Business Support Admin Assistant - EAY12261


Company:	East Ayrshire Council
Salary:	£26,991 to £28,265 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Cumnock, KA18 1LH
Working pattern:	Hybrid
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	22 Sept 2026
Closing date:	6 Oct 2026

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Summary

Job Description

Post holder will provide minute taker support for a variety of complex Health and Social Care meetings – including liaison with internal and external partners; collation and distribution of paperwork; minute taking of meetings and ensuring minutes and correspondence are produced within legislative timescales.

Post holder will also support the minute taking of disciplinary hearings within the Social Work Service.

A flexible approach is required, as the post holder may be required to travel to various venues across the authority as well as potential for meetings extending beyond normal office closure times.

Requirements

The duties of this post requires access to the public sector network and therefore the successful applicant must complete a basic Disclosure Scotland application. A formal offer of employment with East Ayrshire Council will only be made once satisfactory clearance has been received. Any information that is disclosed on a basic disclosure will require to be discussed before a formal offer of employment is made.

Employment References

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

Additional Information

This is a full time, permanent post based within the Business Support team.

Hours of work - Mon-Thu 9am-5pm Fri 9am-4pm

Annual Salary - £26,991 - £28,265

The workstyle for this post is ‘Flexible’ -

50% -79% of your time in an office location/ multiple work locations.

You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between

2.5 to 4 days per week and only occasionally from home.

The admin base for this post is the Johnnie Walker Bond, Kilmarnock.

East Ayrshire Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups including Black and Minority Ethnic people, disabled people and LGBT people. We are also keen to decrease occupational segregation and so encourage women to apply for managerial posts and/or roles in which they are underrepresented. East Ayrshire Council is a Disability Confident employer and a Recruit with Conviction Ambassador.

if you require further information please contact Angela Crooks, Business Support Officer at angela.crooks@east-ayrshire.gov.uk

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