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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Permanent, Full Time, 37.5 hours per week.
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.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an Information Security Senior Specialist to join our small, but highly talented and growing team to collaborate and ensure that there is a robust foundation in regard to Information Security for the accountability, transparency, and secure use of personal identifiable data in the delivery of essential health and social care digital systems.
Do you want to improve the security and use privacy of personal identifiable data?
Do you enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary team at edge of technological innovations?
Do you want to play a key role in ensuring that citizens data in the NHS Scotland is appropriately processed and securely used?
Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment?
Working within the Information Governance & Security team you will have the opportunity to provide expert Information Security Specialist support that will directly inform the development and delivery of digital services from an information security aspect for health and care professionals, and the general public.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Information Security Specialists offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- Proven experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of business/management processes and systems from an information security compliance perspective
- A clear understanding of Information Security and Privacy Legislation
- Highly experienced in working in the field of Information Governance and Information Security legislation
- Ability to work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team
- Highly effective communicator knowing how to make complex technical information and language simple for diverse senior internal and external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)
- Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise workload 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 an Information Security Specialist role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning to Information Governance and Information Security 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 tracey.gill@nhs.scot
Next Steps
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, only working from our offices once official guidance supports this.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews and assessments will take place 14th, 15th or 16th September 2022 (candidates will only be required to attend one day).
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.