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: Full time 37 hours per week
Fixed term or Secondment**
- 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.
The Workforce Directorate works at a national level to support the delivery of NES’s strategic plan and is a key partner to the delivery of Scottish Government priorities for the health and social care workforce. It also provides a comprehensive People and Organisational Development strategy and service for the people who work for NES and externally.
The Digitally Enabled Workforce (DEW) Team is based in NHS Education for Scotland and work remotely from locations across the UK. DEW are commissioned by the joint strategic approach from Scottish Government and COSLA to deliver against the priorities related to Building Digital Skills and Leadership within the Care in the Digital Age Delivery plan.
The DEW team, work at pace and scale and are having a direct impact on upskilling the workforce across health and social care. They collaborate with stakeholders and partners to develop national resources and learning networks that support digital skills and digital leadership development.
We are looking for an individual experienced in administration support to join the team to work collaboratively, sharing knowledge and information across teams and organisation.
The Opportunity
We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to be part of an award-winning team initiating change and innovation in the digital age.
In this exciting and varied role as an Administrative Support, you will collaborate across multiple workstreams and organisations, having a direct impact on the Building Digital Skills and Leadership programme priorities.
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 want to play a key role in the of delivery of a programme of work that support digital skills and digital leadership development across the health and social care sector.
Working within the DEW team, you will have the opportunity to bring your unique skills and experience to the table, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders across multiple workstreams to effect real change and have a direct impact on the achievement of delivering programme priorities.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love To See
Our Administrative Support roles have a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload and to meet strict deadlines
- High attention to detail in all aspects of your work
- Customer focused with a flexible problem-solving attitude
- Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly within in a team, and across other workstreams as well as with external stakeholders
- Ability to communicate clearly, effectively and confidently at all levels (both verbally and in writing)
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
- Ability to work on own initiative and to work closely with colleagues
- The ability to embrace new ways of working through the adoption of technology
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 Administrative Support 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 Debbie Murray, Communication and Engagement Manager,
Next Steps
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required.
These posts require you to work flexibly from one of our central offices (Glasgow or Edinburgh) a minimum of 1 day per week.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews (including a presentation) will take place between
Wednesday 23 October and Thursday 24 October 2024.
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, CV’s will not be accepted
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
