About Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK, employing over 28,000 staff with an annual budget of £2.6 billion. Formed in 2017 through the merger of Central Manchester University Hospitals and University Hospital of South Manchester, the Trust expanded further in 2021 with the addition of North Manchester General Hospital.
MFT operates ten hospitals across Greater Manchester, providing a full range of community and hospital services to nearly one million people, alongside highly specialised care for patients from across the UK.
The Trust is recognised as a leading centre for innovation, research and specialist services, guided by its strategy “Where Excellence Meets Compassion”, focused on delivering outstanding care and improving health outcomes for the communities it serves.
Summary
We’re looking for a highly organised and proactive Business Support Manager to join a major New Hospital Programme. This is a key role supporting the Project Director and wider programme team, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.
You’ll take ownership of high-level business support, including purchase ordering, governance support (meetings, boards, minutes), and PA support to senior leadership. You’ll also help coordinate administrative activity across multiple workstreams and play a central role in keeping the programme running efficiently.
This role acts as the go-to point for operational support, managing priorities, resolving issues, and supporting internal processes such as onboarding, training, and team coordination.
What we’re looking for:
- Strong experience in business support / admin management
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Confident providing PA support to senior stakeholders
- Experience managing purchase orders and administrative processes
- Strong IT skills and attention to detail
- NHS or public sector experience is desirable
If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment and enjoy being at the heart of a programme, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Manage agreed financial resources and assume responsibility for placing orders as requested by the Project Director/Finance & Business Case Lead and committing financial expenditure for approval by the Project Director/Finance & Business Case Lead.
- Manage the inputting, receipting, and authorisation processes of orders as required and in accordance with Project and MFT procedures. Authorised signatory for financial payments.
- Provide and receive complex information in a range of different formats and use negotiation skills to ensure cooperation and an effective way forward.
- Maintain an accurate record and database of key information from all commercial and supplier contracts, e.g. PO Ref., Contract Expiry, Insurances (and dates of expiry), etc.
- Prepare reports, presentations, and graphs to support the delivery of the New Hospital Project and as required by the Project leadership team.
- Develop and implement business management systems and administrative processes and systems to support the effective and efficient running of the New Hospital Project and to ensure a professional service is delivered at all times.
- Establish and manage databases as required.
- Regularly review systems and practices within the New Hospital Project Team to continually improve service delivery.
- Monitor and order PPE for Project Team Members as may be required from time to time.
Qualifications
- Knowledge of administrative and organisational policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of a wide variety of IT packages and data flows.
- Experience of supporting finance processes such as purchase orders, invoices, or expense claims.
- A good understanding of the dynamics of the NHS and the values of the UK Public Sector.
- Excellent experience of MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, Outlook) to a high level of competence.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and able to present complex or sensitive information effectively.
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Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 6 months
Pay: £20.88 per hour
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience working in NHS?
Location:
- Manchester M8 5RB (required)
Work Location: In person
