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We are looking for a well-organised and proactive Administrator to join our Clinical Quality team. Reporting to the Head of Guidance, you will provide high-quality administrative and secretariat support that helps the team, its committees and the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) to deliver work that improves the safety and quality of women’s healthcare.

You will join a collaborative, values-led team working with colleagues, clinicians, committee members and external stakeholders. The role offers variety across committee support, guidance processes and NMPA activity, with the opportunity to build strong working relationships and contribute to the College’s wider mission.

Responsibilities: 

• Provide comprehensive secretariat support for key Clinical Quality committees, including scheduling meetings, preparing and circulating papers, taking accurate minutes, maintaining action logs and following up agreed actions.

• Coordinate committee recruitment and onboarding, including applications, assessments, interviews, inductions and ongoing communications with members and volunteers.

• Support guidance consultation and peer review processes by coordinating stakeholder engagement, collating feedback, maintaining accurate records and supporting approvals.

• Manage the Clinical Effectiveness and NMPA shared inboxes, triaging enquiries, drafting responses where appropriate and directing queries to the right colleagues.

• Provide dedicated administrative support to the NMPA for one day each week, including meeting coordination, papers, minutes, action tracking, communications and general team support.

This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys varied administrative work, takes pride in accuracy and service, and wants to contribute to better outcomes and experiences for women and girls.

For the full list of key responsibilities, please check the recruitment pack. 

About you  

This role will suit an experienced administrator who is dependable, organised and comfortable supporting several priorities at once. You will communicate professionally with a range of stakeholders, handle information carefully and use sound judgement to keep work moving.

Requirements: 

• Experience of providing effective administrative or PA support in a busy team or programme environment.

• Experience of servicing meetings or committees, including preparing papers, taking accurate minutes and tracking actions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.

• Strong organisation, time management and attention to detail, with the ability to prioritise competing work and deliver reliably to deadlines.

• Confidence using Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to maintain accurate records and support efficient working.

• Ability to use initiative, work collaboratively and maintain confidentiality and professionalism.

We are particularly interested in candidates who take pride in delivering accurate, reliable support and who build positive working relationships. If you meet the essential requirements and are motivated by the opportunity to support work that improves women’s healthcare, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Our culture and benefits  

As a key member of the team, you will be located in our offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes: 

• Agile and flexible working environment and free lunch onsite 

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure from 25 December to 1 January 

• 10% pension contribution after probation 

• Enhanced wellbeing and family support 

• Interest-free season ticket loans after probation 

• Tailored Learning and Development and study leave 

• Affinity staff networks 

• Life assurance and income protection schemes 

• Lifestyle discounts 

For a full list of the benefits we offer, please visit our careers site. 

How to apply 

• Click on Apply to be taken to our recruitment platform, Applied. Please visit our careers website, to download the full Job pack. 

• Applications close at 10.00am on Monday 12 October 2026.

• We encourage candidates to apply early and reserve the right to close the advert and appoint before the closing date. 

• Interviews will be held online. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted with the confirmed date and available time slots.

We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage candidates from underrepresented groups, including those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy.

Reasonable adjustments

If you require any adjustments to apply for this role or need the job advert in an alternative format, please contact us. We are happy to support with reasonable adjustments to accommodate individual needs throughout the recruitment process. 

Please note: We are only accepting applicants with a Right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa. 

About us 

The RCOG is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women’s health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women’s health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area, supporting 19,000 members in the UK and internationally.

We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.