HR Officer

This post is a 6 Month Fixed Term / Secondment position. As per the Fixed Term Contacts Policy - Where individuals with continuous service within the NHS apply for fixed‑term contract roles, NSS reserves the right to refuse any such appointment.

Candidates applying on a secondment basis must secure prior agreement from their current line manager before applying for this vacancy.

In June 2025, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care introduced two key frameworks: the Population Health Framework and the Service Renewal Framework (SRF). The SRF sets out an ambitious vision to drive innovation and enable more integrated delivery across Scotland’s health and care services. As part of this transformation, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) will come together to form a new organisation:
Public Services Delivery Scotland in April 2026. The new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and long‑term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland. To learn more about the new organisation, please read the public consultation paper, NHS Delivery – A New National Delivery Organisation, available on the Scottish Government website

People, Solutions and Experience are a team within the Human Resources and Workforce Development Department. We aim to provide an excellent service in all aspects of employment from prior to commencement and throughout the employment lifecycle of all staff. This includes providing a wide range of professional services such as recruitment, terms and conditions of service and policy, advice and guidance.

• Posting of adverts to Job Train system
• Assisting Hiring Manager with shortlisting
• Ensuring all pre‑employment checks are completed in line with organisations policy
• Carrying out eligibility to work checks on applicants
• On‑boarding the candidate onto our HR system (eESS)
• Issuing employment contracts to candidates
• Dealing with incoming recruitment queries through our call handling portal Service Now
• Various other ad‑hoc Recruitment Admin duties as required
• Liaising with Hiring Manager and Candidate through the process

We are looking for an individual with excellent communication skills, written and verbal, combined with great organisational and time‑management skills, to join the team. You need the ability to multi‑task in a fast‑paced, customer service environment and possess good decision‑making skills.

A good understanding of HR practices and a professional, confident and flexible approach is essential to balance the needs of the customers with the requirement to adhere to policy and process.

Additionally, you should have experience of HR systems and be computer literate with standard Microsoft packages. Experience of working with eEES and/or Job Train would be beneficial.

The ideal candidate will have experience in an administrative role, ideally within an HR or recruitment environment and should be qualified to HNC level or with equivalent HR experience.

Gyle Square, Edinburgh or Delta House, Glasgow and includes hybrid working

Work pattern Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with PSDS

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 - HR Benefits Brochure.

Public Services Delivery Scotland is a national organisation and, as an anchor institution, it is our ambition to be a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone feels welcome. We recognise that flexible working creates an inclusive workplace where employees can thrive and feel confident about their ability to balance their personal and professional responsibilities. This is supported through Once for Scotland flexible working policies.

PSDS has made a long‑term commitment to staff health and well‑being and offers many learning and development opportunities to…