Clerical Assistant - Harestanes Primary - EAD10026

East Dunbartonshire Council; Kirkintilloch; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

East Dunbartonshire Council is recruiting a Clerical Assistant for Harestanes Primary School in Kirkintilloch. The role requires providing clerical support on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays within the school.

Duties include word processing, SEEMIS records, telephone, reception and reprographics, ordering from IProc, and assisting with pupil enquiries and welfare needs. PVG/Disclosure checks apply where required, with costs deducted from salary.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an office environment.
• Good IT skills are essential.
• Ability to work as part of a team and handle a variety of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Word processing and maintenance of school records in SEEMIS.
• Telephone, reception and reprographics duties.
• Ordering from IProc and dealing with pupil enquiries; welfare support for pupils.

Skills

Office environment experience

IT skills

SEEMIS

IProc

Tools

SEEMIS

IProc

Job description

Job Summary

Salary will be pro-rated for part-time and term-time hours.

An opportunity has arisen for a Clerical Assistant at Harestanes PS, you will provide clerical support on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday within the school.

Duties will include a wide range of clerical duties which will include but are not limited to word processing, tasks associated with the maintenance of all school records in relation to pupils and staff on the Scottish Educational Establishments Management Information System (SEEMIS), telephone, reception and reprographics duties, ordering from IProc, dealing with pupil enquiries and attending to welfare needs of pupils.

You must have experience of working within an office environment and good IT skills are essential. 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. Successful candidates who withdraw their application after the check process has started will be invoiced for the cost of the check.

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.

Websites

www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk

www.harestanes.e-dunbarton.sch.uk