Learning and Development Coordinator

The Position:

We are looking for a Learning and Development Coordinator to join our Organisational Learning and Development team at NHS Orkney.

As the Learning and Development Coordinator, you will help:

• Support colleagues and trainers to use and navigate our Learning Management System (TURAS Learn), including finding learning resources and resolving queries
• Coordinate and schedule induction training for new starts, creating training itineraries and welcoming staff during their induction programme
• Undertake a range of administrative duties, including ordering and invoicing, electronic rostering and monitoring team inboxes
• Extract, collate and distribute reports from our Learning Management System (TURAS Learn)
• Act as a first point of contact for enquiries, answering calls and directing colleagues to the appropriate support

You will manage your own workload within agreed procedures while working closely with the wider team. The role involves frequent contact with colleagues across clinical and non-clinical services, so you will need to communicate confidently, handle information carefully and respond calmly when plans or priorities change.

If you have an eye for detail, enjoy supporting others and are comfortable working with systems and data, we'd love to hear from you.

Don't meet the qualification requirement?

We recognise that valuable skills and experience can be gained in different ways. If you can demonstrate the majority of the essential criteria and the potential to develop in the role, NHS Orkney may consider supporting the successful candidate to achieve an SVQ in Business and Administration through a Modern Apprenticeship, where eligibility criteria are met.

Location, Working Pattern and Contract Duration:

This post will be based at The Balfour

The successful candidate will work: Full Time 36 hours per week

This post is Fixed-Term for 12 months due to the substantive postholders return from secondment leave

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 NHS Orkney.

Benefits and Salary:

Did you know NHS Scotland salaries are higher than those in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland?

The salary for this post is Band 3 and if residing on Orkney, you’ll also receive a Distant Islands Allowance of £1,719 pro rata per annum, adding extra value to your rewarding career with us.

NHS Orkney also offers an attractive pension scheme, wide range of work life balance policies, employee assistance programme and various discounts to both local and national retailers.

Further Information:

If you share our vision and are ready to be part of Team Orkney, we’d love to hear from you. Your rewarding career starts here!

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If there are additional requirements you would like to request, please contact [email removed]

For further guidance on the recruitment process and tips for creating a strong application, please refer to our Candidate Application Pack.

To find out more about this opportunity please contact Graeme McCulloch, Learning and Development Adviser on [email removed]

This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.

NHS Orkney is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies.

Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Please note this advert may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Interviews: Week commencing 2nd of November 2026