Business Support Admin Assistant (Employee Support Team)

Job Description

The post plays a pivotal role in supporting the processing of all Human Resource activity for East Ayrshire Council employees employed by the Health and Social Care Partnership. The duties include processing of 4-weekly overtime claims in respect of operational staff and approximately 700 Community Care Officers; calculation of enhancement payments; preparation of budget management reports for Care at Home Area Leads; liaising with operational managers relating to absence management reports (Reviews and Follow-Up Reviews due and overdue); provide advice and guidance on annual leave allocation and updating of staff rotas on management information systems – CHRIS and CM2000.

 

Requirements

The duties of the post involve Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Successful applicants for such posts will be required to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member in respect of Regulated Work with either or both of these groups as appropriate, or if they are already a Scheme member, be subject to a PVG Scheme Record Update, before any formal offer of employment can be made by East Ayrshire Council.

Please note:- PVG members' records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG Scheme Record or Scheme Record Update, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant prior to any formal offer of employment being made.

 

Employment References

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

 

Additional Information

This is a full time, permanent post based within the Social Care Employee Support Team.

Hours of work - Mon-Thur 9am - 5pm and Frid 9am - 4pm

Annual Salary - £22,914 - £24,114

Pay Award pending for 2023/24

The workstyle for this post is ‘Flexible’ - 50% -79% of your time in an office location/ multiple work locations.

You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 2.5 to 4 days per week and only occasionally from home.

The admin base for this post is Rothesay House, Cumnock.

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