Job overview

Buckinghamshire Health and Social Care Academy is a non-profit partnership organisation established by the Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, Bucks New University, Buckinghamshire Council, University of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Buckinghamshire College Group and the Buckinghamshire Primary Care Training Hub.

The goal of the Academy is to optimise the health and social care workforce education, training and development. This will be achieved through partnership and multi-professional working with the single aim of delivering the best possible care to the population of Buckinghamshire.

This role is not a Trust-based role, the Academy is hosted by the Trust only and operates under its own governance structure and work demands. However, it is an NHS post. This role will be remote working, with opportunity to utilise office space at our partnered University campus in Aylesbury.

Your role would be to:

·        Provide administrative support to multiple programme managers; resolve day-to-day problems independently

·        Acts as the first point of contact for enquiries from project teams and stakeholders

·        Maintains the Academy’s social media accounts and website

·        Assists in project planning and administrative tasks, including diary management and the scheduling and minuting of several meetings

Main duties of the job

General administrative duties:

·        Manage multiple designated email inboxes and diaries – be a point of contact for Academy related queries, social media, marketing, or digital queries or issues (occasionally sensitive circumstances)

·        Manage Teams meetings, room/venue bookings and audio-visual equipment as required.

·        Responsible for the scheduling and management of several formal and informal meetings, and completing succinct minutes for records and auditing purposes.

·        Support successful management of all Academy associated projects by working alongside multiple programme managers simultaneously and providing support as needed.

·        Give administrative support to the Academy’s associated organisations, specifically the Buckinghamshire Coaching and Mentoring Pool

·        Maintain and update a contact management record for internal and external stakeholders

·        Coordinate and manage social media platforms, website design, and relationships with Partnered Comms Teams

·        Communicates effectively and delivers excellent communicative and collaborative skills in line with the Trust’s CARE values framework.

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes. 

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.