Senior Business Assistant/Admin Team Leader

Job Overview

This post is part of the ongoing Neurodevelopment (ND) Improvement Programme that has set out to improve the outcomes of children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by identifying the resources committed to their diagnosis and care, agreeing opportunities for improvement and implementing new delivery, finance and workforce models.

Leading a team of administrators, the post holder will need to demonstrate strong leadership and motivational skills, supporting staff working across a number of workstreams. The ability to work calmly under pressure is essential to the role as well as showing emotional resilience. skills and character to consistently deliver high quality care and work creatively at pace with colleagues with our CYP and families at the centre.

The successful applicants will be based between County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester and The Valentine Centre, Anstey Lane, Leicester.

Contact Details: Nicola Manson, ***email_hidden***

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

• To provide comprehensive high level specialist administration support within the remit of the aligned Team, Service or Senior Manager.
• Responsibility for work activities in own aligned area, the majority of which are non-routine.
• To lead, manage and develop the Administration Team within the area of responsibility, allocating and delegating work responsibilities, and monitoring performance in line with KPIs and Standard Operating Procedures.
• To help the team or individual with time and daily management, including the scheduling of meetings/ clinics, correspondence, note taking, completion of actions and co-ordination of events and project work, ensuring that actions of self and others are completed within required deadlines.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.