Business Support Senior Administrator - Newkirkgate Social Work Centre

Business Support Senior Administrator
Grindlay Street Court / New Kirkgate

Salary: £30,188 - £34,452
Hours: 36 per week

About the role

We’re looking for a motivated and committed Business Support Senior Administrator to join our team and play a key part in helping our services run smoothly.  

Whether you’re looking to grow your existing skills or build your CV with valuable experience, this role offers an excellent chance to develop leadership skills, take on more responsibility and support the wider team at a more strategic level.

What you’ll be doing

• You will supervise colleagues across Justice Services

• Provide general business and admin support oversight to keep daily operations running smoothly 

• Managing and organising information including working with confidential data, documents, and records responsibly  

• Using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) for data entry, word processing and communication tasks 

• Collaborating with internal team and external agencies to provide helpful, professional service 

• Helping the team meet important deadlines through strong organisation and attention to detail 

• Taking the lead on specific projects or process improvements
• Ensuring high standards in service delivery across the team

Please Note – This position requires a Disclosure Scotland – Basic Disclosure  

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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