkonowninitiative
  • Experience of working with confidential and sensitive information and data
  • Understanding of patient needs andNHS
  • ECDL or equivalent
  • SystmOne Experience

As this role requires travel, a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes are required.

For more details on our requirements please see the attached job description.

As aSenior Administrator,youll be part of our valued team based atSeax House, County Hall, Chelmsford.

You will feel valued as aSenior Administratorwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • A salary of £24,000 - £25,814(depending on experience) with access to our group pension
  • Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location
  • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
  • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
  • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
  • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
  • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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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

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Chelmsford

Essex

CM1 1QH


Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Chelmsford

Essex

CM1 1QH


Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruiter

Recruitment Team

careers@hcrgcaregroup.com

03002471122

Details

Date posted

13 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,000 to £25,814 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/10129/16640

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Chelmsford

Essex

CM1 1QH


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