Support Assistant

Company: Grand Arcade
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Location: Dalkeith
Job Description:

We are looking for a motivated individual to join our Business Services Operational Support and Finance Team.

Responsibilities

  • Raising purchase orders.
  • Raising and payment of invoices and processing payment cycles.
  • Administration and record keeping of Free School Meals & Education Maintenance Allowance.
  • Maintaining information in software systems, databases, and generating letters and other documents.

Qualifications

  • Evidence of competency in literacy and numeracy skills such as a minimum of three standard grades level 3 passes or above to include Mathematics and English or equivalent.
  • Some practical experience or demonstration of competency in the use of word processing and standard PC software packages.
  • Demonstrable competency in keyboard and clerical skills.
  • Experience in a similar office environment, with a working knowledge of modern office.

Position Title: Support Assistant

Contract Status: Permanent

Working Pattern: Mon – Fri

Salary: GBP 22000 – 24000 per year

Please note that it is Midlothian Council’s policy that successful applicants will be appointed to the first point on the salary scale.

Compliance with the mandatory Cabinet Office PSN (Public Sector Network) Code of Connection requires the Council to meet a baseline personal security standard.

If you have spent more than 3 months working or living outwith the UK in the last 5 years then you will also be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check.

If you have difficulty applying for this post or accessing attached documents, or if you have a disability and reasonable adjustment is required, please email recruitment@midlothian.

If you are a trainee of a Midlothian Council Training Programme, have a disability or you are a care experienced young person who has previously been a looked after child, you are eligible for a guaranteed interview if you meet the essential criteria for the post.

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Posted: July 10th, 2026