SLA11081 - Clerical Assistant

Job Description

South Lanarkshire Council is an ambitious, high performing organisation with a clear vision and programme of action which is designed to improve the lives and prospects of everyone in South Lanarkshire. 

The aim of Social Work Resources is to promote social welfare and provide effective care and support to meet the needs of vulnerable people in South Lanarkshire.

In partnership with community planning partners, voluntary and independent provider organisations, we offer a range of services designed to enable, support, improve and protect the health and social care of people using our services.

Requirements

Please note this post is a re-advertisement, previous applicants need not re-apply.

We have various exciting clerical opportunities to join our Health and Social Care Partnership administration team.

As a Clerical Assistant Grade 1 Level 4, along with your line manager, you will supervise the workload of the clerical staff working within an administration team, ensuring duties are carried out in accordance with timescales. You will undertake a wide variety of admin duties including coordinating the generic Outlook mailboxes, managing task rotas to facilitate hybrid working, utilise our inhouse systems, such as Social Work Electronic Recording System and Objective, provide a word processing service, maintain spreadsheets, answer and field phone calls, minute taking, scan and index documents and other general admin tasks to support our colleagues who provide a frontline service to the community.

Working for us we can offer you:
• Working a blended model between home and office
• Career development/progression
• Up to 32 days annual leave, dependent on your length of service
• Public holiday entitlement (10 days pro rata)
• Enrolment in the award-winning local government pension scheme
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, bank/buy leave
• Occupational sick pay
• 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)
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light Discount Card
All applicants who meet the initial criteria will be invited along to an interview.

Responsibilities

Recruitment Checks

As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks for example, Identity, Asylum and Immigration and employment history.

Please apply online.

All correspondence will be via your email address registered with myjobscotland.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council are Equal Opportunities employer and encourage 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 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.

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