Administrative Assistant, Adult Social Work

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Administrative Assistant - Adult Social Work

Council Offices, Kirkwall

35 hours

Permanent

£30,060 - £30,662 

£16.47 - £16.80 per hour

The above amounts include Distant Islands Allowance.

You will be reporting to Alison Stewart, Senior Administrative Officer and PJ Dewar, Team Administrative Manager.

Your working pattern is Monday – Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm. We are happy to talk flexible working, where possible.

The purpose of this role is to provide administrative and business support, normally within the employing Service but also throughout the Council, according to
demand.

We require an Administrative Assistant to join the Adult Social Work team within Orkney Health and Care. The successful candidate will provide all aspects of administrative support as required and will work closely with the Senior Administrative Officer to ensure that a high level of business support is provided.

Duties will include telephone answering and reception; management of correspondence, case records; team diaries and appointments; making travel arrangements; minute taking a range of meetings and using financial systems including raising purchase orders. You will already have experience of working as an effective team member within an Administration team, have excellent administration and computer skills, ideally using Microsoft Office applications.

You will need to be able to work under pressure to strict deadlines, use your own initiative, maintain confidentiality and be able to work unsupervised. We are looking for a good communicator and with excellent organisational skills as you will be part of a team liaising with members of the public, service users, families, external agencies and professionals.

The successful candidate will hold a qualification at SCQF 5/6 i.e., SVQ2, National 5, Standard Grades, O Grade, Intermediate 2, SVQ3, Higher, National Certificate, Foundation Apprenticeship OR have a minimum of 2 years previous relevant experience.

This post is subject to membership Level 1 Disclosure check.

Applications close at 23:59 on Sunday 24 May 2026, with shortlisting taking place week commencing 25 May 2026 and interviews are scheduled for week commencing 8 June 2026.

For a discussion about the role, contact Alison Stewart on alison.stewart@orkney.gov.uk or telephone, 01856 873535 ext. 2618

For information on applying and our recruitment process, click here for Information for Applicants.

We would welcome your feedback on our recruitment process.