Band 4 WMSDE Project Assistant

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

To support the Programme Manager and Project Support Officer to provide a comprehensive and full ranging administration service to the WMSDE team working within Research, Development and Innovation. Working in conjunction with colleagues, service users and stakeholders to provide an efficient service.

It is essential that the post holder exercises initiative and judgement using acquired skills and knowledge, maintaining confidentiality at all times.

The post holder is required to work on their own initiative and manage their own workload; this will require excellent planning and organisational skills. The post holder must be able to communicate information to a wide range of staff group including consultants and external stakeholders. The post holder is expected to develop a good understanding of project management and techniques. Using their own judgement, the post holder will be able to prioritise their work effectively.

Main duties of the job

* To provide a complete confidential administrative service. To ensure organisation of meetings, preparation of agendas and taking of minutes. To organise case conferences, seminars, training events and travel arrangements and assume responsibility for the daily management of the diaries. All work to be carried out on own initiative, without direct supervision and to tight deadlines, in order to achieve Trust standard and targets and KPIs.

* To provide day to day supervision to Secretaries/Administrators and plan staff rota and cover as required.

*To provide and receive complex information on a daily basis. To exercise initiative and judgement based on acquired knowledge and experience when dealing with enquiries of a clinical and non-clinical nature.

*To undertake validation of data and provide assurance.

*To provide a point of contact for stakeholders and service users, who may be highly emotional and highly distressed ensuring that any language or other communication barriers are overcome.

*To provide administrative support to the department and Senior Managers, ensuring a planned and organised service.

*To liaise with health informaticians, clinicians, clinical quality teams, IT and other stakeholders as required, to ensure the smooth delivery of the WMSDE project.

*To develop and administer issue tracking/agile project tracking tools and processes, using appropriate software (Jira, etc.)

*Assist with reviewing and implementing improved workflow

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

21 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-1078308GB

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Good General Education e.g., GCSE English and Maths A-C GCSE LEVEL 9- 4
* Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in an administrative environment

Experience

Essential

* Good Organisational skills
* Experience of managing quality policies, processes, procedures and work instructions.
* Able to use own initiative and deal with the unpredictable
* Able to work under pressure and to multi-task
* Able to work to deadlines
* Experience of supporting/managing the delivery of projects
* Previous experience of transcribing formal minutes
* Knowledge of dealing with nonroutine issues such as problem solving for an area of work

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Good General Education e.g., GCSE English and Maths A-C GCSE LEVEL 9- 4
* Business Administration NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in an administrative environment

Experience

Essential

* Good Organisational skills
* Experience of managing quality policies, processes, procedures and work instructions.
* Able to use own initiative and deal with the unpredictable
* Able to work under pressure and to multi-task
* Able to work to deadlines
* Experience of supporting/managing the delivery of projects
* Previous experience of transcribing formal minutes
* Knowledge of dealing with nonroutine issues such as problem solving for an area of work

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.