Executive Assistant
The closing date is 01 December 2025
Job summary
As Executive Assistant, you hold a key role within the Chief Officers directorate. You will enhance the effectiveness of the Chief Officer through the provision of professional and comprehensive support. You will represent the Chief Officer to internal and external stakeholders and manage their business in a confidential, effective and efficient manner.
You must be proficient in managing a varied and demanding workload; be highly adaptable, a fluent communicator and team player with excellent computer skills.
In this role, you will also provide support to the Director of Finance through calendar management and coordination of meeting requests, along with undertaking other ad hoc duties as needed.
PLEASE NOTE: Visa applications cannot be supportedMain duties of the job
- Diary management: Manage the diaries of Chief Finance Officer and Director of Finance, prioritising as appropriate to ensure their time is efficiently utilised.
- Email management: Draft correspondence on behalf of Chief Finance Officer, track progress on incoming and outgoing email traffic.
- Receive and action correspondence and enquiries into the Chief Finance Officer's office and prioritise for action, draft correspondence accordingly
- Meeting agenda preparations, transcribing and minute taking.
- Trust Board & Council of Governors: Work alongside the Directorate Planning & Oversight Manager and Corporate Governance Team to ensure Chief Finance Officer's agenda items and associated presentations are delivered in a timely manner.
- Proactively follow up on actions given to the Chief Finance Officer and liaise with deputies/direct reports/teams to resolve.
- Project Management support on designated projects as assigned by the Chief Finance Officer, ensure alignment on planning, implementation and communication across the Trust.
- Executive Assistant Team: Play an active role in the development and implementation of administrative procedures within the Executive Function to ensure that high standards are set and maintained.
- Work collaboratively to make the Executive Function/office an agile and cohesive working environment.
- Provide cover for peers as required to ensure coverage is maintained across the Executive Function.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Details
Date posted
17 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum / pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
321-CORP-7620586-B6
Job locations
Unipart House
Garsington Road
Cowley
OX4 2PG
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Unipart House
Garsington Road
Cowley
OX4 2PG
Employer's website
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