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Office Based Location: 2 Central Quay, 89 Hydepark Street, Glasgow, G3 8BW
Work Pattern: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week.
Permanent x1
Fixed-term or Secondment** until 30/06/2024 x1
**For NHS applicants, only a Secondment will be made available. For non NHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered.
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment
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.
The Property & Facilities Management department is part of a wider directorate group structure within NES. This Directorate is led by the Executive Director of Finance and each of the departments is led by a Head of Service, in this case the Head of Property and Facilities Management.
The Property and Facilities Management (PFM) team are responsible for the provision of specialist property and facilities management support services across the NHS Education for Scotland property portfolio, encompassing office and training accommodation at 9 sites across the main cities in Scotland.
The Opportunity
We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated individuals to join our small, but highly versatile team, based at our NES office in Glasgow
We are looking for individuals with working experience gained in face-to face customer service and ideally in office-based administrative support roles.
The successful applicants will be responsible for supporting a busy property and facilities department, operating within a frontline services environment, using online booking and travel systems and tools, alongside supporting day-to-day events and facilities functions (e.g room set ups; catering services; health & safety; and security)
An effective team player, you will possess excellent organisational, communication and digital skills, with a strong focus on flexibility and customer service.
Do you enjoy the challenge of working to deadlines and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?
Do you enjoy working and communicating with a wide variety of people?
Do you want to play a key role in delivering a high quality customer service to both our internal NES workforce and our external stakeholders (NHS visitors, suppliers and service providers)?
The role will offer the opportunity to gain a wider understanding/working knowledge of the property and facilities services provided across the organisation. The intention is for NES to be able to grow their own operational support teams of the future and this role will be a key part of that journey.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Our Events and Facilities team have a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
Customer focused with a flexible problem-solving attitude
Ability to work collaboratively in a team, and with other departments
High attention to detail in all aspects of your work
Ability to communicate clearly, effectively and confidently at all levels (both verbally and in writing)
Ability to readily adapt to the physical aspects of the role
Proven track record using Microsoft packages (in particular MS Teams, MS Outlook, and MS Excel) and confidence in learning and using other specialist software (e.g. online booking systems and travel/accommodation systems)
Ability to organise, prioritise own workload and to meet strict deadlines
Ability to implement, and ensure compliance with company policies & procedures
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and remote working
Generous NHS pension scheme
Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
It’s not essential to be in an Events and Facilities role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact irene.morrison@nhs.scot
Next Steps
**NHS employee applicants who wish to apply on a secondment basis are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current line manager at the earliest opportunity.
This role is based on-site at our Glasgow office. Our interview and final selection process will therefore be at our office location.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Face-to-face interviews including two practical assessments (MS Excel plus a desktop exercise) will take place on 6th and 7th September 2023 (candidates will only be required to attend one of these dates).
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
When completing your application, please highlight if you are applying for the permanent post or the fixed-term post, or if you wish to be considered for both.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.
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, religion, 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: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot