SLA12627 - Administration Officer - SLA12627

Salary:
£37,866.68 - £38,706.13 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week
Job Description Administration and Legal Services, Finance and Corporate Resources seeks to recruit a self-motivated individual, with extensive committee experience and strong organisational skills, to provide a comprehensive committee administration service to support the Council’s decision-making process within Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton.
You will undertake a wide range of duties in accordance with statutory and predetermined procedures, often working with sensitive information and adhering to tight deadlines and agreed performance targets. You will be involved in dealing with, and providing advice to, elected members, senior officers, both internal and external, as well as other stakeholders, therefore, it is essential that you possess excellent communication skills and a commitment to the principles of customer care.
Given the level of responsibility attached to this post, you will be required to work using your own initiative. It is essential that you work in a highly professional manner, exercising confidentiality and discretion at all times and have the ability to respond effectively to changing priorities.
Ideally, you should have experience in all aspects of clerking formal committees/boards and knowledge of associated governance arrangements. You must be able to demonstrate excellent written, oral and IT skills. You will also be required to facilitate hybrid meetings (in person and online) which are livestreamed and available for the public to view.
Requirements
Recruitment Checks
As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks for example, Identity, Asylum and Immigration and employment histor y. Responsibilities Applications online
Please note all correspondence will be sent to your email account.
Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant
South Lanarkshire Council are Equal Opportunities employees and encourage applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum behaviour requirements for the position.
South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview where their previous employer was the armed forces and who meet the minimum requirements for the position.
Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad. The Individual As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:
Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
Up to 33 days annual leave
Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
Family friendly policies - flexible working, including consideration of a condensed working week, e.g. 4 days, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)
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