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Senior Leadership Administrator


Location
Salary
£28,392 - £31,157 pa/pro rata
Profession
Administrative and IT
Grade
Band 4
Deadline
02 Aug 2026
Contract Type
Secondment: 6 months
Posted Date
23 Jul 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job overview

We are looking for an organised and proactive Senior Leadership Administrator to join our Corporate Medical Directorate. This is a varied and rewarding role, providing high-quality administrative, secretarial and business support to senior leaders including the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director of Workforce and Medical Director for Standards.

If you are a confident administrator with leadership experience and a commitment to delivering high-quality support, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing complex diaries and correspondence, coordinating meetings, preparing reports and presentations, and ensuring the smooth running of key administrative processes. You will also provide supervision, support and development to administrative staff, helping to maintain excellent standards of service across the team.

This role requires excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to manage competing priorities, and experience of working with a range of systems and stakeholders. You will play a key role in supporting service improvement initiatives and ensuring the Corporate Medical Directorate operates effectively and efficiently.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Person specification

Skills

Essential

  • ICT skills including Microsoft (especially word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a full range of admin/secretarial procedures and systems gained at senior level, including management experience.
  • Experience of working at PA level

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 Business Administration or equivalent or willing to work towards.

Desirable

  • Use of relevant systems such as Trac, ESR, Power BI, and HealthRoster.

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This advert is for Senior Leadership Administrator with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Norwich, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 pa/pro rata. The contract type is Secondment: 6 months. The application deadline is 02 Aug 2026.

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