Administrative Assistant, Keelylang

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Administrative Assistant

Keelylang Early Years Base

7 hours per week

Temporary up to 2 July 2027

£30,060 - £30,662 pro rata

£16.47 - £16.80 per hour

The above amounts include Distant Islands Allowance.

You will be reporting to the Service Manager for Early Learning and Childcare

Your working pattern will be 7 hours per week. We are happy to talk about flexible working and would consider term time working and also spreading the hours over more than one day.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our early years team. Our friendly team are based at Keelylang and we support nursery settings, children and families across Orkney.

The purpose of this role is to support the early years team with a range of administrative activities. This would include managing orders, supporting the service in gathering, maintaining and reporting data, gathering information about snack and milk spend, preparing and managing resources, organising travel bookings, early years diary management, including training activity, and supporting registration activities.

You will be familiar with Microsoft office packages. Communication and organisational skills should be of a high standard as you will be required to work on your own initiative and as part of a team liaising with nurseries, families and practitioners as well as other agencies. You'll be required to uphold the highest levels of confidentiality.

The necessary qualification, experience and skills required for this role are detailed in the ‘must have’ section of the attached job profile. These criteria are used for decisions on shortlisting and appointment of applicants.

This post requires a Level 1 Disclosure.

Applications close at 23:59 on Sunday 1 November 2026, with shortlisting and interviews taking place week commencing 2 November 2026.

For a discussion about the role, contact Catherine Diamond at catherine.diamond@orkney.gov.uk or Shaun Tulloch at shaun.tulloch@orkney.gov.uk. or on 01856873535 ext 3220.

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

We would welcome your feedback on our recruitment process.

Orkney Islands Council is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, gender, race or ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status or gender reassignment status.