Public Appointments Support Officer (PASO)

  • Full time
  • £31,514
  • Hybrid: Edinburgh
  • Closing 23rd January 2026


  • Advertised from 19th December 2025

Role

We are seeking to recruit a Public Appointments Support Officer (PASO). The main purpose of the PASO will be to deliver a range of activities supporting the Public Appointments Manager and the Public Appointments Officer. The role reports to the Public Appointments Officer.

The PASO will be expected to provide high quality administrative and communications support to the Commissioner's public appointments team, and wider office. Excellent communications skills will be required to deal with the diversity of people who contact the office, and an early and effective contribution will be necessary.

The successful applicant will be able to work independently to deliver a range of administrative support services such as:

o Inputting data onto and managing databases

o Setting up and running surveys

o Overall responsibility for our email filing system and

o Records management processes.

It is desirable that the successful applicant has a person interest and belief in equality, diversity and inclusion as this will help with overall understanding of the work that we are engaged in. They will also share our values which are that we will act ethically and with empathy, kindness and respect.

This is a full-time, permanent post and pensionable through the Civil Service Pension Scheme. The successful applicant will be offered a robust and supportive induction, as well as ongoing learning and development opportunities.

Application notes

Application

Please complete the application form which you can find here:

Application and Monitoring Form

Further details about the requirements of the role, how to apply and what to expect during the recruitment process are available in the Recruitment Pack and Person Specification, or by contacting the HR Team at hr@ethicalstandards.org.uk or on 0131 347 3890.

Please also contact the HR Team regarding any request for a reasonable adjustment to be made or for recruitment materials to be made available in an alternate format.

Your completed application and monitoring form should be submitted to hr@ethicalstandards.org.uk by no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, 23 January 2026.


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