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**Please note we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**
Post: Business Support Officer x 2
Location: West Port
Salary: AfC Band 4 – 37 hrs per week, permanent
Are you an excellent minute taker? Do you have administrative experience and want to develop your skills further? If so, we would love to hear from you and discuss an opportunity to come and work with us.
The Business and Administration Division provides administration, clerical and project support to professional colleagues working in Public Health and Health Policy. This role carries out tasks that could be described as PA type tasks, but our role is much more than that. We are looking to attract candidates that have significant experience in carrying out business and administration type tasks. As a service, we will support and encourage you to develop your administration skills. In return we will help develop your administation, secretarial and clerical skills. This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic team of staff, developing your own skills and supporting the wide range of functions that Public Health and Health policy provide. Public Health and Health Policy – NHS Lothian | Our Services
For these roles we are looking for someone who has strong communication, organisational and minute taking skills.
The role will be hybrid working with minimum requirements for being in the office each week. The postholder will also be required to cover our Canaan Park office at Astley Ainslie.
We anticipate a high number of applications, so early submission is recommended as post may be closed early.
For further information and an informal discussion please contact gemma.gallacher@nhs.scot or Chinasa.nnamani@nhs.scot