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Job reference: 133385
Salary: Band 8B (£63,530 - £68,223)
Job closing date: 23/01/2023
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Flexible Location
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 09/01/2023
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Education For Scotland
Department: Organisational Leadership and Educational Development (OL&ED)

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Principal Lead – Leading to Change 

37.5 hours per week 

Permanent 

Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working.  We’re happy to talk about how you want to work. 


Who We Are  

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations. 

What you'll do   

Key tasks will include but are not restricted to; 

  • Building positive collaborative working relationships with key strategic partners in NES, Scottish Government, NHS Scotland and all sectors of social work and social care 

  • Leading the design, delivery, commissioning and impact evaluation of flexible leadership development programmes and resources that are evidence based and have real impact in terms of participant development and performance 

  • Developing and delivering effective talent management and succession planning processes that support the identification, development, retention and deployment of high potential individuals and enable them to reach senior strategic leadership roles across the health and social care system; 

  • Engaging with and facilitate leadership networks and communities across the health and social care system that support participation in leadership development and talent management activities at all levels and encourages greater diversity and inclusion. 

  • Evaluating and assessing impact of leadership and talent management activities and provide assurance to senior stakeholders within NES and external governance groups. 

What you'll bring  

You’ll be a positive culture creator, with excellent relational skills, modelling compassionate, collective leadership approaches.  You will have a proven ability to lead and develop others within the context of a rapidly changing environment. You’re enthusiastic, collaborative and believe in the values of Health, social care and social work in Scotland and the NES Leadership Behaviours. 

Some of the knowledge, skills and experience you might have: 

  • You’ll have significant experience of working with executive and senior leaders in complex environments. 

  • You’ll have experience in the development and delivery of a range of leadership development interventions with senior leaders 

  • You will have the knowledge and skills to undertake quality assurance and impact assessment of development interventions 

  • You will be experienced in working collaboratively across a complex stakeholder environment and will have a good understanding of the health, social work and social care environment. 

  • You’ll have an excellent understanding and experience of applying contemporary theories of Leadership Development 

  • You will be able to facilitate ongoing learning for others through live work, for example via Action Learning Sets, Team Coaching, Peer Thinking Groups. 

  • You will be a qualified coach and have experience of coaching senior leaders 


Informal enquiries may be directed to Gillian Strachan, gillian.strachan@nhs.scot  

If you are interested in this vacancy and would like further information, please refer to the job information pack below. 

Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.  
Closing date: 23rd January 2023 

Interview date: via MS Teams: on the week commencing 6th February 2023 


You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment. Evidence of this must be produced upon request.   

We actively encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds, regardless of gender, age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief. 

https://www.careers.nhs.scot/about/who-we-are/ 

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