Salary: circa £33k pro-rata (dependent on experience) plus excellent staff benefits
Location: Based in Poole with possible travel in East Dorset & Purbeck
Type: Part-time (30 hours per week). Permanent
Job Scope
We are currently looking for an Executive PA to join our team. This role is key in supporting the CEO and Board of Trustees.
What You’ll Be Doing
The role will be responsible for providing professional, comprehensive and confidential administrative support to the CEO including managing diaries, organising appointments, dealing with correspondence, preparing reports and papers, filing and writing minutes for senior level meetings. This varied role will see you undertaking research, proof reading, developing efficient systems and processes including Trustee recruitment and induction. Building positive internal and external relationships at all levels, this role will the ‘face’ of the organisation, being the first point of contact for many visitors to the hospice.
What We’re Looking For
A minimum of 2 years working in an office environment providing support for high level meetings, ideally with previous experience of working as a PA to senior staff members, you will have excellent IT skills with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office. Ideally with A level English or equivalent and RSA Stage 2, your proof reading and typing skills will be second to none.
Your ability to organise and prioritise your own workload and work collaboratively as part of a team will be outstanding and you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Your attention to detail will be coupled with flexibility, which ensures that all business needs are met accurately and in a timely fashion. Your professional and caring approach is partnered with a focussed and committed attitude, making for a PA who will be an invaluable support to our CEO and her team.
This role may require you to travel on occasion to our satellite provisions across the county. We very much look forward to hearing from you and to the possibility of you joining our well respected, hardworking and dedicated team.
Why Join Us?
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care is an independent local Dorset charity providing extraordinary care to people and their loved ones facing a life-limiting illness. We support over one thousand patients and families every year in their homes, virtually, and at our hubs across Swanage, Wareham, Poole, Wimborne, Christchurch and Bournemouth.
We offer a range of free hospice care services supporting local people to:
- Live well through their illness
- Alleviate the huge pressures on families and carers as well as NHS services, reducing ambulance call outs, hospital admissions and GP appointments
- Increase physical and social well-being
- Reduce isolation and loneliness
We continually review and develop our services based on listening to what matters to patients, local need and identified gaps in our communities, integrating with other healthcare providers and collaborating across relevant sectors.
We only receive 12% funding from the NHS. Therefore, every year, we need your help to raise money to continue providing our important services in your community for patients and their families.
Without your support we could not exist.
We are Your Hospice, in Your Community.
At Lewis-Manning Hospice Care we welcome applications from all parts of the community and encourage all interested candidates with the above skills and experience to apply for the role.
Proudly rated Outstanding by the CQC. Join our award-winning team and help us continue delivering exceptional care and support.
Applications for this role will close on Friday 2nd Octoberwith interviews expected to be heldonMonday 12th October.
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Contact Details:
Lewis-Manning Hospice Care Recruitment Team
