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Business Support Officer
Agenda for Change Band 4 (1.wte) People and Culture Directorate and Whistleblowing, NHS Lothian
Hybrid Working: Home / Base: Waverley Court
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and quality-driven individual with significant experience in business support and operational coordination. Working across 2 functions, you will support the delivery of key priorities and essential people services, helping to ensure that business operations run efficiently and effectively.
The successful candidate will bring a strong track record of delivering high-quality support across a broad portfolio of activities in a busy and rewarding environment. With excellent organisational skills, sound judgement, and a proactive mindset, you will make a valuable contribution to both the Business Management and Whistleblowing functions, driving forward priorities and enabling successful outcomes.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Committed to excellent teamwork
- Able to consistently demonstrates exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities, deadlines and changing demands across different work areas.
- Can evidence effective and adaptable communication and interpersonal skills, able to work effectively with senior managers, colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Experienced in providing high-level administrative and project support, including meeting coordination, action tracking and governance support.
- Able to handle highly sensitive and confidential information with discretion, professionalism and sound judgement.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and business systems, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, DATIX, PECOS
Able to work independently using initiative and problem-solving skills, identifying issues, prioritising work and ensuring tasks are completed on time
It is anticipated that interviews will be held week beginning 14 December 2026
If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Stephen Hook, Business Manager, People and Culture at Stephen.Hook@nhs.scot or Kerran Reeder, Whistleblowing Programme Manager at kerran.reeder@nhs.scot
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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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