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Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working (within the UK). 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;
Working with the Workforce / DCE Corporate Business Manager and across the senior team to support with managing schedules and communications.
Manage both individual and shared mailboxes to aid with the prioritisation of incoming workload, delegating where needed.
Arrange meetings and business events which can be at times complex and time sensitive.
Supporting the Workforce / DCE Corporate Business Manager with governance arrangements i.e., coordinating papers, collating inputs to various papers, proofreading etc
Supporting the directorate with the actioning of key governance activity i.e., raising Kenexa business cases, tracking activity, shared mailbox management
Communicating complex, confidential, and sensitive information with a range of staff across the organisation and external stakeholders.
Supporting the Workforce/ Corporate Business Manager with complex logistics to support the smooth running of the directorate.
Proactively managing and actioning a broad range of complex enquiries ensuring follow up action is taken.
Flexibility to provide support as and when needed, stepping in to support colleagues where required.
Proactivity around identification and communication of improvements to processes and systems – communicating these to the Business Manager in a timely manner.
What you'll bring
These will include but are not restricted to;
An excellent communicator who can communicate well at all levels
A forward thinker with the ability to plan ahead and support the achievement of key deliverables.
A starter / finisher who takes on tasks and ensures that they are seen through to conclusion
The ability to build excellent relationships across of range of areas and seniority levels
The ability to prioritise / re-prioritise well
Motivated and energized to deliver an excellent business support service
A positive approach to work and team building.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Pamela Renwick, DCE Corporate & Workforce Business Manager
For 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: 18/05/2023
Interview date: TBC via MS Teams
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/
If you have any queries regarding the application portal or the recruitment process, please contact us at: NES HR Recruitment: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot