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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working (within the UK). You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Fixed-Term, Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Fixed-term or Secondment until 31/03/2025
**For NHS applicants, only a Secondment will be made available. For non NHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered.
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.
NES Technology Service (NTS) has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow NES to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government’s technology strategies.
Our Technology
We are in the business of providing safe, secure and innovative technology products and services that aim to improve outcomes across education, training, workforce, health and care in the public sector in Scotland. Using modern cloud-based technology we deliver sustainable products and services for the future.
The Opportunity
The Knowledge Management and Discovery Business Unit manages access to resources to inform practice and learning for the health and social care workforce.
The Unit supports both the management and use of the resources hosted on The Knowledge Network , a national digital library and Turas Learn, a learning management system for NES and other organisations.
We are looking for a Specialist Lead to manage the infrastructure and the content to deliver our national digital library The Knowledge Network www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk for health and social care staff.
Do you want to improve access to evidence and research to support both practice and professional development of health and care staff?
Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?
Do you want to play a key role in supporting change in the exciting and progressive area of digital library services?
Do you thrive working in partnership and collaborating with a wide range of people?
Do you have proven diagnostic, problem-solving and data analysis skills gained through working with a variety of library systems?
Working the Knowledge Management and Discovery Business Unit, you will have the opportunity to bring your unique skills and experience to the table, collaborating across multiple workstreams to effect real change within NES, and further afield within the wider library services community.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Specialist Leads offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- Experience in delivering digital libraries
- Proven track record of implementing library management systems including Alma / Primo
- Experience in the management of electronic subscription resources for a national library
- Proven experience in leading and motivating teams, particularly through change
- Experience of working with a broad range of partners in health and care settings
- Highly effective communicator who knows how to make complex, technical information and language engaging for diverse stakeholders
- Ability to work autonomously and use own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workload and those of others, and to meet strict deadlines
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 a Specialist Lead 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 Derek Boyle, derek.boyle@nhs.scot
Next Steps
**NHS applicants will only be considered on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current employer at the earliest opportunity.
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews (including a presentation) will take place between
10th and 11th August 2023. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
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. Please note, CV’s will not be accepted.