Executive Assistant
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Occupation Type
Personal assistants and other secretaries
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
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Description
Main area Executive Assistant Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours
Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site HQ Town Colchester Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/03/2026 18:00
Job Overview
We are looking for an Executive Assistant to provide a comprehensive service to the Executive team, covering all aspects of secretarial, administrative and organisational support. They will assist in the overall development of the service to ensure it operates efficiently and effectively.
To provide EA service to the Group Chief People Officer.
To provide support to the Executive team and Non-Executive Directors as and when required.
To administer monthly support at Board sub committees, including producing formal minutes and supporting Board meetings, as required.
To provide a supervisory role to other administration staff within the corporate office support team, ensuring work is covered and support is available during periods of annual leave, sickness, fluctuating workloads.
Main duties of the job
To provide EA service to the Group Chief People Officer.
To provide support to the Executive team and Non-Executive Directors as and when required, for cover of annual leave / sickness, with meetings and daily SitReps.
Supporti
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site HQ Town Colchester Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/03/2026 18:00
Job Overview
We are looking for an Executive Assistant to provide a comprehensive service to the Executive team, covering all aspects of secretarial, administrative and organisational support. They will assist in the overall development of the service to ensure it operates efficiently and effectively.
To provide EA service to the Group Chief People Officer.
To provide support to the Executive team and Non-Executive Directors as and when required.
To administer monthly support at Board sub committees, including producing formal minutes and supporting Board meetings, as required.
To provide a supervisory role to other administration staff within the corporate office support team, ensuring work is covered and support is available during periods of annual leave, sickness, fluctuating workloads.
Main duties of the job
To provide EA service to the Group Chief People Officer.
To provide support to the Executive team and Non-Executive Directors as and when required, for cover of annual leave / sickness, with meetings and daily SitReps.
Supporti
ng HR hearings and investigations with note taking when requested.
To administer monthly support at Board sub committees, including producing formal minutes, action logs, collating papers and supporting as required.
To provide a supervisory role to other administration staff within the corporate office support team, ensuring work is covered and support is available during periods of annual leave, sickness, fluctuating workloads.
To manage diaries.
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times
Vision:
To administer monthly support at Board sub committees, including producing formal minutes, action logs, collating papers and supporting as required.
To provide a supervisory role to other administration staff within the corporate office support team, ensuring work is covered and support is available during periods of annual leave, sickness, fluctuating workloads.
To manage diaries.
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times
Vision:
Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full and comprehensive job description for this role.
Person specification
CV
Essential criteria
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full and comprehensive job description for this role.
Person specification
CV
Essential criteria
- At least 3 years’ previous experience in a senior administrative role or as a PA/EA at Executive director level, or equivalent experience of working in a large, complex organisation. Previous line management experience/people management skills Previous experience of working autonomously. Minute taking skills. Experience of preparing/formatting reports and taking minutes, together with setting agendas and distribution of associated papers. Experience of diary management and arranging complex meetings. Experience of organising travel and accommodation requirements. Experience in composing correspondence for approval. Experience of project management.
- Understanding of our organisation and not just NHS focus
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel independently across Mid Essex and beyond, as required.
Further Information
How will we contact you?
To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.
Closing Date
How will we contact you?
- All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
- As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
- If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net
- If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.
To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.
Closing Date
Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.
Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?
If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination
Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.
We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.
Anti Fraud
Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.
Disability
If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.
Work Trials
Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?
If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination
Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.
We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.
Anti Fraud
Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.
Disability
If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.
Work Trials
Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
Successful Applicant
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.
The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.
Successful Applicant
You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.
The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.