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This is a fixed term opportunity from 30 May to 30 November 2022
£26, 104 per annum (first point on Band 5)
This vacancy is only open to graduates who have already been accepted into the Graduate Career Advantage Scotland programme. You must apply to GCAS by 12 noon on Friday 22 April in order to be approved in time to apply for this vacancy. Please do not apply after this time if you haven't already been accepted.
GCAS supports graduates from 2019-2021 who are currently unemployed or underemployed. For more information on this programme please go to www.gcas.co.uk.
Location: 19 roles available in various health boards – please see Candidate Application Pack available from the GCAS Team.
The Organisation:
NHSScotland currently employs approximately 140,000 staff who work across 14 territorial NHS Boards, seven Special NHS Boards and one public health body.
Participation in the Graduate Career Advantage Scotland (GCAS) programme is an example of our commitment to support initiatives that enhance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We actively encourage applicants from underrepresented groups to bring their skills and talents to our workforce.
The role:
This is a critical role in every team or department and will offer ideal career development for someone who wants to be involved in supporting the creation, delivery and monitoring of projects that deliver a wide range of positive outcomes and impacts.
You will support the day-to-day processes associated with monitoring and administration of projects and team activities - as well as being a key point of contact for communication. The role requires a high level of organisation and planning skills as you will be expected to maintain timely and accurate documentation, including recording meeting actions, updating project plans and preparing progress reports.
What you’ll bring to us:
You take initiative, bring creativity to problem solving and enjoy working closely with others to achieve a shared goal. You’re keen to learn, collaborative and can demonstrate you share our NHS Scotland values:
• care and compassion
• dignity and respect
• openness, honesty and responsibility
• quality and teamwork
Supporting documents:
All necessary information to support you in applying for this role is provided in the candidate application pack available to eligible candidates who have already been accepted into the GCAS programme. The pack includes
• Locations available in different health boards
• Key information you must quote in your application
• Advice to support you in completing the online application
• More information about our interview process
The GCAS Team will be happy to answer any questions and assess your eligibility to join the talent pool so please contact GCAS@ed.ac.uk
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.
Closing date: 24 April
Shortlisting: 25-27 April
Interview date: 3 – 5 May (Interviews will be conducted remotely)
We actively encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds, regardless of gender, age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief. https://www.careers.nhs.scot/about/who-we-are/
If you have any queries regarding the application portal please contact us at: NES HR Recruitment: recruitment.hr@nes.scot.nhs.uk.uk
For queries about the recruitment process please contact the Project Team NES.GCAS@nhs.scot