95 Social Services / Housing jobs in Paisley, Renfrewshire

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual, who is able to communicate well with both internal and external stakeholders to assist in delivering an effective and efficient finance and administrative support services within Facility Support Services.

With hybrid working from home and a secondary base from Bellshill Office Depot, Old Edinburgh Road, Bellshill, ML4 3GF, in this key role you will be responsible for ensuring that the admin team have timeously processed paperwork/information on a period end and year end basis ensuring compliance with financial regulations across our Catering, Cleaning, Janitorial and School Crossing Patrol services. In addition, you will manage the holiday works programme and assist in the recruitment process. FSS has 2,000 plus front-line staff mainly in Education buildings and being able to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team will be essential. 

With an SVQ3, HNC or equivalent in a relevant subject you need to have excellent interpersonal skills both oral and written and can prioritise/delegate workloads effectively in a busy office environment. It would be an advantage to have experience of current recruitment procedures and being able to work under pressure with often competing deadlines and high-volume workload.

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. 

 Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 01698 403151. 

The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL 

 ***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.***