Business Support Admin Assistant

Job Description

The post plays a pivotal role in supporting the processing of all Human Resource activity for East Ayrshire Council employees employed by the Health and Social Care Partnership. The duties include processing of 4-weekly overtime claims in respect of operational staff and approximately 700 Community Care Officers; calculation of enhancement payments; preparation of budget management reports for Care at Home Area Leads; liaising with operational managers relating to absence management reports (Reviews and Follow-Up Reviews due and overdue); provide advice and guidance on annual leave allocation and updating of staff rotas on management information systems – CHRIS and CM2000.

 

Requirements

The duties of this post requires  the successful applicant to complete a basic Disclosure Scotland application.  A formal offer of employment with East Ayrshire Council will only be made once satisfactory clearance has been received.  Any information that is disclosed on a basic disclosure will require to be discussed before a formal offer of employment is made.

 

Employment References

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”.  With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer.  It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

 

Additional Information

This is a full time temporary post based within Business Support.

The post is temporary until 31/03/2026

Hours of work - Mon-Thu 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-4pm.

Annual Salary - £25,953 - £27,173

The workstyle for this post is ‘Flexible’ - 50% -79% of your time in an office location/ multiple work locations.

You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 2.5 to 4 days per week and only occasionally from home.

The admin base for this post is The Johnnie Walker Bond, Kilmarnock.

East Ayrshire Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including Black and Minority Ethnic people, disabled people and LGBT people. We are also keen to decrease occupational segregation and so encourage women to apply for managerial posts and/or roles in which they are underrepresented. East Ayrshire Council is a Disability Confident employer and a Recruit with Conviction Ambassador.

If you require any more information on the post please contact Stephanie Dalziel at stephanie.dalziel@east-ayrshire.gov.uk 

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