Project Support Officer- Armed Forces Community

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.

Please ensure you are a member of the Armed Forces Community before applying.

NHS Scotland Paid Placement Opportunity for the Armed Forces Community

NHS Tayside is offering a paid placement as a Project Support Officer. Bring your planning, coordination, and communication skills into a healthcare setting — and make a meaningful impact.

NHS Tayside’s People and Culture Directorate has an opportunity to recruit a Project Support Officer to take forward a planned programme of work. As Project Support Officer, you will provide high-quality administrative and project support across a range of EDI programmes, projects and work streams. You will work closely with the Programme Manager and wider Corporate Equalities team to help ensure projects are coordinated effectively, milestones are tracked, meetings are well managed, and project documentation is maintained to a high standard.

The role will involve engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders across NHS Tayside, supporting communication and engagement activities, and contributing to reporting and monitoring processes.

• Providing project and administrative support across a range of NHS Tayside’s EDI projects and programmes.
• Coordinating meetings, workshops and engagement events, including preparation of agendas, papers, minutes and presentation materials.
• Maintaining project and programme documentation, action trackers, risk logs and monitoring information.
• Supporting data collection, reporting and analysis activity.
• Supporting stakeholder engagement activities across NHS Tayside and with relevant external bodies.
• Monitoring project timelines and escalating issues or risks appropriately.
• Contributing to continuous improvement and effective team working across the department.

Placement duration: 6 months

Hours of Work: 36 hours per week

Current NHS Tayside Employees – Written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for this secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview.

Location: Kings Cross Hospital, Bowel Screening Building, Clepington Road, Dundee, DD3 8EA

Informal enquiries can be made to Annabelle Lamont-Woolf, EDI Programme Manager: annabelle.lamont-woolft; .

More information on the Armed Forces Talent Programme can be seen here: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.