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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join, or to further develop your career within the innovative South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Performance and Support Service Team. We are looking to recruit an Administrative Assistant, who would be responsible for line managing a team of admin staff, who, liaise with internal colleagues and external agencies to arrange and provide a range of specialist and general clerical tasks.
We have the following posts available:
1. Regent House, 9 High Patrick Street, Hamilton, ML3 7ES
Working Monday – Thursday 08:45-16:45 (1 hour lunch) / Friday 08:45-16:15 (30 minute lunch)
2. Auchentibber Centre, East Ave, Blantyre, Glasgow G72 0JB
Working Monday, Tuesday, Alternate Wednesday 08:45 – 16:45 (1 hour lunch)
This is a rewarding role which gives you opportunity for personal development and allows you to positively contribute towards South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships public service delivery.
As an Administrative Assistant you will be responsible for the direct line management of a team and will deliver a diverse range of services including:
3. undertaking performance appraisals and managing attendance
4. identifying learning and development requirements for your team
5. planning, monitoring, and controlling workflow
6. running statistical reports for analysis
7. liaising with managers to provide an effective support to ensure timescales and deadlines are met
Within this role, you will require excellent communication skills and be able to build positive working relationships with admin and operational staff and managers.You will be required to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and delegate work effectively.You should be flexible in your approach, to meet the demands of the post.
Hours: 35 hour or 17.5 hour posts available
Vacancy: Permanent or Temporary posts available
Salary: £15.53 - £15.75 per hour
View the Administration Assistant job profile
When completing the application for this post, please answer the following questions:
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Within administration we work to numerous statutory timescales and deadlines.Can you please detail how you would manage competing demands to ensure timescales and deadlines are met? Please provide an example if you feel this is relevant.
11. 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 Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.
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.
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 Act (Exceptions) Order .
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)
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.