This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people in Northamptonshire. The role forms a central and foundational part of the Children and Young People (CYP) Participation and Co-Production Team, supporting the delivery of a high-quality, inclusive service. The successful candidate will work directly with young people and their families through events, groups, and engagement opportunities, ensuring their voices are heard and influence service development through administrative and digital tasks. In addition to face-to-face activities, the role also involves supporting digital engagement, communications, and key administrative functions that underpin co-production. A strong understanding of as the role ensures that co-production remains at the heart of organisational improvement and transformation in NHFT Children's Delivery Care Pathway.
Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 270-TG496-ACS
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Newland House
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pa, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Participation and Co-Production Administrator
Band 3
Job overview
Main duties of the job
The post will also provide administrative support to the CYP Participation and Co-Production Team, including:
- Maintaining the digital and team workbook
- Coordinating the team email inbox
- Supporting communication between services and local communities
- Maintaining and updating the team’s eRoster to support staff scheduling and planning, including Lived Experience Advisors
- Creating and managing sign-up forms for events, workshops, and participation opportunities
This is a varied and collaborative role, involving regular work with clinical and non-clinical staff, the Trust Communications Team, and the Digital Technology Service (DTS). As such, strong communication and organisational skills are essential.
Key to the role is the ability to consolidate systems and processes to ensure efficient, proactive administrative support for the CYP Participation and Co-Production programme.
Please refer to job description for further details.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Maintaining the digital and team workbook
- Coordinating the team email inbox
- Supporting communication between services and local communities
- Maintaining and updating the team’s eRoster to support staff scheduling and planning, including Lived Experience Advisors
- Creating and managing sign-up forms for events, workshops, and participation opportunities
This is a varied and collaborative role, involving regular work with clinical and non-clinical staff, the Trust Communications Team, and the Digital Technology Service (DTS). As such, strong communication and organisational skills are essential.
Key to the role is the ability to consolidate systems and processes to ensure efficient, proactive administrative support for the CYP Participation and Co-Production programme.
Please refer to job description for further details.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Access to car and full driving license
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working with young people and/ or families
Essential
Essential criteria
- Good general level of education / years of experience working in administration
- Access to car and full driving license
- Computer/IT literate, with good general knowledge and experience in using Microsoft Office software.
- Proven experience in providing efficient and effective administrative support within busy teams
Desirable criteria
- Experience using PowerPoint to create engaging presentations
- Experience using Canva or similar design tools for digital content creation.
- Knowledge of NHS applications e.g eRoster, ESR
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Georgina Lomas
- Job title
- Participation and Co-production Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07513 703667
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