Clerical Assistant

Job description

  Location
Biggar, South Lanarkshire
·  Salary
£8.21/Hour
·  Category
Office and Secretarial - Administrator
·  Job type
Contractor
·  Industry
Office and Secretarial
·  External Reference
JN-042019-61347

Adecco are currently recruiting for a Clerical Assistant for our client based in Blantyre. The purpose of this role is to assist in the daily running of our client's busy Administration office. Working alongside our client and other contract staff, the duties are varied and will require a dedicated and hard-working individual to meet the demands of the job. Full training will be provided.

This is a temporary position with potential to go permanent.

The ideal candidate will have some previous experience in a clerical/admin background and will have good working knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook. Candidates should possess a professional, confident and friendly telephone manner, as they will be required to liaise frequently with both internal and external customers.

Pay Rate - £8.21 per hour

General duties will include:

·  Responsibility for collecting, opening and distributing incoming post and ensuring outgoing post is collected and taken to mail room each day.

·  Deed store duties, which may include lifting boxes and climbing ladders in order to retrieve files.

·  Raising and receipting of purchase orders and checking invoices.

·  Dealing with returned cheques and issuing boundary plans as necessary.

·  Recording and maintaining IA Claims and Claims on a master spreadsheet.

·  Checking and allocating jobs to Land Officers utilising a postcode spreadsheet.

·  Maintaining a busy, department email inbox.

·  Typing letters.

·  Other ad hoc duties, as and when required.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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