Administrative Assistant

FIXED TERM or SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR 6 MONTHS

We are looking for confident and organised individuals to join the Public Health Department based in Bankhead Central Office in Glenrothes. .

You will provide professional administrative support to consultants and the wider Public Health Department. Previous experience in a senior secretarial or administrative role is essential, together with the skills and competencies required to deliver a high-quality administrative service. The postholder will also provide comprehensive administrative support for local, Fife-wide, regional and national meetings, including the preparation of agendas, coordination of papers and minute taking.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to use your own initiative and work as part of a wider team are essential. The aptitude to work to strict deadlines, under pressure with minimal supervision is also required.

You should be educated to HND level or have equivalent experience. Advanced knowledge of all Microsoft Office packages is essential. Experience gained in a health care setting would be advantageous.

The post will incorporate some agile working, with the expectation that the post holder will attend the office environment 2 days per week.

For informal enquiries please contact Cheryl Clifford, Public Health Office Manager on [phone removed] or [email removed]

Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity –

Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub • Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. 

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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.

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