Advertised from 22 July 2025

Role

Do you have excellent administrative and organisational skills? Are you flexible and adaptable with a keen eye for details and sound IT skills? 

The Safeguarding Administrative Assistant will play a key role in safe recruitment within the Provincial Safeguarding Team of the Scottish Episcopal Church by helping to manage the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme process, assisting with audit and compliance, data entry and ensuring the highest levels of accuracy and reliability are maintained and developed. You will assist church members, office bearers and members of Clergy with questions about PVG processes and associated matters. From time to time there may be a requirement to assist with administrative functions across the General Synod Office.

You should have demonstrable experience of administrative duties, ideally within a busy office setting, and the ability to manage work to set timescales. 

You should be flexible and adaptable whilst having the ability to prioritise work and use your own initiative to make sound judgements within established parameters and procedures. Due to the confidential nature of the information you may encounter in this role, tact, discretion and sensitivity are essential personal attributes.

Application notes

An application form and job description can be downloaded below.

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