Risk and Resilience Facilitator

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

With effect from 01 April 2026, NHS Scotland is reducing its full‑time working week from 37 to 36 hours per week, there will be no change in full time pay.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within NHS Tayside for an individual to lead and work within the Risk and Resilience Planning Department to ensure the delivery of Risk Management & Resilience Planning priorities for the organisation.

This role is a pivotal component of a highly skilled team and provides the opportunity to:

• lead on projects and initiatives
• develop, deliver and evaluate training/exercises
• support the team in demonstrating compliance with national standards
• engage widely with multi discipline colleagues to secure engagement and develop service level risk registers
• communicate effectively with a variety of multi agency partners to achieve partnership working
• contribute to the development and delivery of an improvement plan to support a single system risk management function, system and processes

Any applicant will be conversant with improvement methodology skills and possess the ability to utilise a range of data analysis and report writing skills as the role involves collating information and contributing to the compilation of reports for various groups, committees and agencies including Scottish Government.

Applicants should have extensive working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and database software. Numerical, statistical and analytical skills, along with facilitation experience and good presentation skills, both written and oral are required. Effective interpersonal and communication skills in addition to the ability to prioritise workload and work to tight deadlines are essential.

Informal enquiries to:
Hilary Walker, Head of Risk and Resilience, extension 40771 or Sharon Cassidy, Risk and Resilience Planning Advisor, extension 40766.

Hours of work are: 37 hours per week

Short‑listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your e‑mail regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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