Strategy office business administration apprentice

Are you looking to establish and progress your career within the NHS? If so an exciting opportunity has arisen for an Apprenticeship Administrator role at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust based at Cobbett House. This role is based in the Group Strategy team providing administrative support to the Directors of Strategy and the Strategy Managers. The hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm. The post holder will need to be able to work effectively as part of a team, with excellent communication, administrative, and organisational skills. The candidate will need to be flexible with the ability to multi-task in a busy environment. You will be fully supported to complete your level 3 business administration apprenticeship qualification with MFT. The apprenticeship duration is 18 - 24 months and will have the opportunity to apply for a band 4 role permanently in the team once you have successfully completed your training. If this role appeals to you and you feel you have the required skills we would welcome an application from you demonstrating how you are a suitable candidate for the post. The post holder will provide will be part of a team providing administrative support to the Strategy Directorate. The post-holder will be responsible for the provision of secretarial and administrative support to the Directors of Strategy and the Strategy Managers, including planning and organising meetings, diary management, ensuring that the team are prepared for meetings and other general administrative duties. The role will require the use of IT packages such as word, excel, outlook and power point. The post holder will need to liaise with Strategy Team members, Executive Directors and their admin staff, Hospital/MCS Leadership teams, Corporate Directors and their respective admin teams and partner organisations across Manchester and Greater Manchester Health Social Care system. MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals community services from across Manchester, Trafford beyond, we champion collaborative working transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient staff experience, operational effectiveness driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected]. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!