Administrative Assistant - South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

• To ensure an efficient and effective support service by providing a comprehensive confidential secretarial and administrative service to the multi agency South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership.
• In this key role, you will: Provide a comprehensive, high calibre secretarial and administrative service to the ADP Support Team to support the ADP agenda. A full secretarial and administrative service will include production of letters and reports, drafting routine correspondence, and collating information as required.
• Manage diary commitments and schedule meetings by liaising with a wide range of staff both internal and external to the NHS to ensure that ADP support team business is progressed.
• Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence and telephone calls including prioritising of workload including distribution of mail, initiating action required and setting/noting deadlines for the return of information/replies. Following up of delayed responses and self initiating replies to ensure appropriate and timeous responses.
• Create and maintain databases for a variety of management team information requirements including absence management and local training data. To produce reports on a regular basis to inform the management team in its delivery of performance management objectives.

• Professional qualification i.e. HNC in a relevant discipline (Business Admin/Secretarial Studies/Public Administration) or equivalent previous experience in a secretarial role. Well developed interpersonal skills in customer care.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good organisational and planning skills.
• Understanding of a range of procedures and processes.

From 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full time working week will reduce from 37 hours to 36 hours. Part time working hours will be reduced on a pro rated basis. A corresponding increase in the hourly rate will apply, ensuring that overall pay remains unchanged.

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.