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Specialist Administrator

Provide CICColchester, East of England

Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Permanent
Location
Colchester
Closes
8 November 2026

Overview

This is a NHS role (permanent) with Provide CIC based in Colchester. The advertised salary is £28,392 to £31,157. Applications close on 8 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.

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Job description

We are looking for a Specialist Administrator to undertake all administrative functions related to the roles and responsibilities of the Quality and S...

  • To lead on and establish administrative processes to support the Quality and Safety (Q&S) Team in conjunction with the other Administrators and provide confidential administrative support.
  • To receive and manage highly confidential complex and sometimes distressing information. This requires an understanding of information sharing framework & the ability to recognise appropriate processes on a case by case basis.
  • The ability to prioritise & recognise events that require urgent actions/escalation.
  • To review & format procedural documents whilst monitoring compliance in relation to review dates.
  • To co-ordinate agendas/papers, take minutes at multiple high level meetings.
  • To prepare reports for committees, including Provide Board. Type up complex action plans & monitor the actions to ensure deadlines are met.
  • To maintain complex databases & produce reporting dashboards to support clinical leads in producing quality assurance reports. To create presentations from supplied information.

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision:Transforming Lives

Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men's Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Essential: - oBTEC or equivalent level of knowledge of a range of administrative processes & management procedures requiring formal training.; - oRSA Stage II in word processing / typing or ability to demonstrate equivalent standard and experience.; - o4 GCSE's at Grade A-C or equivalent preferably including English and Maths.; - oAble to demonstrate a good level of English language and grammar commensurate with composing own letters and ability to correct other correspondence as necessary.

Essential: - oMinimum of 3 years' experience in an administrative role for a team.; - oPrevious experience of implementing and utilising administrative systems.; - oPrevious experience of taking minutes at high level meetings.; - oDetailed knowledge of Microsoft Office (including word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook).; - oExperience of co-ordinating several diaries.; - oExperience in data collection.

Desirable: - oExperience of working in health/social care setting.; - oKnowledge & understanding of confidentiality & information sharing frameworks.

Essential: - Ability to prioritise workload and competing deadlines for each team.; - Ability to work on own initiative.; - Ability to follow Provide guidelines and policies.; - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, oral, verbal, written and electronic.

Desirable: - Typing speed 50 word per minute.

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How this role compares

We hold 833 NHS vacancies in East of England that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £39,333. This role pays less than about 77% of them.

There are 12,368 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,187 of them in East of England.

You have 2 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 34 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.

Provide CIC has 12 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.

These figures are calculated from the vacancies GovJobs currently holds, not from official pay statistics. They are a guide to the market, not a valuation of this post.

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