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Job reference: 080037
Salary: Band 5 (£26,104 - £32,915)
Job closing date: 20/12/2021
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Glasgow
Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 06/12/2021
Employer (NHS Board): Public Health Scotland
Department: COVID19 - Vaccination

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This is a fixed term/Secondment post until 30th September 2022.​​​​​​​

Public Health Scotland is a new organisation between the Scottish Government and Local Government, working in partnership, to provide leadership to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of the people of Scotland.

Public Health Scotland launched 1st April 2020 with the formal status of a National Special Health Board employing around 1100 people, and with an annual budget of around £60 million, Public Health Scotland will provide authoritative information and services to support people and communities across Scotland. It will lead the national response to unforeseen health emergencies and will contribute to national and local government policy through its provision of robust data and intelligence.

The Health Protection Directorate of PHS are seeking to appoint a Project Support Officer. 

The post-holder will work within and across teams as part of the Protecting Health Directorate working with a range of policy makers and public health/health protection service providers and stakeholders across all sectors in Scotland and beyond.

Any candidate who has lived/worked overseas for more than 12 months in the preceding 5 years will also be required to provide a criminal record check from the appropriate overseas agency.

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

Due to our national response to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic there will be an expectation for weekend and/or out of hours working

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.

For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Linda Moan, Service Delivery Manager on tel: 0141 282 2262 or email: linda.moan@phs.scot

Further information on PHS is available from: https://publichealthscotland.scot  

Closing date for completed applications is 20 December 2021.

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

Public Heath Scotland is an equal opportunities employer who guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.

Take a look around the company https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk/