NES Scotland jobs in Scotland

On 1 April 2026, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.

As part of this transformation, NSS and NES have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.

About the Organisation:
PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.

We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.

The Post:
To provide comprehensive, confidential data administrative support to the HR Assist Team. The postholder will work closely with HR Officers to support the delivery of a customer focussed, HR front of house and terms and conditions service to Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSDS) and Public Health Scotland (PHS).

The Candidate:
The postholder should be educated to NVQ level 3 or equivalent, with experience in data and systems administration support and an efficient user of Microsoft Office Professional software - Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook etc.
Knowledge of NSS HR systems including HR Service Now, Electronic Employee Support System (e:EES) and the management of the e forms portal would be advantageous.

Location and Working Pattern:
Based in either our Edinburgh or Glasgow office. Currently hybrid working.
Working pattern is Monday- Friday 36 hours per week.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK and have entitlement to work in the UK for the post in which you will be employed.

Benefits:
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.

Inclusion:
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. PSD Scotland has made a long-term commitment to staff health and well-being and offers many learning and development opportunities to support and improve our approaches to diversity, inclusion and mental health in the workplace. There are a number of equality staff networks in place which all staff are welcome to join. We are also an equal opportunities employer and as such guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As an accredited Disability Confident Leader, it is the aim of PSD Scotland to offer a fully accessible and inclusive recruitment service that supports applicants on their candidate journey. If you are interested in any reasonable adjustments, please contact the Recruitment Team on nss.wfrs@nhs.scot

Further information:
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Craig Lochhead; HR Officer at craig.lochhead@nhs.scot

Closing date for completed applications is Wednesday 22nd July 2026.

Please note interviews will be conducted early August.

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

We are an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies however, where exceptionally high application volumes make this impracticable, a fair and proportionate shortlisting approach will be applied in line with Disability Confident guidance