Trainee/Technical Assistant/Senior Technical Assistant, Inverness

Job Description

Post Title: Trainee/Technical Assistant/Senior Technical Assistant
Location: Inverness HQ
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: HC04 - HC06 (depedent on qualifications, see below) - £24,806 - £33,579 p.a. 

• Trainee, starting salary HC04 £24,806.- £27,172 p.a. OR
• Technical Assistant, starting salary HC05 £27,554 - £29,356 p.a. OR
• Senior Technical Assistant, starting salary HC06 £30.266 - £33,579 p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Elizabeth Maciver Tel: 01463 702085

Job Purpose:

• To provide support to teams across the Service.
  To assist in the management of systems and data for the Service.
• To assist in the redesign of the Service.
• To assist in maintaining the Service asset management database.
• To assist in supporting staff to utilise IT, including organising training.
• To support colleagues with tasks including correspondence, quality
  management and contract documentation.
• To create sustainable and achievable processes for the Roads Service.
• To assist in implementing changes relating to policies, procedures, processes
  and software.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Team, T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

Experience in a Civil Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration
or a GIS related environment

High level of general computer skills and experience of using standard office IT
applications, such as Microsoft packages (incl SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Valid driving licence. You will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively
between various work locations within Highland to meet the operational
requirements of the Service.