Job requirements
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Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience working within an office or healthcare administrative environment
- Experience
Experience using IT systems for data document management and reporting.
- Experience
Advanced Word and Excel
- Knowledge and Skills
Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, manage workload pressures
- Knowledge and Skills
Be able to gather, analyse, interpret and present extensive and/or complex data and information
- Knowledge and Skills
Effective communication skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent minute taking, secretarial, organisational and data entry skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Experienced events coordinator
- Knowledge and Skills
Manage the provision of information on service activity for KPIs and targets
- Training and Qualifications
NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration (or equivalent experience)
- Training and Qualifications
GCSE English & Maths (or equivalent)
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
A post has become available for a Business Administration Coordinator within the Forensic Management Business Admin Team. The position will be based at the Trevor Gibbens Unit in Maidstone, which specialises in the assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders.
We are looking for someone who is dynamic, proactive and forward thinking, and the successful candidate will provide secretarial and administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team in the Forensic and Specialist Directorate. The post holder will be educated to NVQ/RSA Level 3, or equivalent, and have GCSE English and Maths.
The hours are 37.5 per week, working Monday to Friday 9.00-5.00, and the post is office based.
There are regular meetings at different locations across the trust sites. Therefore, the post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
It is desirable that the candidate has experience of working in an Adult Mental Health setting but must have the following:
- Excellent minute taking, secretarial, organisational and data entry skills.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Be able to gather, analyse, interpret and present extensive and/or complex data and information.
- Manage the provision of information on service activity for KPIs and Trust targets.
- Work to tight deadlines, in changing and challenging situations, whilst maintaining attention to detail.
- Experienced events coordinator.
- Liaise and work with internal and external colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes, unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
Please see attached Job Description for further information about the role and requirements.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Business Administration Coordinator with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust in Maidstone, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Administrative coordinator role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum. The contract type is Permanent: None. The application deadline is 11 Sep 2026.
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