Health & Justice Business Support Assistant

The East Midlands Health and Justice Commissioning Team is looking for a committed individual with proven administration experience to support our commissioning activities across the full portfolio of commissioned services.
Working closely with team members, the post holder will be responsible for providing high quality administrative support to the contract review process and commissioning cycle to ensure a robust audit trail is maintained.
Health and Justice is a fascinating and rewarding area of commissioning so if you would like a role where you can make a difference to the health and wellbeing of a patient group with high level of health inequalities, want a role that is interesting and challenging and involves working collaboratively with other agencies and has a high level of autonomy this may be the post for you., As a Business Support Assistant, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the East Midlands Health and Justice Commissioning Team.
In particular, the post holder will provide and coordinate administrative and secretarial services; including for example, the preparation of agendas and minutes, taking appropriate follow-up action as required. Supporting the team with financial management, projects, gathering information and undertaking enquires as and when is necessary for all team members., As a Business Support Assistant, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the East Midlands office to Health and Justice Commissioning.
The postholder will require an understanding of the complexities and sensitivities of services commissioned by Health & Justice.
The post holder will provide and coordinate administrative and secretarial services; including for example,
+ the preparation of agendas and minutes, taking appropriate follow-up action as required.
+ Supporting the raising of Purchase Orders and receipting of invoices in line with Standing Financial Instructions and contract documentation.
+ supporting the team with the management of projects, gathering information and undertaking enquires as and when is necessary for the head of department, teams and the department.
+ Attend in person the monthly Health and Justice team meetings and travel to East Midlands commissioned services sites for meetings as required
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
+ Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
+ Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
+ Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
+ Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
+ Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently.
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Candidates are reminded that, if you are applying on a secondment basis, you must have agreement with your current manager that if successful you will be released for the period of the secondment.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.