Job Description

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Salary: Marie Curie Pay Scale - Aligned to Agenda for Change Band 2

Hours/Contract: Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Based: Marie Curie Newcastle Hospice

Closing date: 10th July 2023

Interview date: TBC

You will provide full secretarial and office admin support, maintaining team diaries, producing correspondence, reports, minutes, presentations and other documents. Your ability to establish and maintain efficient office systems and produce accurate management information, as required, is essential. You should therefore be highly organised and flexible, have excellent IT and proven administration skills and be confident dealing with a variety of stakeholders in a professional manner.

As the first point of contact for the office to receive visitors, handling incoming calls, dealing pro-actively with enquiries and supporting communication within the office, you will ensure arrangements for events and meetings are made in a timely fashion, including any booking of rooms, travel and accommodation; associated documentation.

No two days are the same and you will juggle a variety of demands in this hands-on role.

What we are looking for:

• Excellent planning, administrative and organisational skills.
• High level of discretion while dealing with confidential information
• Self-motivated with an ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office - word processing, spreadsheets, database ability to use Word and Excel
• Ability to achieve accurate and fast returns of work

What\'s in it for you:

• Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
• Continuous development
• Industry leading training programmes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Working

For more information or an informal chat please contact our Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor, John Gibson on

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

About Us:

Every day of your life matters - from the first to the last. When you work for Marie Curie, you understand that better than ever. We\'re a passionate, committed and diverse team of more than 4,400 staff and 12,000 volunteers, here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We offer expert care, guidance and support, to help them get the most from the time they have left.

Everyone knows our daffodil, but it\'s our warmth, creativity and care that touch lives. Here, we take the time to really get to know the people we care for and those who love them. And we do whatever it takes to give them the final days and hours they deserve.

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