SWRK 4381 - G1 Clerical Assistants (609879)

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by 26 April 2026 at 11:55pm.

Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process.   If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE.

Location: East Kilbride
Hours: 20hrs per week, permanent
Work Pattern: Monday - Friday 10am - 2pm
Salary / Hourly Rate: £14,724 - £15,464

We have an exciting clerical opportunity to join our South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership, Performance and Support Services team.  This post is peripatetic, and although you will be based within East Kilbride local office, Civic Centre, East Kilbride, you will be operating across the six children’s houses within the South Lanarkshire area. 

As a Clerical Assistant, you will provide administrative support to the Unit Managers and care staff within the houses across the South Lanarkshire area, where our operational staff provide a safe and secure home environment for the children and young people in our care.

Tasks of this role will include undertaking electronic ordering and receipting duties, providing a word processing service, maintaining spreadsheets, arranging meetings using the MS Office Outlook facility, processing annual archiving, maintaining an inventory of all equipment within establishments, providing a general minute taking and distribution service and other administration tasks to support our colleagues.

We would welcome applications from people who have an excellent knowledge of IT packages and who would be flexible in their approach to their work location, given the peripatetic nature of the role. The ability to drive is desirable, and access to a South Lanarkshire pool car can be arranged.

View the Clerical Assistant job profile.

Please answer the following questions as part of your application submission, your answers should be uploaded under supporting documents.

Screening questions

Do you have experience of working in an office environment undertaking a variety of administration tasks, whilst adhering to identified deadlines?

Can you evidence excellent IT skills and knowledge?

Can you evidence excellent organisational and communication skills and the confidence to deal with people at all levels?

Application Questions 

Skills, Knowledge & Experience and Personal Qualities

• Study the Job Profile and provide examples of your work, or other activities which demonstrate your ability or aptitude to undertake the duties of the post. 
• Provide an example of a time when you used your initiative to undertake a task to solve a problem:  what was the problem and what was the outcome.
• Please describe how you work with colleagues internally and externally, to develop relationships and describe what strengths and skills you would bring to the position.
   

If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents.

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

Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Scotland Act 2020.

Overseas Criminal Records Check

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of three months in the past 10 years.

Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. 

We are a Disability Confident Scheme Employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of the person specification job description.

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 & Service leavers are guaranteed an interview who meet the essential criteria of the person specification job description.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• To increase the value of their pension pot, Local Government Employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced 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)

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM.

To be considered for this vacancy you must complete the application form.  All CV submissions will be disregarded.