SWRK 1009 - Clerical Assistant

We have an exciting clerical opportunity to join our South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Performance and Support Service Team we have clerical assistant vacancies within the following offices:

• Hamilton Local Office:
  • temporary 35 hour post working Monday – Friday (Monday – Thursday 08:45 – 16:45 Friday 08:45 – 16:15)
  • temporary 17.5 hour post working 
  • permanent 35 hour post working Monday – Friday (Monday – Thursday 08:45 – 16:45 Friday 08:45 – 16:15) post working Monday, Tuesday and alternative Wednesday (08:45 – 16:45) – Based within our Unpaid Work Service 
• East Kilbride Local Office:
  • permanent 35 hour post working Monday – Friday (Monday – Thursday 08:45 – 16:45 Friday 08:45 – 16:15)
  • temporary 17.5 hour post working Monday, Tuesday and alternative Wednesday (08:45 – 16:45)
  • permanent 17.5 hour post working alternative Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Wednesday and Thursday 08:45 – 16:45 and Friday 08:45 – 16:15)
• Lanark Local Office:
  • permanent 35 hour post working Monday – Friday (Monday – Thursday 08:45 – 16:45 Friday 08:45 – 16:15)
  • permanent 17.5 hour post working alternative Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Wednesday and Thursday 08:45 – 16:45 and Friday 08:45 – 16:15)

This is a rewarding role which gives you opportunity to positively contribute towards South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships public service delivery. 

If you are keen for career development and want to progress within our service, join an admin team where we encourage forward thinking and new ideas, and where there are development opportunities which could lead to promotion.

You would be part of a successful, well established administration service working in a fast-paced environment and as a Clerical Assistant you would undertake a wide variety of admin duties including data inputting to our social work case management system, provide a word processing service, minute taking, arranging meetings using the outlook facility, maintaining spreadsheets, answering and fielding phone calls, using Multi Functional Devices, scanning and indexing documents and other general admin tasks to support operational staff.

We welcome applications from people who have an excellent knowledge of IT packages.  Ideally you will have experience of working as a receptionist or within an office, however this will not be essential as you will be given full training. 

Working for us we can offer you:

• Excellent Salary
• Enrolment in the award-winning local government pension scheme
• Up to 32 days annual leave, dependent on your length of service
• Public holiday entitlement (10 days pro rata)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, bank/buy leave
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)
• Working a blended model between home and office
• Career development/progression
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light Discount Card 

All applicants who meet the initial criteria will be invited along to an interview.

Vacancy: Permanent and Temporary posts available

Hours: 17.5 and 35 hour posts available

Salary: £13.12 - £13.78 per hour  

View the Clerical Assistant job profile

When completing the application process please ensure that you cover the following areas:

• Please detail your work or educational experience which demonstrates your ability to undertake the duties of an administration post. 
• Please provide us details of a time where you used your initiative to undertake a task to solve a problem – a) what was the issue and b) what was the outcome.
• This role involves working as part of a team. Please describe a) what you believe makes a good team and b) what strength or skills you would bring to a team?

Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded.  If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.  

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

This post is considered Regulated Work adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant.  Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.