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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Fixed Term, Full Time, 37 hours per week
Fixed-term or Secondment** until 31st March 2027
**For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. 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.
NES Technology Service 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
The Opportunity
We are looking for two Senior Officer’s to join our small, but highly talented and growing team to collaborate and support with the delivery of the Digital Front Door (DFD) programme and support within our Business Operations team in Infrastructure and Operations.
Key tasks to include:
- Point of contact/co-ordinator for Digital Front Door or Business Operations.
- Provide management support, which will entail organising, coordinating, supporting, and managing projects/programmes.
- Provide support with event/meeting and webinar organisation.
- Provide support to Deputy Director, Associate Directors and Heads of Service to ensure the maintenance of appropriate and effective office management systems to ensure a smooth flow of information within the Programme.
- Liaise with Senior Officer in relation to areas of recruitment, purchase orders, invoicing queries and Service Desk support.
- Cross-cover in the absence of Project Support Officers.
We are looking for motivated, hardworking individuals to join our team.
Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?
Do you enjoy making a difference, influencing improved ways of working, and sharing innovative ideas?
Do you enjoy problem solving, providing technical expertise and collaborating with others?
Working within the team, can you build strong and positive working relationships quickly in order to deliver results?
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Senior Officers offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, confidently, and sensitively at all levels in the workplace and wider Health and Social Care landscape, particularly when dealing with confidential matters
- Highly developed co-ordination skills and attention to detail
- Experience in using data analysis tools and software
- Experience in recruitment support and engagement.
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
- Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, 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 hybrid 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 Senior Officer 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 carol.elliott@nhs.scot / Jennifer.kennedy3@nhs.scot or via MS Teams.
Next Steps
**NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application.
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 on 04/11/2025. Details of a 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, CVs will not be accepted.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot