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PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY IS ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT NATIONAL SERVICES SCOTLAND EMPLOYEES
As a vital part of NHS Scotland, NHS National Services Scotland’s mission is to enable and support the delivery of better health and better care, working in partnership. We do this by providing a range of specialised support services that enable NHS Boards to focus their efforts on delivering health improvement and patient care.
Procurement in NHS Scotland covers £2.5 billion of trade spend. The role is to provide NHS Scotland Procurement community and Scottish Government Health Department fully programmed management of the NHS Scotland Contract work plan and single national Benefit Tracker.
The Commercial & Performance Services department carries out a range of customer focused commercial and governance activities for NHS Bodies and the wider Public Sector under a short, long term or ad hoc basis. Support and consultancy is led by members of the team with wide and varied experience in contracting and sourcing services, programme management and project management services
Project and Programme Management
Management and effective delivery of projects and initiatives for both external and internal stakeholders implementing best practice project management and advising on procurement legislation to ensure successful project outcomes are realised.
Governance
Provide leadership and governance on National Procurement contract processes including development and provision of management information to track progress of contract implementation and benefits delivery.
The Planning Manager will be responsible for providing a full range of planning and reporting services on behalf of the Strategic Sourcing directorate, assisting in the organisation and administration of all aspects of Programmes, Projects and Business As Usual.
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 Fiona Livingstone on 0141-282-2139/07773 -205397.
Further information on NSS is available from: www.nhsnss.org
Closing date for completed applications is Friday 12th April 2019.
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies