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Governance Officer
About the Organisation:
Public Health Scotland launched 1st April 2020 as a national health board, employing around 1200 people, and with an annual budget of around £101 million. Public Health Scotland wants to see a Scotland where everybody thrives, a Scotland where life expectancy improves and the difference in life expectancy between our poorest and wealthiest areas gets smaller.
The Post:
As Governance Officer you will ensure a professional, quality and accurate secretariat service to the Board and committees. The successful applicant will be at the heart of Public Health Scotland’s decision-making process, working with the Board members, Executive Team and a range of colleagues from across the organisation. You will lead on a number of designated committees, ensuring the provision and quality of the service, including preparation of accurate and timely minutes to the standard agreed with the Chair and Executive Officers and the full coordination of follow up actions and subsequent sequencing of agenda items.
The Candidate:
Ideally you will have considerable experience in providing board level administrative and governance support, gained through a combination of experience in a similar role and education or training. This experience should be reflected in your good working knowledge of information governance, public sector audit and equality and diversity, particularly as they apply to board and committee governance.
As the role requires you to develop strong working relationships with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders, you will be confident in communicating effectively both in writing and in person, and have the ability to interpret and convey complex information in an appropriate way for the audience. Essentially you will have excellent writing skills, with the ability to be clear, accurate, relevant and concise.
With highly developed IT skills, and a proven ability to manage and develop complex relevant information systems and processes, such as Admin Control or Microsoft Sharepoint, you will be able to present complex information confidently and professionally in a variety of ways (written and verbal) to staff and Board and senior leadership groups.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Governance team at Public Health Scotland as we continually develop our corporate governance function and review our processes and systems, to ensure we provide a high quality support to our Board and Committees. You will be part of a small, friendly, professional team, working together to ensure the delivery of an excellent Governance service.
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Location and Working Pattern:
Based in one of our offices in Glasgow/Edinburgh with weekly team, in-person meetings. Hybrid working patterns may be considered.
The work pattern is Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week.
PHS is a flexible employer, and we are happy to discuss requests for alternative working patterns
During times of public health emergency, or other urgent business need, you may be required on a temporary basis to work your normal contracted working hours over 7 days including weekends, in order to meet the needs of the service.
It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with PHS.
Benefits:
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits. Click here to view the full range of the PHS Employee Benefits.
Inclusion:
Public Health Scotland (PHS) is a national NHS board committed to being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming employer. We support a range of flexible working options to help colleagues balance work and personal responsibilities. As an Established Carer Positive employer, we are committed to supporting staff with caring responsibilities and fostering a flexible, understanding workplace culture.
We offer a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support colleagues to grow and thrive. Staff are also welcome to join our active equality networks.
As an equal opportunities and Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum shortlisting criteria, and we are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive recruitment experience.
PHS is working towards becoming a trauma informed organisation and recognises that trauma may affect people in different ways, including during the recruitment process.
If you need reasonable adjustments or support, please contact the Recruitment Team on nss.wfrs@nhs.scot
Further Information:
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact the Service Manager – Corporate Governance via email PHS.Governance@phs.scot
Closing date for completed applications is Tuesday 12 May 2026.
It is anticipated that the interviews will be held the week commencing 25th May 2026.
Further information on PHS is available from: www.publichealthscotland.scot
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