Clerical Assistant - James Gillespie's High School

Children, Education and Justice Services

Clerical Assistant
James Gillespie's High School

Salary: £25,905 - £26,111 (pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 30 per week, 39 weeks sessional

The Role

We are seeking a skilled, motivated and enthusiastic Clerical Assistant to provide administrative support within our main school office as required. The post holder will be responsible for secretarial and clerical assistance for our school.

The successful candidate will have experience of working in a busy office environment and be willing to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. They will have excellent organisational and time management skills supported by relevant experience. They will have excellent interpersonal skills to ensure the smooth running of our school office.

While you will require a full PVG disclosure, this role is one of the supporting staff team and does not involve working directly with young people.

The successful candidate will be expected to manage and operate various computerised systems and have sound knowledge and experience in this area. A working knowledge of SEEMIS and other school-based systems would be an advantage as would the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Candidates will be expected to provide basic first aid and administer medication as appropriate. A suitable qualification in first aid or a willingness to undertake any necessary training is essential.

The sessional working information attached to this advert explains how salaries are calculated for sessional and part time posts. This post is 0.75FTE, so the salary will be approximately 75% of the salary range above.

Working hours/flexibility

The working pattern for this post will be agreed between the successful candidate and the school, though must include a Monday and a Friday. The 30 hours could be worked over 4 or 5 days. Please note that we require a set working pattern to be agreed, though we are flexible about how this looks.

Desired qualities:

* Flexibility

* Empathy

* Resilience

* Organisation

* PA proactive nature

* Proven IT experience

* Ability to quickly form positive relationships

* Energy and a positive attitude

* A good sense of humour

For more information about the school, please visit the website James Gillespie's High School - Àrd-sgoil Sheumais Ghilleasbuig or call on 0131 447 1900.

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.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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