SWRK - G1 Clerical Assistant

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE:
Applications must be received by 21 October 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: Various
Hours: 35hrs per week, permanent
Work Pattern: Various shifts available - detailed below
Salary / Hourly Rate: £13.80 - 14.83 per hour

We have an exciting clerical opportunity to join our South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Performance and Support Service Team, with Clerical Assistant vacancies within the following offices and units:

• Headquarters: 35 hours, Monday to Friday, permanent
• Lanark Local Office: 35 hours, Monday to Friday, permanent.
• Cambuslang Local Office: 35 hours, Monday to Friday, permanent & 17.5 hours, permanent, Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays 8:45am – 4:45pm.
• East Kilbride Local Office: 35 hours, Monday to Friday, permanent & 17.5 hours, permanent, alternate Wednesdays, every Thursday 8:45am – 4:45pm and Friday 8:45am – 4:15pm.
• Hamilton Local Office (Brandon Gate): 17.5 hours, permanent, Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays 8:45am – 4:45pm.
• Meldrum Gardens: 35 hours, Monday to Friday, permanent.

This is a rewarding role which gives you opportunity to positively contribute towards South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships public service delivery.

If you are keen for career development and want to progress within our service, join an admin team where we encourage forward thinking and new ideas, and where there are development opportunities which could lead to promotion.

You would be part of a successful, well established administration service working in a fast-paced environment and as a Clerical Assistant you would undertake a wide variety of admin duties including data inputting to our Social Work case management system, provide a word processing service, deal with enquiries and referrals generated via our shared mailboxes, minute taking, arranging meetings using the Outlook facility, maintaining spreadsheets, answering and fielding phone calls, using Multi Functional Devices for scanning of documents and other general admin tasks to support our colleagues who provide a frontline service to the community.

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

• Efficient - please describe how your work, educational or personal experience has prepared you to carry out the duties of an admin role. Your response should include examples of admin tasks you have undertaken, your organisational and communication skills, and your experience using IT systems and software packages
• Performing - please provide us details of a time where you used your initiative to undertake a task to solve a problem – a) what was the issue and b) what was the outcome.
• Working with Others - please describe what you believe makes a strong and effective team. In your response, explain the strengths, skills, and qualities you would bring to support and contribute to a positive team environment.

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…