Clerical Assistant - Auchinairn Early Years Centre

East Dunbartonshire Council; Bishopbriggs; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clerical Assistant for a part-time role at a community early years centre. This temporary position involves a variety of clerical tasks, including maintaining records, managing inquiries, and supporting the welfare of pupils. Ideal candidates will possess excellent organizational and IT skills, and experience in an educational setting is a plus. Join a friendly team and contribute to the nurturing environment of early education while enjoying flexible working hours.

Qualifications

• Experience in clerical duties and working in a school/early years office is preferable.
• Ability to work as part of a team and manage various tasks.

Responsibilities

• Perform a wide range of clerical duties including word processing and record maintenance.
• Handle telephone and reception duties, and deal with pupil enquiries.

Skills

Organisational Skills

IT Skills

Communication Skills

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

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Location: Auchinairn Community Early Years Centre Beech Road Bishopbriggs, G64 1NE

Salary: £23,942.69 - £26,023.07 per year pro rata

Contract Type: Temporary

Position Type: Part Time

Hours: 10 hours per week

Job Summary

Salary will be pro-rated for part-time hours. This position is temporary.

An opportunity has arisen for a Clerical Assistant at Auchinairn Earl Years Centre.

The post is 10h pw worked Thursday and Friday and work pattern will be agreed with Head of Centre.

Duties will include a wide range of clerical duties including but not limited to word processing, tasks associated with the maintenance of all early year’s records in relation to pupils and staff, telephone, reception duties, distribution of mail, dealing with pupil enquiries and attending to welfare needs of pupils.

Excellent organisational and IT skills are essential, and experience of working within a school/early years office is preferable. You should be able to work as part of a team and enjoy a variety of tasks within your remit.

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR &OD Manager.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.

• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.