Administrative Support Officer Waverley Court
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Job Summary
Administrative Support Officer
Waverley Court
Salary: 26337 - 28835
Hours: 36 per week 52 weeks
We are looking for an exceptional Administrative Support Officer to join our newly established Governance and Business Management function within the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership.
We are looking for the Administrative Support Officer to:
- 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 administrative 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 Partnerships strategic objectives.
If you wish to have an informal chat regarding the role please contact Angela Brydon Governance and Business Manager @
This post is an integrated post so prospective candidates can choose as appointment to accept either City of Edinburgh Council or NHS Lothian terms and conditions of employment.
Were committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued included and able to be their best at work and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values beliefs experience and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh we want to make sure that were bringing the best people into our roles not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this were changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and 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 pageOur 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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Responsibilities
Experience:
- Experience of working in an office environment
- Ability to meet targets often with competing deadlines
- Ability to prioritise own workload and manage expectations of colleagues
- Experience of handling and working with personal and sensitive information
Knowledge skills and understanding:
- Detailed knowledge of computer systems
- Understanding of business support
- Ability to demonstrate analytical problem-solving skills
- Ability to assimilate and effectively communicate information
- Ability to collate and record information accurately and provide clear and comprehensive responses when required
- Have strong communication skills
- Ability to work well in a team
- Knowledge of the councils policies and procedures (Desirable)
Qualifications and training:
- Qualified to SVQ2 or equivalent of training and experience in business support tasks
Job specific requirements:
- Ability to make decisions relating to the provision of business support services
- Ensure relevant legislation regulations policies and procedure are applied appropriately
- Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with a range of colleagues and stakeholders
- Ability to work autonomously with minimal direction
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Key Skills
- Fiscal Management
- Microsoft Access
- Employee Evaluation
- Military Experience
- Business Management
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management Software
- Administrative Experience
- Budgeting
- Human Resources
- Financial Management
- Word Processing
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