Role Summary
We are looking for an Administrator to join our Resourcing team. The role will specifically be supporting the Job Evaluation team (but you do not need to have experience in this to do this role, as training will be provided). We are looking for someone with strong administration skills, proficient in MS Excel, MS Word, sending emails and happy to make and receive calls on the telephone or online.
Job Evaluation is an essential service in our NHS. It ensures that people are recognised for the work they do and paid accordingly. It is a small team supporting wider Trust in the evaluation of all Agenda for Change job descriptions, and this role will be responsible for facilitating trained Job Evaluation Practitioners to undertake the appropriate job evaluation processes.
This role is based primarily at our Newcourt House offices, near IKEA, though the flexibility of home working is offered, and we would be happy to discuss how the working hours of 20 hours per week might work for you.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role:
You will be the key point of contact for users of the service, working proactively and professionally with our managers and staff representatives. We would love to hear from you if you have experience of working in a busy administrative role where organisation, attention to detail and customer service are key. You will have at least a Level 3 qualification or the equivalent life experience, along with good IT skills. While job evaluation or Agenda For Change knowledge is not essential for this role, a willingness to learn this is very important, and we will support you in this process.
Key duties and responsibilities will include:
- Providing administrative support to the team, including booking meetings, preparing documents for meetings
- Acting as the first point of contact by telephone/Teams, email and face to face, providing support and guidance on the job evaluation process and signposting to the available resources
- Maintaining the tables of information on Excel and providing reports as required
- Confirming decision outcomes with managers by email and in a timely manner
- Arranging training on the job evaluation process, which will mean liaising with training providers and booking offsite offices etc
- Advise and guide managers on job evaluation, escalating issues to your line manager where appropriate
Working Pattern: 20 hours per week. We would be happy to discuss how this might work for you.
Interview Date: Wednesday 21st June 2023
For further information please contact: Stephanie Hunter, Resourcing & Job Evaluation Manager on stephanie.hunter12@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
