Clerical Assistant - Torrance Early Years Centre - EAD08936

East Dunbartonshire Council; Torrance; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government institution in Torrance seeks a Clerical Support role at the Early Years Centre. The successful candidate will handle a variety of tasks including maintaining school records, reception duties, and responding to pupil enquiries. Strong IT skills and experience in an office environment are essential. This role is part-time with an emphasis on teamwork and adaptability.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within an office environment.
• Good IT skills are essential.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical support within the nursery.
• Maintain school records related to pupils and staff.
• Handle reception, telephone, and reprographics duties.

Skills

Good IT skills

Experience in office environment

Teamwork

Advanced Word and Excel skills

Tools

Seemis Click & Go

Job description

Job Summary

Please note salary will be pro-rated for part-time hours.

Based at Torrance Early Years Centre, you will provide clerical support within the nursery. You will report directly to the Depute Head of Centre.

Duties will include word processing, tasks associated with the maintenance of all school records in relation to pupils and staff; telephone, reception and reprographics duties; distribution of school mail, 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. Experience of using Seemis Click & Go and the ability to use Word and Excel to an advanced level are desirable. You should be able to work as part of a team and enjoy a variety of tasks within your remit.

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.

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

Websites

East Dunbartonshire Council

Torrance Early Years Centre