Overview
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Flexible Location: NES is a remote-friendly employer with staff based throughout Scotland. We support office-based and hybrid working arrangements. We welcome conversations about alternative working patterns during the application process to discuss.
Work Pattern: Fixed Term, Full Time, 37 hours per week. Fixed-term or Secondment until 31 March 2026.
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.
Organisation
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 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 NES and externally to NHSScotland in the recruitment of medical and dental trainees and other vocational trainee groups.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, fast paced and innovative team, delivering a complex, multifaceted programmes of work.
Do you want to make a difference to improve the everyday lives of the citizens of Scotland? Do you want to learn different ways of working in a project environment? Do you need that confidence to prove yourself in Project Management in a “civilian” setting? Do you have what it takes to translate your previous experience into making a difference to the health of citizens in Scotland?
Does this sound like you?
What We Love To See
Project Support Officers offer a broad range of skills and experience; if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
* Experience working in a project delivery environment.
* Demonstrable experience with M365 tools, including Teams.
* Understanding of how projects are managed.
* Good communication (written and verbal).
* Understanding of project budgetary considerations and management.
* Experience of recording actions and minutes of meetings.
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 hybrid 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 NHS Scotland, 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 a project coordinator 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 Principal Lead Ed Challis edward.challis@nhs.scot.
Next Steps
NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application. All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
In person OR online interviews including a presentation will take place on Monday 20 October 2025. The presentation topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview. 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. CVs will not be accepted.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. For sponsorship possibilities (UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa) please review requirements. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Project Management and Information Technology
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
References to other roles, locations and dates have been omitted to focus on the current opportunity.
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