Project Manager, Regulatory Compliance Specialist

NHS Dumfries and Galloway is seeking an experienced and motivated Project Manager to join our Estates and Property Department on a fixed‑term basis for one year. Working up to 22 hours per week. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with strong project management expertise to support the delivery of statutory‑compliant, high‑value, and complex contracts relating to the built environment.

The postholder will lead and co‑ordinate the end‑to‑end procurement process for a range of capital and estates‑related projects. You will work closely with internal stakeholders, technical specialists, and external suppliers/contractors to ensure that all procurement activity is compliant, robust, and aligned with NHS Scotland policy and statutory requirements.

This role requires a confident communicator with the ability to manage multiple specialist inputs, develop detailed specifications, and oversee the evaluation and award of contracts. You will play a key role in ensuring that procurement activity supports safe, efficient, and value‑driven outcomes for the organisation.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.

Right to work in the United Kingdom. NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

NHS Dumfries & Galloway are unable to support OSCE Training for international nurses for vacancies. Vacancies requiring professional registration require full United Kingdom registration with the appropriate council (e.g., NMC, HCPC, GMC, GDC etc).

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It is essential that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or if you require a work visa that the post would be eligible to be sponsored before submitting your application form. We are unable to provide sponsorship for bank contracts.