Senior Administrator/SPA Manager Children

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level combination of diploma level education, further short courses / training and experience.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development
• PRINCE 2 qualified or equivalent Project Methodology Experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of administration management
• Experience of setting up office/administrative systems and monitoring, reviewing and implementing changes to existing working practices.
• Proven experience in running an office including managing, maintaining and developing databases and filing systems, maintaining stationery/stock levels and diary management.
• Experience of staff management and motivating diverse teams
• Experience of participating in and/or supporting audit activities
• Experience of working in partnership with other organisations, preferably a mix of public, private and voluntary sector

Desirable criteria

• Experience of budgetary management
• Experience in practice and service development
• Experience of risk assessment and management
• Project Management experience

Skills

Essential criteria

• Understanding of health and social care management environment and the roles and responsibilities within it
• Ability to work in partnership at all levels both within the organisation and with key stakeholders and groups across professional and inter- agency boundaries
• Able to draft, type, format, prepare and produce a wide range of high quality documentation, letters, emails, memos, statistical information, graphics, presentations and short reports.
• Developed knowledge of Microsoft office applications - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of the drivers for public sector reform, and specifically of the NHS policy agenda
• Understanding of primary care, acute services and the health and social care agenda.
• Experience of working in an environment requiring an awareness of safeguarding children and vulnerable adult

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

"We work Flexibly"

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your applications on time to avoid disappointment.
Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 520.6KB)
• CLCH Trust Values (PDF, 720.3KB)