G2 Administrative Assistant

Internal Applicants

Internal applicants MUST apply via Opportunity Marketplace. Please ensure you complete your SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS via "Me" tab/tile on Fusion or by clicking on the application link in the section of the application form titled "REVIEW SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS".

Applications must be received by 18 March 2026 m.

Auchentibber Centre, East Ave, Blantyre, Glasgow G72 0JB

17.5 per week, temporary until 23 August 2026

Monday, Tuesday, Alternate Wednesday 08:45 - 16:45 (1 hour lunch)

£14,170 - £14,371 per year, pay award as from April 2026 £ 14,663 - £14,872 per year

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join, or to further develop your career within the innovative South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Performance and Support Service Team. We are looking to recruit an Administrative Assistant, who would be responsible for line managing a team of admin staff, who, liaise with internal colleagues and external agencies to arrange and provide a range of specialist and general clerical tasks.

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

• Undertaking performance appraisals and managing attendance
• Identifying learning and development requirements for your team
• Planning, monitoring, and controlling workflow
• Running statistical reports for analysis
• Liaising with managers to provide an effective support to ensure timescales and deadlines are met

Within this role, you will require excellent communication skills and be able to build positive working relationships with admin and operational staff and managers. You will be required to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and delegate work effectively. You should be flexible in your approach, to meet the demands of the post.

View the Administrative Assistant job profile.

• Do you have experience of working in a busy office environment undertaking various clerical tasks, working to tight timescales?
• Can you evidence that you have excellent IT skills and knowledge?
• Can you demonstrate excellent organisational skills?
• Please study the job profile and provide examples of your work, or other activities with demonstrate your ability or aptitude to undertake duties of the post, please include any other information that you feel is relevant to your application such as personal qualities, achievements at work, non-work related or voluntary work experience.
• South Lanarkshire Council is committed to delivering excellent customer service. Please describe how you would ascertain and manage client expectations, while still delivering excellent customer service.
• Within administration we work to numerous statutory timescales and deadlines. 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?

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.

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

Applicants born outside the UK or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of three months in the past 10 years must provide an Overseas Criminal Records Check translated into English. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Scheme Employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of the person specification job description.

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 & Service leavers are guaranteed an interview who meet the essential criteria of the person…