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Corporate Support Assistant Jobs in Greater Edinburgh Area at Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB)
Title: Corporate Support Assistant
Company: Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB)
Location: Greater Edinburgh Area
Job title: Corporate Support Assistant | Grade: 4 | Employment type: permanent | Hours: full time (35 hours per week) | Starting salary: £32,570 | Directorate: CEO | Department: CEO | Location: Edinburgh | Closing date: 29 March 2026 (23:55)
We’re looking for a highly organised and proactive Corporate Support Assistant to support the Chief Executive, Chair, Board, and Chief Executive’s Office with the smooth running of key corporate processes.
This is a fast-paced, high-visibility role with daily engagement across the Executive Team and regular contact with senior stakeholders, including Scottish Government. You’ll play a central part in coordinating activity, managing priorities, and helping ensure important corporate business runs efficiently.
Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as a central coordination point for Chief Executive and Chair business, including liaison with Scottish Government
- Managing diaries, tasks and meeting arrangements for the Chief Executive, Chair, Board, and Executive Team
- Preparing, coordinating, and managing correspondence, papers, and deadlines
- Booking travel and accommodation, and processing expenses
- Following up actions on behalf of the Chief Executive and Chair
- Supporting records management, including document storage, retention, and disposal processes
- Maintaining governance schedules, contact lists, and procedure manuals
- Supporting events, corporate returns, and website updates
- Contributing ideas to improve CEO office processes and ways of working.
To succeed in this role, you will need:
- Experience in a similar senior support or coordination role
- Confidence working with and supporting senior stakeholders across the organisation and externally
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong interpersonal ability
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multitask, prioritise, and maintain attention to detail
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel and Outlook (diary and task management)
- A proactive approach, using initiative and sound judgement to manage workload effectively
- The ability to build positive working relationships and handle complex or sensitive communications professionally.
What we offer:
- A meaningful role where your work makes a real impact
- A supportive, inclusive, and values-driven working environment
- Opportunities for learning and professional development
- Flexible working to support a healthy work-life balance
- A competitive salary and benefits package, including pension contributions
- Generous annual leave entitlement (34 days, rising to 42 days after two years’ service)
- Enhanced family-friendly leave entitlements
- Access to wellbeing support, mental health support, and an employee assistance programme
- Access to a wide range of discounts (including gym and retail) and the Cycle to Work scheme through our partner, Edenred.
For more details about this role and a full list of essential criteria and required competencies, please see the Job Description.
Completed applications should be returned by Sunday, 29 March 2026.
