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Haywards Heath, West Sussex (On-site)
£31,644 - £39,000 per year
Full-time
Contract (Three-year fixed term contract)
Job description

Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities.

Title: Senior Administrative Manager

Location: Haywards Heath, with a preference for 1-2 days per week in the office       

Contract: Three-year fixed term contract

Salary: £31,644 to £39,000 per annum

 

About the role

The primary purpose of the Senior Administrative Manager will be to support the NTD (Neglected Tropical Disease) Department in functioning effectively and efficiently. This role involves coordinating administrative and support systems, procedures, and sub-teams essential for the management of the NTD portfolio.

Background

Sightsavers’ NTD directorate oversees projects funded by various donors to control and eliminate five PC-NTDs: onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminths in 28 countries. These projects are executed by country office teams, ministries of health, and partners, with operational and technical support from the NTD Department.

Principal Accountabilities 

  • Oversee the creation and renewal of requested consultancy agreements with Human Resources, ensuring appropriate procedures are followed and records are kept updated.
  • Manage the contractual organisation of the team of internationally located technical consultants and work with the relevant Global Disease Advisor to coordinate all aspects of support missions undertaken by the them 
  • Ensure professional meeting support for all external NTD meetings with donors and international partners as requested by the NTD SMT.  This includes logistics, room bookings, agendas, slides, recording, virtual participation where required and minute documentation and distribution. 
  • Assemble information as required for presentations, communications and reports, and manage internal document storage systems (Microsoft SharePoint and Teams). 
  • Support the Grant Directors and IFT to compile key donor milestone reports and ensure a fully functional and accessible external ShareFile system for key donor groups where required
  • Support communications both within the NTD Department team and with external stakeholders through dissemination of newsletters and maintaining contact lists. 
  • Using all members of the admin team, coordinate the support for all regular internal PDU calls (recurring invites, agenda sharing and minute taking).
  • Provide travel support to the SMT and Grant Directors where requested. 
  • Manage/supervise NTD Dept Coordinator
  • Undertake additional ad-hoc administrative duties as required.

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

 

About you

The Senior Administrative Manager will have a sound experience in supporting a complex widespread team and will excel in, coordinating administrative and support systems and ensuring the effective implementation of health projects.

A small amount of international travel may be required.

Jobholder Requirements

Essential:

  • Educated to A-level standard or equivalent experience
  • Relevant experience in an administrative support role
  • Proficiency in using programmes across the Microsoft suite
  • Highly organised and proactive
  • Strong administration skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple tasks and prioritising as necessary
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Time management skills
  • Ability to handle sensitive information and maintain confidentiality

Desirable:

  • Experience of working with other cultures
  • An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for people with disabilities
  • Logically minded and decisive
  • Able to perform in a matrix management environment
  • Strong team leader

 

Benefits 

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London. 

 

Next Steps

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.

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Posted on: 13 September 2024
Closing date: 29 September 2024 at 23:30
Tags: Administration

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