Project Assistant
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Tameside/Stockport, SK2 7JE
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
12 days left
Job description
Project Assistant - 28 hours The Project Assistant plays a key role in supporting the Staff Health & Wellbeing and Colleague Experience portfolios wit...
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Act as the first point of contact for the Inclusion and Colleague Experience Team, managing shared inboxes and responding to routine queries.
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Provide comprehensive administrative support, including organising meetings, preparing agendas, taking minutes and maintaining accurate action logs.
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Coordinate wellbeing and engagement events, training sessions, roadshows and focus groups, ensuring venues, materials and logistics are well managed.
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Support staff engagement activities such as the NHS Staff Survey, People Pulse, corporate welcome sessions and long-service awards.
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Maintain and update departmental records, databases and filing systems, ensuring information is accurate and secure.
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Assist with internal communications, including drafting wellbeing newsletters, updating intranet pages and supporting social media messaging for campaigns.
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Liaise with internal teams and external providers to help deliver wellbeing, inclusion and engagement initiatives.
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Provide general project support, helping monitor actions, deadlines and progress across key programmes.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Experience
Essential
- Experience acting as a first point of contact and handling a high volume of queries via phone, email, and face-to-face
- Experience organising meetings, booking venues, and taking accurate minutes or action notes
- Experience of managing shared email inboxes and maintaining electronic and paper filing systems.
Desirable
- Experience of supporting the facilitation of training
- Experience of working in a supporting role in specialist Human Resource areas including such as, Health and Wellbeing, Learning and Development or Organisational Development
- Experience using survey platforms or data collation tools.
- Podcasts/blogging/digital media
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and clearly with staff at all levels.
- Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize a varied workload and meet strict deadlines.
- Ability to provide administrative support to meetings, such as preparing minutes and maintaining an accurate action log.
Qualifications/Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of Secondary education or equivalent.
- Evidence of recent continuous professional development.
- Clear understanding of data protection, confidentiality, and information governance principles.
- Familiarity with NHS systems (such as the Electronic Staff Record - ESR).
- Basic understanding of the core themes within the NHS People Promise and why staff engagement is critical in a healthcare setting
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
5 September 2026
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About the employer
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