Personal Assistant / Senior Secretary, Belfast

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Temporary (Ongoing)

Admin and Secretarial

Belfast, County Antrim

Up to £13.57 per hour

Startdate: ASAP

Ref: 1709925_1758099913

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Job description

My client a leading public sector organisation based in Belfast are currently seeking to recruit a Full-Time Personal Assistant / Senior Secretary.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm

Pay: £13.57 per hour

KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide daily administrative and secretarial support functions, including drafting and typing letters, audio typing, data inputting and processing, email management, records management etc.

To organise and maintain diaries as required and to ensure the Director/Assistant Director is well prepared for meetings with relevant supporting agenda and paperwork.

To utilise Microsoft Office applications in order to produce high quality documents, presentations and reports as required.

To deal with incoming emails and general correspondence and ensure effective and timely management of same, ensuring that action is taken and issues prioritised.

To manage telephone calls, enquiries and requests from internal and external stakeholders as required, ensuring that action is taken and issues prioritised.

To ensure that all information is produced in line with current legislation requirements and policies/procedures within the Trust, in a timely, accurate and confidential manner.

To provide administrative services for specific Committees, meetings and projects including organising of meetings, issuing of agendas, supporting documentation and initiating follow-up actions as required. Minute/note taking responsibilities as directed.

To devise and maintain office administration systems to deal efficiently with paper flow; organising and storing paperwork, documents and computer based information e.g. monitoring/brought forward systems, management information systems, filing systems etc.

and the implementation of improvements and additions required, in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures.

To monitor and request orders relating to Office stationery to ensure adequate supplies are maintained.

To arrange travel and accommodation requirements; and provide administrative support to Workshops/events, as required.

To ensure verification of invoices e.g. travel arrangements, course attendance, and accommodation and hospitality purposes.

Essential Criteria

5 GCSEs at grade C or above, including English/English Language and Math, or equivalent educational qualifications AND a minimum of 2 years' experience in an administrative or secretarial position to include experience of Microsoft Office Professional Suite or equivalent e.g. Word processing, creating spreadsheets, email management, creating databases, PowerPoint presentations.

	Three years' experience in an administrative or secretarial position to include experience of Microsoft Office Professional Suite or equivalent e.g. Word processing, creating spreadsheets, email management, creating databases, PowerPoint presentations.
	Hold a current full driving license which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post
SECTION 2: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will be measured during the interview/ selection stage:
Skills / Abilities	Word/Text Processing Level 2 - OCR/RSA (or equivalent). Ability to minute/note take at Committee level, meetings etc. Ability to delegate, motivate and use initiative.

If you are interested and available for this position, please upload your CV to the link or contact Stephanie Wilson at [email protected]

To be shortlisted for this role all applicants MUST meet the essential criteria. Please note that these roles may be filled quickly but your CV will be kept on file for future similar roles. As there are so many applications, unsuccessful candidates may not be contacted.

Successful candidates may need to apply for an Access NI Certificate with Staffline regardless if you already have a valid certificate. It will be a cost of between £16-£32 depending on clearance level.