Executive Assistant to Executive Director | Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for an Executive Assistants to join our Headquarters Team supporting our Executive Directors at a really exciting time! We are looking for an AfC band 6 Executive Assistant to support the Chief Digital and Information Officer and her senior team.
The role is full time and are based at St Pancras Hospital in Camden. They involve being based in the Headquarters at least three days per week, but with flexibility to work from home the rest of the week and with flexibility around the days in the office.The roles will work closely with the Chief Executive, the Executive Team and other senior colleagues internally and externally.
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) are working together as the North London Mental Health Partnership. Our Partnership has been developing over the last three years, with a single Chair, Chief Executive and Partnership Executive Team.Our Partnership Strategy was launched in May 2023 and in July 2023, our Partnership Board took the decision to come together formally as a new Trust, to be called the North London NHS Foundation Trust, which we are on track to achieve by 1 November 2024.
The Executive Assistants will play a key role in supporting the Executive Team in delivering the planned improvements in patient care and the working lives of staff identified in our Partnership Strategy and our plans for our new Trust. Both post holders willprovide comprehensive, efficient and effective Executuve Assistant support, one to the Chief Executive and one to the Chief Digital and Information Officer and her senior team, as well as being part of the overall Headquarters Team.The roles include diary coordination, administrative support, preparing and coordinating briefings, taking minutes, drafting correspondence and reports, planning and supporting projects.
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?- We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
- Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
- Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
- Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
- We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
- Generous Annual Leave Allowance
- NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
- We are kind
- We are respectful
- We work together
- We keep things simple
- We empower
- We are proudly diverse
- Minimum of two years in an administrative / EA role within a large complex NHS organisation or similar environment
- Demonstrate experienced in working at Executive EA level, and being able to communicate with senior members of staff, external stakeholders, varied professional groups, patients, carers and the public.
- Ability to plan and organise diaries, meetings and take formal minutes
- Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines in a fast paced office environment
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Excellent practical experience in the use of the full suite of Microsoft office packages
- Proven ability to work with autonomy and to exercise initiative and influence
- Ability to plan and organised work to meet demanding deadlines to agreed standards
This advert closes on Thursday 3 Oct 2024