Executive Assistant to Chief Finance Officer
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Executive Assistant to Chief Finance Officer
The role is based at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] with flexible working patterns available.
We are looking for an exceptional Executive Assistant to partner with our Chief Finance Officer, providing high-level executive support at the centre of a complex, fast-moving organisation. This is a role for someone who thrives on influence, pace, discretion and impact -- someone who wants to be more than a PA, and who is motivated by working at Board and system level.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing complex executive diaries and communications
- Producing and coordinating executivelevel papers, reports and briefings
- Supporting Board and Committee governance
- Recording and tracking actions and decisions
- Handling sensitive information with professionalism
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[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
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Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
- Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience or equivalent training and experience.
- Evidence of continued learning and development.
- Secretarial qualification or equivalent
- OCR RSA Word Processing Level 3
- OCR RSA Text Processing Level 2
Essential Experience
- Proven experience with administrative procedures in a busy department.
- Proven experience and ability to communicate across organisational boundaries.
- Ability to make decisions and work on own initiative.
- Ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines
- Ability to analyse and interpret data using Microsoft Excel
- Excellent oral and written skills
- Ability to delegate and motivate staff
Desirable Experience
- ECDL or equivalent
- Experience in the management of financial resources.
Additional Information
Pay scheme: Agenda for Change, Band 5
Salary: £32,073.00 to £39,043.00 Yearly
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number: 175-2627-WF1687
Job locations: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY
Closing date: 25th May 2026
Anticipated Interview date(s): 19 June 2026
For help with your application, contact: Liz Bush - [contact hidden] - [contact hidden]