Executive Assistant

An interesting and varied support role. The successful candidate will have excellent administrative skills, and be highly organised, with excellent time management skills and the ability to juggle a variety of tasks. 

The key duties and responsibilities are:

• Providing administrative support to the management team
• Ensuring information from contractors is uptodate
• Providing information to supporters about HCCN’s programmes and services 
• Updating HCCN’s Mailchimp database
• Processing new user applications and managing individual treatment waitlists
• Updating master documents 
• Filing using Google cloud based storage 
• Monitoring HCCN’s generic email accounts and responding appropriately
• Arranging Trustee and operational meetings
• Preparing agendas and papers for Trustee/operational meetings
• Taking minutes of Trustee/operational meetings

The role is hybrid. The nature of this role will require flexibility to meet work needs as they arise. The successful applicant will be required to work at our Bradbury House location when we hold operational meetings. The address is Mayfield Road, Huntingdon, PE29 1UL.  The time commitment is 10 hours per week at the rate of £20 per hour, working from home and virtually with travel across Huntingdonshire.

You will act with integrity and respect. We need you to be confident, proactive, to seek out and listen to what people are doing and want to do.

You need to know and care about people with cancer and the issues that affect them.

At HCCN we commit to:

• Listening first - to fully understand the wants and needs of our clients and volunteers
• Maintaining confidentiality, at all times
• Remaining alert to the latest tried and tested ways to help people diagnosed with cancer
• Collaborating with reputable partner organisations – to achieve win, win, win solutions
• Ensuring we demonstrate legal and financial compliance – good governance
• Focus our passion on doing the things that will improve the quality of life of our clients