NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
The post-holder is responsible for providing a high level of confidential personal assistance and wider administrative support to the Corporate Management Team within Corporate Services. The post-holder is responsible for ensuring the administrative service they provide is effective and efficient.
The shift pattern for this post is Monday - Friday.
The responsibilities of this role are highly varied and include complex diary and e-mail management, arranging internal and external meetings, minuting meetings, preparing briefing papers to ensure priorities are appropriately organised. Our Corporate Services Department has a key role managing the day to day administrative business across a wide range of Corporate functions ensuring that there is a constant prioritisation of both theirs and the Corporate Management Team workload. The ability to build good working relationships with senior colleagues is a prerequisite for this role.
We are looking for a candidate who will come with previous experience as a PA at Director/Board level, be able to work autonomously and have outstanding organisational skills with the ability to manage complex and ever changing priorities, the ability to work under pressure, prioritise workloads and work to short deadlines is essential. Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal along with personal resilience and remaining calm under pressure are essential as is the ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels and work effectively as part of a team of highly motivated PAs. The post demands advanced IT skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint and evidence based secretarial skills.
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