Administrative Assistant (Full Time) (Temporary)
- Location:
- Customer Service Centre Renfrewshire House Cotton Street, PA1 1LQ
- Salary:
- £26,553 - £27,958 per year
- Contract Type:
- Temporary
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 35 hours per week
Advert
THIS POST IS INTERNAL AND ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT EMPLOYEES OF RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL
You will undertake a range of administrative tasks in support of the delivery of a comprehensive, customer focused, business support service across Renfrewshire Council.
Key tasks for which you will be responsible include; supervision of staff; duties including dealing with customer enquiries online and by telephone in line with Customer Care standards; a range of administrative tasks including the preparation of correspondence, reports and data quality checking/quality assurance and maintaining a range of manual and computer based recording systems ensuring that all records for which the post holder is responsible are accurate, up to date and stored in line with Council Policy. Cash handling experience is desirable, however not essential, as is knowledge and understanding of budgets and procurement.
It is essential that you have experience of; customer service; carrying out a wide range of administrative tasks and working with standard computer systems including Microsoft Office packages i.e. Excel and Word. It is also essential that you have the ability to; work as part of a team and on your own initiative; meet deadlines and quality standards; multi task and have effective organisational and communication skills.
It is desirable that you have experience of supervising staff and developing processes and procedures, as well as a knowledge of Renfrewshire Council’s Corporate Policies and practices and Insurance Services.
An SVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent is also desirable.
Please note that this post is temporary, subject to business needs and funding for 6 Months or until the requirement for the post ceases, whichever date is the earlier.
If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.