East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Project Support Officer – Tendring 100

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Job summary

The role will be part of the 'Tendring 100' project, with the purpose of creating 100 new apprenticeships across the Tendring District Council boundary to promote economic growth and address health inequalities.

As Project Support Officer, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of project objectives, facilitating community and employer engagement and fostering strong relationships with partners and stakeholders.

This position requires a blend of communication, administration, and project co-ordination skills.

This is a partnership project, and you will be responsible for handling administrative tasks related to the project, facilitating project engagement activities and liaising between project partners to support and actively contribute to the development of new employment opportunities for residents in the Tendring District Council boundary areas.

This position has received funding from Essex County Council as part the PHAB initiative lead by the Public Health team and ESNEFT. The successful candidate will work as part of a wider project team incorporating external partners and stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

  • Providing project support to the Tendring 100 project manager
  • Working closely with partner organisations to facilitate engagement and project delivery
  • Leading on administrative tasks as required by Project Manager and wider project team
  • Monitoring generic email account and maintaining trackers, records and project plans
  • Supporting appropriate reporting for the team
  • Delivering support for events and activities on site and through remote working

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

17 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR2039-24

Job locations

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous administrative role including initiating and maintaining office systems.
  • Working collaboratively as part of a team
  • Working autonomously
  • Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
  • Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
  • Experience of dealing with non-routine administrative matters

Desirable

  • Experience within relevant work area
  • Experience of working with members of the public

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to A-Level or equivalent with experience or working in the NHS or in a similar role
  • Relevant equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Confidentiality and Data Protection
  • Customer service
  • Knowledge of relevant work area and specialist terminology

Desirable

  • Knowledge of apprenticeships and the apprenticeship levy transfer
  • Events co-ordination
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous administrative role including initiating and maintaining office systems.
  • Working collaboratively as part of a team
  • Working autonomously
  • Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office
  • Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation
  • Experience of dealing with non-routine administrative matters

Desirable

  • Experience within relevant work area
  • Experience of working with members of the public

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to A-Level or equivalent with experience or working in the NHS or in a similar role
  • Relevant equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Confidentiality and Data Protection
  • Customer service
  • Knowledge of relevant work area and specialist terminology

Desirable

  • Knowledge of apprenticeships and the apprenticeship levy transfer
  • Events co-ordination

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

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Innovation Funding Facilitator

Elizabeth Gray

elizabeth.gray@esneft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

17 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR2039-24

Job locations

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL


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