Proposed Interview Date: Monday 9 February 2026 

Closing Date: Sunday 1 February 2026 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Salary: FC3 £24,740.74 to £25,885.80 (Pro rata) 

Working Pattern: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year 

Location: Waid Academy, Anstruther 

Purpose and Values of Education Directorate 

The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community.  Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values:  Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate.  We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them. 

Supporting Statement    

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.  

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement: 

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:     

Ways in which you have demonstrated that you can work effectively as part of a team.  

(Consider the following: how you have built positive relationships built on trust and respect as a team member; how have you communicated with others; how have you used your initiative and organisational skills to meet targets and achieve goals whilst working with minimum supervision)   

Ways in which you have demonstrated a high level of confidentiality.   

(Consider the following:  how have you shared information in compliance with current legislation; what steps did you take to ensure procedures were followed, guaranteeing attention to detail;)   

Ways in which you have demonstrated good communication and effective interpersonal skills.   

(Consider the following:  how have you used your knowledge and skills to produce professional documents, information, data and reports; how have you engaged with others towards achieving improvements; how have you demonstrated excellent customer service; how have you managed your time effectively to be able to meet deadlines)    

Ways in which you have used your knowledge, problem solving skills and understanding of office process and systems to bring about improvement.  

(Consider the following:  how have you used your knowledge of financial and IT systems to provide a quality service; what systems and processes have you used to produce and interpret management information; how have you used your initiative to drive forward improvements) 

Job Details   

We are looking for a highly skilled Clerical Assistant, based at Reception, to provide a comprehensive and confidential administrative support service within schools, utilising the Management Information Systems and other Education specific IT systems, ensuring accurate IT data capture to meet the requirements of school, . Establishing, reviewing and maintaining efficient office systems to enable prompt retrieval of data, completion of returns, as required to meet competing and strict deadlines whilst working with minimum supervision.   

As a Clerical Assistant, you will work under the direction and supervision of the Admin Co-ordinator.    

The Person   

For further information, please contact: Dawn Redman at [email protected]