Interview looming..... advice needed

[mammasmadhouse]

Hello All
I have been shortlisted for an admin post, and have an interview and test in the next few weeks. My main worry is that I will have only been in my current job for 9mths by the time I am interviewed, it is simular to the job I have an interview for, but I just cant seem to gel with my manager.She really lacks management ability and there are a number of ongoing staff issues with other staff where I work. I more than do my job and the more I do the more I get. It has been good in terms of taking me out of comfirt zone and for conslidating my skills, but how do I explain this in a postive manner without putting them off!!Prior to this job I had been in a PA post for 12 months and an Administrator for 5 years - which I loved but felt I needed to move on and up so to speak. The role I have an interview for will be with an acute trust which is simular to where I worked as an administrator for 5 years + and I do miss working for a bigger trust as opposed to a smaller more specialised trust. This is my main worry I know I can do the job and am really excited about this job for some reason, I have been shortlisted for other posts which I have turned down as I was worried about making the wrong move, so I do feel that this one would be a good move but how do I convince the panel??
Any help/comments would be appreicated
Thank you in advance

Mmm - I can see that you don't want to sound unprofessional about your colleagues, you don't want to complain about your work load, but you do want to make it clear that you've now learnt to take on a whole range of new tasks? On the plus side, they're unlikely to want to seem prying about your current team, so if you say something non-committal, they may well take it at face value.

So it seems that you just need to have some positive answers prepared for a few key questions.

Sounds like they might ask:

"Why are you interested in this job?"
"Why are you looking to leave your current role?" - maybe phrased more tactfully like "What do you think this role might offer you that you don't see in your current post?"
and possible
"You've not been at your current post very long - why are you looking to move?" (I think this might be seen as a rather unprofessional question to ask?)

So I'd say something like:

"Firstly, I'm very keen to move back into a larger trust rather than the smaller specialised trust that I currently work in. Until now, my current role's offered me the opportunity to take on a number of new tasks that I think have prepare me very well for the role you're offering. However, we've had a recent change in team focus, and I'll now be doing much less of X and Y, and I think I'll miss the challenge."

HTH!