General Admin Assistant (Part time)

Scottish Prison Service; Peterhead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

The Scottish Prison Service is recruiting an Admin Assistant to provide efficient and reliable administrative support across the organisation. You will handle correspondence, organise information, maintain records and support colleagues and managers with routine duties.

This role helps keep daily operations running smoothly and contributes to delivering a high standard of service within SPS. You will be part of a committed team working in a changing environment and will have access to

Responsibilities

• Manage correspondence and communications across the organisation.
• Organise information and maintain accurate records.
• Support colleagues and managers with routine administrative duties.

Job description

About The Role

To provide efficient and reliable administrative support across the organisation, ensuring daily operations run smoothly. The Admin Assistant will handle a range of tasks including managing correspondence, organising information, maintaining records and supporting colleagues and managers with routine administrative duties. This role is essential in helping the team operate effectively and in delivering a high standard of service.

About Us

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) operates in a fascinating, complex and rapidly changing environment. Our vision is to help build a safer Scotland by unlocking potential and transforming lives. To enable us to successfully deliver our vision, we are committed to nurturing and investing in our greatest strength and resource: Our People.

We are proud to employ a diverse range of people; each contributing their own unique experiences and skills to enhance the service we deliver. Whatever the role, you will find your SPS experience both challenging and rewarding. You will be committed to helping us to achieve our goals and in return we will be committed to helping you to achieve yours.

We employ approximately 5,000 staff across our prisons, headquarters, college, and training and storage facility. The hard work of our staff is the most critical component in the successful delivery of Scotland’s prison system.

We need professional, capable and motivated individuals who reflect Scotland’s diversity to deliver effective and efficient activities and services to achieve our Mission and realise our Vision.

Whatever SPS profession you embark upon, you will be a valued member of the team, helping us build a Safer Scotland for the communities we serve. We are committed to your personal and professional development and offer a wide range of career progression opportunities.