Support Assistant

Job Title

Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing 20 October 2025

Closing Date: Monday 13 October 2025

Contract Type: Temporary until 9 October 2026

Salary: FC3 £24,740.74 - £25,885.80 (Pro-Rata)

Working Pattern: 36 hours per week (Monday to Friday 08:48-17:00)

Location: Fife House, Glenrothes (with option for blended working model)

Supporting Statement: As part of your application, you must provide a supporting statement which outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. Without a supporting statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your supporting statement at the section marked 'upload resumé'. Your supporting statement must not be a CV.

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your supporting statement:

• Ways in which you have demonstrated that you can work effectively as part of a team.
• Ways in which you have demonstrated a high level of confidentiality.
• Ways in which you have demonstrated good communication and effective interpersonal skills.
• Ways in which you have used your knowledge, problem solving skills and understanding of office process and systems.

Job Details: Providing comprehensive business support service at Fife House, Glenrothes. The role involves scheduling, and coordinating meetings and appointments, minute and note taking, maintaining computer systems and processes to support service delivery, data/word processing, preparing, and distributing documentation, raising purchase orders, printing, scanning, copying and mail handling.

The Person: National 4 with core skills modules, SVQ1, 3 Standard or 'O' Grades or equivalent. You must have experience working in an office environment with working knowledge of office services and procedures. You must be a confident user of IT applications, showing ability to use packages effectively. Key skills required for this role include numeracy, attention to detail, time management, minute taking, problem solving skills, time management skills, organisational skills, communication skills, team working skills and have a confidential approach to work. You must have the ability to travel within Fife to attend face to face meetings.

Further Information: When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria. Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services. Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please e-mail transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk.

As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a "blended working" arrangement with home-working opportunities and occasional office-working as required. While the significant part of the role can and will be carried out remotely, candidates should be able to travel to and attend office locations in Fife as required. For further information please contact: Emma Low - Emma.Low@fife.gov.uk.