SWRK 817 - Clerical Assistant (Finance) (606079)

We have an existing opportunity to Join our South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Performance and Support Service Team based in Cambuslang Gate, Main Street, Rutherglen.  This post is a permanent full time post working Monday – Thursday 08:45 – 16:45 and Thursday 08:45 – 16:15.

This is a rewarding role which gives you opportunity to positively contribute towards South Lanarkshire Heath 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-phased environment and as a Clerical Assistant you would provide an efficient general finance processing service, including processing payments via PayPoint, cash handling and processing of orders and invoices via our oracle fusion system and other admin tasks to support operational staff, ensuring standards are met and within required timescales ensuring a high level of security and confidentiality, accuracy and compliance with Council style and within the timescales and deadlines agreed.

We welcome applications from people who are enthusiastic and motivated and have good keyboard, oral and written communication skills and a good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, to provide a comprehensive admin support to our operational colleagues, undertaking a range of clerical tasks. 

The successful candidate must have experience of working in a busy office environment undertaking various clerical tasks and working to tight timescales. The successful candidate must also be able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills.

Hours: 35 per week

Vacancy: Permanent

Salary: £26,023 - £26,333

View the Clerical Assistant (Finance) job profile

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

• Please study the Job Profile and provide examples of your work, or other activities with demonstrate your ability or aptitude to undertake duties of the post, please include any other information that you feel is relevant to your application e.g. personal qualities, achievements at work, non-work related or voluntary work experience. 
• South Lanarkshire Council is committed to delivering excellent customer service. Please describe how you would ascertain and manage client expectations, while still delivering excellent customer service.
• Give an example of how you maintain a flexible approach to work in relation to changing deadlines and priorities.
• Give an example of a time where you have had to make an important decision, what was it, how did you make it and did this have an impact on others?

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 with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or 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.