About this role
Job summary
We are a busy admin team in the East Midlands Ambulance Service providing a comprehensive admin service to the Chief Executive and Executive Directors. We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our admin team as an Administrative Assistant. You will be keen to learn and develop your admin skills to help provide support to our busy team managing the Executive Directors portfolios. Do you have an eye for detail? enjoy learning new processes? a team player and happy to help? Then this might be the role for you. In return you will have the opportunity to receive formal training and development to further enhance your skills and experience.
Main duties of the job
Provide support to the Reception team for lunchtime and holiday cover of the main Headquarters reception and switchboard. Answering and transferring calls and dealing with visitors, parcel deliveries etc.
Answering emails in the generic admin inbox and allocating emails for action to the correct person.
Receiving and logging and then processing correspondence through to signature following the team's established systems.
Using skills in Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word. Also Microsoft Teams for arranging diary dates and meetings.
About us
We are a small but busy corporate admin team and need an Administrative Assistant to help keep us all on track! You will be the lead person managing our busy generic inbox and keeping our correspondence trackers up to date. You will be the important person booking travel requests on our travel system, this could be staff going to external meetings on the train or could be a group of our trainee front line staff going to a residency for a few days training.
Job description Job responsibilities
Following established systems and processes and maintaining tracking spreadsheets for correspondence. Booking travel including rail and hotels. Dealing with incoming and outgoing mail. Reception duties to cover absence. Processing correspondence for signatures. Room bookings and setting up for meetings, including ordering lunch and refreshments.
Job Description attached with full details.
Person Specification
Essential Essential
Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in English and Maths grade C or above Competent in Microsoft Office software Good command of written English language Experience of working in an administrative or secretarial role Ability to accurately take notes in meetings Good organisational skills Ability to plan own time Ability to handle and prioritise multiple tasks
Desirable
Computer / Keyboard skills Flexible, enthusiastic and positive attitude
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 Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address Horizon Place
1 Mellors Way, Nottingham
Nottingham
NG8 6PY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.emas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)