Executive PA

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, and motivated individual to provide comprehensive personal assistant support to one of our executive directors and their deputies. If you can demonstrate excellent organisational and planning skills, have a keen eye for detail and are able to progress multiple pieces of work simultaneously and to tight deadlines we would be eager to hear from you.

As a key member of the Corporate Secretariat, you will be part on an experienced and supportive team responsible for providing a first class service to the Executive Team and Board of Directors, you will work extensively with colleagues across the Trust, as well as interacting with partners at a local and regional level, so excellent interpersonal and communication skills are a pre-requisite.

Main duties of the job

As a senior member of the Corporate Secretariat you will provide a comprehensive, customer focused, administrative support and executive level PA service.

The post requires excellent organisational skills, and requires the ability to work independently, frequently exercising tact, discretion, initiative, and judgement.

The Executive PAs often act as the first point of contact for the public, stakeholders, and staff, and therefore represent the Trust.

The post holder must always project a professional and confident image and should demonstrate the Trust values in their behaviour and work.

The post holder will be highly proactive and will use their initiative and judgement to manage the executive directors' diary and to balance urgent and important priorities.

The post holder will be required to provide cover across the Corporate Secretariat, in order to maintain continuity of service.

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.