SWRK 5193 - G1 Clerical Assistant (MAPPA) (606071) - 5193-473751371

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE:
Applications must be received by 19 August 2026 at 11:55pm.

Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE.

Location: Council Headquarters, Hamilton
Hours: 17.5hrs per week, permanent
Work Pattern: Monday and Tuesday 8:45am – 4:45pm and alternate Wednesdays 8:45am – 4:45pm
Salary / Hourly Rate: £14,006 - £14,179

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join, or further develop your career, within the innovative South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Performance and Support Service Team, working to support the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Service.

Apply today, and you could soon be working to support your new colleagues who provide a frontline service to the community of Lanarkshire.

You would be part of a successful well-established team who, liaise with internal colleagues and external agencies to arrange and provide a range of specialist and general clerical tasks including a specialist minute taking service to support MAPPA. Daily use of the ViSOR information system which includes updating and retrieving information, updating and maintaining electronic recording and filing systems.

At present, meetings are, in the majority held via Microsoft Teams, however, the successful applicant would be required to be flexible and able to travel to various locations across the Resource including Clydesdale, Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Hamilton to provide support and undertake minutes of meetings.

This post involves access to the Violent and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR) information system and MAPPA folders and the successful candidate will be subject to Non-Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV) at a minimum of level 2.

Essential requirements

• Excellent IT skills & knowledge

• Excellent organisational skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Experience in minute taking

Desirable requirements

• Experience in working with limited supervision

All applicants who meet the initial criteria will be required to undertake a minute taking test, prior to attending for interview.

View the Clerical Assistant job profile.

Please answer the following questions as part of your application submission, your answers should be uploaded under supporting documents

Screening Questions

Question 1

Can you demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills?

Question 2

Can you evidence that you have excellent IT skills and knowledge?

Question 3

Can you demonstrate excellent organisational skills?

Work Experience, Skills & Knowledge, Experience and Personal Qualities

Please study the Job Profile and provide examples of your work, or other activities which demonstrate your ability or aptitude to undertake the duties of the post.

• How would you establish relationships with managers and / or groups of staff? Also, please detail any experience you feel is relevant.

• Can you please detail how you would manage competing demands to ensure timescales and deadlines are met? Please provide an example if you feel this is relevant?

• Give an example of a time where you have had to make an important decision, what was it, how did you make it and did this have an impact on others?

If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents.

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address

Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

Legislative Information

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