Personal Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced Personal Assistant to join the office of the Deputy Chief Operating Officer.

We are looking for a Personal Assistant who has experience of working in a fast paced environment and will deliver a high quality Personal Assistant service, administrative and secretarial support to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer.

This role will be challenging and very busy and you will be expected to work on your own initiative to organise and prioritise your own workload to meet tight deadlines. You will take personal responsibility for ensuring the smooth running of the area you support and organising key meetings. This will include the management of calendars, email, timely production of minutes, agendas and action logs., Having a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages, you will have experience of managing a number of diaries with competing priorities, as well as monitoring and prioritising incoming communications.

You will have excellent communication skills and will have experience in dealing with people in a calm, friendly and professional manner.

Applicants will have a minimum of Higher National Certificate/Foundation Degree Diploma level of knowledge/NVQ4 or equivalent with a proven track record of PA experience.

We are an inclusive and flexible working trust and have an agile work force.

Whilst it is desirable that you have experience of working in the NHS, we welcome applications from candidates with PA experience from other business sectors.

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.