Clerical Assistant - Liberton High School

Job Description

CF Children, Education and Justice Services

Clerical Assistant
Liberton High School

Salary: £24,909 - £25,116 (pro-rata for sessional)
Hours: 36 per week, 39 sessional

Liberton High School is a non-denominational secondary school with roll of approximately 900 pupils, working in partnership with our associated primaries of Craigour Park, Gilmerton, Liberton and Prestonfield to serve our local community in South East Edinburgh. We have a rising roll which is projected to peak at approximately 1100 within the next four years. We are excited to be moving into a new, purpose built Community Campus, which is due to be competed in February 2026.

The school’s leadership team comprise the Head Teacher, three Depute Head Teachers,and a Business Manager. We have a complement of 65 teaching staff and 26 support staff.

We are a successful school, which is evident in our attainment journey over the past 5 years. Liberton serves a socially diverse community where the profile of our catchment places over 70% of our students in quintile 1 and 2 of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and many of our families join us from a variety of different countries and cultures. This all adds to our pride in being part of a school that represents our community – a community where everyone is valued and respected

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to join our School administration team supporting the effective and efficient running of a busy school office. The post requires the candidate to have knowledge and experience of customer facing reception duties as the successful candidate will be located in the Main School Office / Reception area.

Other requirements include the ability to manage a busy and fast paced workload and to work with confidential information on a daily basis.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.  Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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