An Exciting Opportunity at UKHSA

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the National Response Centre at UKHSA for the role of an administrative apprentice. The successful post holder will receive training in the areas of administration, organisational skills, minute taking, along with diary management.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the National Response Centre Team and other emergency response functions/staff as required, including arranging and taking minutes of meetings, diary management and support to Heads of NRC
• Be responsible for the development and maintenance of various information databases of emergency plans, contacts, distribution lists, and other relevant information
• Handle information effectively and in line with Caldicott and Information Governance Guidelines
• Be a point of contact for the Money and People Services (MaPS) system, including sourcing, ordering, and receipting of goods, as well as the prompt raising, payment, and recording of invoices
• Manage and respond to enquiries, escalating complex issues or matters requiring input from other colleagues where appropriate.
• Support the set-up of new incidents
• Undertake an appropriate operational role in support of ongoing incidents following completion of the required training. This may occasionally involve working outside of normal working hours and over a seven-day period at times
• Support the closure of incidents and the debriefing process.
• Provide cross cover to other parts of UKHSA, as and when required
• Support Portfolio work and undertake project work as required