Administrative Support Officer – Waverley Court Full Time

Administrative Support Officer

Waverley Court

Salary: £27,257 – £29,850 (pro-rata for part-time)

Hours: 19 per week

The Administrative Support Service provides comprehensive and flexible administrative support across the

Strategic Planning function of the Edinburgh Health and Social Partnership (The Partnership) . The Administrative Support Officer will provide general business support to the teams in the Strategic Planning function. The Administrative Support Officers will be assigned to specific teams, but will be expected to provide cover in case of absence or peaks in workload.

Provide a reliable administrative support service through a variety of formats including; telephone, face to face, email, and online using both Council and NHS systems.

• Work proactively to facilitate administrative support to the full range of services and activities.

• Handle sensitive and personal information in line with appropriate Council and NHS policies and confidentiality guidelines.

• Work within a team of administrative support staff dealing with activities in the Strategic Planning function through provision of information, guidance, or progressing requests to wider council services.

• Work within agreed timescales to meet legal and statutory obligations.

• Deliver administrative support to teams within the policies and procedures on the Council and NHS.

• Use appropriate systems to process service requests or updates for wider council or NHS services.

• Work with all administrive support staff to support new initiatives and the strategic direction of the Partnership and ensuring that that all services are planned in a consistent manner in accordance with the Partnership’s strategic objectives.

This position is subject to Basic Disclosure 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 are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we’re recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of 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.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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