SHOT Senior Administrator

Job summary

In this role you will be the point of contact for various functions in the SHOT, you will provide personal assistance to the Medical Director and SHOT Operations Manager and provide administration support to the SHOT team.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to undertake administration and clerical duties in support of the Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) team. Typically, these duties will involve :- Providing a comprehensive personal assistant service, direct office management and administrative support to the SHOT Operations Manager, SHOT Medical Director. Providing administrative support to all members of the SHOT Team and various working groups. Ensuring the smooth running of the SHOT office and the timely prioritisation of all administrative duties. Providing administrative support to SHOT events e.g., Annual SHOT symposium and internal and external meetings with key stakeholders. Acting as a central source of communication between the SHOT Operations Manager, SHOT Medical Director, Working Expert Group and Steering Group and with agencies/contacts external to the organisation. Working with SHOT stakeholders and other agencies to ensure that SHOT objectives are met. Provides and receives information from various sources. This can be from within the department or external to the organisation. Some information will be complicated, and some will be sensitive and confidential. The methods of communication will cover electronic, written and verbal. The post holder will be required to negotiate with external providers to manage and organise the annual SHOT symposium and various external commitments on behalf of the SHOT Medical Director and Operations Manager.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.