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SalaryINTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF
Applications are invited for an experienced and motivated admin leader to join our centralised home support teams across North Lanarkshire. If successful in your application, you will join a team who are focussed on delivering high standards of support which provides smooth and effective administrative provision within both the council and to our internal and external partners.
Working closely with the Service Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for organisation and management of admin functions within your designated team, ensuring consistent application of service and council policies and procedures.
We are looking for applicants who have a flexible and proactive approach to changing workloads, can demonstrate they have the right skills, experience and qualities to work within a fast paced and changing work environment. As an excellent communicator, you should be able to use your own initiative to problem solve and have the confidence to manage, motivate and support staff, ensuring delivery on deadlines and accuracy and quality of work.
Possession of a HNC/SVQ Level 3 in Administration or equivalent is essential plus extensive administrative experience working in a social work setting, preferably home support. Applicants must have excellent IT skills and be aware of, and able to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of their work.
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
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North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.
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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.
The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.
***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***
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