Description Hours: 35 hours per week Working Pattern: Monday to Friday Salary: £27,245 - £31,954 per year Vacancy: Permanent View the Secretary job profile An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Secretary within Finance and Corporate Resources, supporting the Head of Finance (Transactions) Services and the Head of Administration and Legal Services. You will be required to provide a confidential and comprehensive administrative, secretarial and liaison service including undertaking specialist highly complex administration duties. Applicants should have excellent IT skills and be able to demonstrate sound communication and interpersonal skills, along with the ability to deal with matters in a discreet and confidential manner and should be competent at planning and organising. Duties will include: Maintain, update, and provide confidential management information. Produce a range of documents, reports, and correspondence from various sources. Schedule, arrange and organise meetings, travel, accommodation, and hospitality to effectively manage senior manager’s time. Liaise with a wide range of agencies, Elected Members, Chief Officials, Council Departments, public bodies ensuring that deadlines are met. Prepare and where necessary circulate reports, papers and correspondence identifying priorities ensuring that deadlines are met. Assist the Head of Service with time management including the maintenance of an appointment diary and the arrangement of meetings, functions, and appointments. Undertake the final drafting of appropriate papers and provide a full secretarial and administrative service to the Head of Service. Maintain filing systems/records and database etc and organise stationery and hospitality supplies. When completing the application process please ensure that you cover the following areas: Please provide evidence of your experience and achievements in the five specific behaviours framework as detailed in the job profile. 'Efficient, Flexible, Leading, Working with Others and Performing’. Detail your knowledge and experience of working in a local authority or similar environment. Detail your experience or background in providing administration and support to Senior Management. Detail your experience or background in working in a fast paced environment where deadlines are a priority. Detail have good customer care skills and are flexible in your approach. You will be providing secretarial and administrative support for the Resources Management Team, and at times you will be required to work under pressure to complete the workload. Please detail your experience(s) of working under pressure. What qualities do you think would be required when dealing with customers and describe any experiences you have had. What is your understanding of the ability to exercise discretion and to deal with confidential issues in the appropriate manner. Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents. Please apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address. Legislative Information This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003. This post requires a Basic Disclosure check to be completed prior to a formal offer of employment being made. Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice. Foreign Police Check Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad. Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position. 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 are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position. As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including: Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme Up to 33 days annual leave Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days) Occupational sick pay Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave. Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema. Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)