KSS Adult Secure Care Provider Collaborative Team Administrator: Sponsorship Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT) is lead provider for 3 specialist Provider Collaboratives (PCs):

  • Kent Surrey and Sussex adult secure.
  • Kent Surrey Sussex Adult Eating Disorders
  • Southern Counties CAMHS (incorporating Hampshire, Kent Surrey and Sussex.

Each Provider Collaborative is a partnership of NHS Trusts (including SPFT) and independent sector partners. The collaborative operates a continuous programme of Transformation & Change, enabling the collaborative to deliver its major change programmes across partner organisations, to improve outcomes and deliver better value for money.

To provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the KSS Adult Secure Care Provider Collaborative, including Lead Clinical staff and management, ensuring the smooth running of the office function.

Main duties of the job

Main duties:

To provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the KSS Adult Secure Care Provider Collaborative, including Lead Clinical staff and management, ensuring the smooth running of the office function, including ensuring sufficient cover is provided in times of sickness and annual leave. To be responsible for maintaining sickness and absence records and related employee information for all staff in the team.

To act as central secretarial and administrative contact point for the team.

To supervise junior staff where appropriate, including allocating workload and reviewing performance.

To maintain an overview of the administration function and workflow within the team.

To consistently deliver a client focussed service, which promotes good customer service and effective working relationships.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 in Business & Administration or evidence of equivalent practical experience
  • RSA 3 or equivalent experience and evidence of further practical experience
  • Good standard of secondary education; GCSE at Grade C or above

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of a range of secretarial procedures
  • Significant experience of working as an administrator or secretary
  • Experience of office and resource management
  • Experience of supervising others
  • Experience of producing documents to a high standard of presentation with good accuracy
  • Experience of maintaining office systems
  • Experience of generating own correspondence
  • Experience of working as part of a team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 25 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.