Clerical Assistant - Forrester High School

Job Description

Education and Children's Service's

Clerical Assistant
Forrester High School

Salary: £23,651 - £23,857 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 33.42 per week, 40 weeks sessional

Monday to Thursday 8:15 - 16:00 and Friday 8:15 - 14:00

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated Clerical Assistant who possesses excellent customer service, organisational and communication skills to join the Forrester High School office team.

The school office staff are vital to the smooth and efficient running of the school. They are highly valued members of the school staff.

As the first point of contact for visitors and callers to the school, it is important that they create a friendly, courteous and welcoming atmosphere. This is a demanding role and you should be committed to achieving the best for all in the school community.

For more information about the school, please visit the website http://forresterhighschool.org.uk/ or call 0131 334 9262.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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