Administrative Assistant, Care at Home

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ORKNEY HEALTH AND CARE
Care at Home

Administrative Assistant

35 hours per week
Permanent
£26,666 - £27,232 / £14.61 - £14.92 per hour (including Distant Islands Allowance)

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

Experience in general administrative and reception duties, and in the use of computerised systems, are essential. Knowledge of use of databases and spreadsheets is highly desirable. Duties will include being the first point of contact for the service, maintaining statistical information and records and scrutinising timesheets. This is a varied but demanding environment.

You will already have experience of working as an effective team member within an administration team and 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 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 Grade, O Grade, Intermediate 2, SVQ 3, Higher, National Certificate or Foundation Apprenticeship) in an administration related subject. Or, where the essential qualification is not held, a minimum of 2 years’ experience of working in an administrative role is required.

This post is subject to Basic Disclosure Scotland clearance.

For an informal discussion regarding the post please contact PJ Dewar, Administration Support Manager on 01856 873535, ext. 3288 or email pj.dewar@orkney.gov.uk or Tracy Breck, Senior Administrative Officer on 01856 873535, ext. 2651 or email tracy.breck@orkney.gov.uk

Closing Date: Sunday 20 October 2024

Please note that interview expenses are not payable for this post.