Project Manager - Harm Reduction Training

NHS National Services Scotland; Coatbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Scotland is looking for a part-time Training Development Project Manager to lead an innovative harm reduction workforce development program. The position requires project management experience, a degree-level qualification, and strong communication skills. You'll design and deliver training that ensures high-quality care and evidence-based interventions. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact in community health while working within a supportive team.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Work-life Balance policies

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in business, management, health, education or social subject (or equivalent experience).
• Demonstrated project management and change management experience.
• Proven ability to lead training or workforce development projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead workforce development programme across South Lanarkshire.
• Design and support evidence-based harm reduction training model.
• Build a skilled workforce capable of delivering interventions.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Training delivery

Communication skills

Partnership development

Education

Degree in business, management, health, education or social subject

Job description

The Role

NHS Lanarkshire’s Harm Reduction Team is seeking a Training Development Project Manager to lead an ambitious and innovative workforce development programme across South Lanarkshire. Working within the Harm Reduction Team, and in partnership with the South Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP), the postholder will design, deliver and support a comprehensive and evidence-based harm reduction training model that supports ongoing delivery of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards 3 and 4 and the recommendations of Scotland’s National Mission to Reduce Drug Deaths.

Your work will help build a confident, skilled and compassionate workforce, capable of delivering consistent, evidence-based harm reduction interventions across statutory and third-sector services.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we will need you to bring

• A degree-level qualification in business, management, health, education or social subject (or equivalent experience).
• Demonstrated project management and change management experience.
• Proven ability to lead training or workforce development projects.
• Excellent partnership, communication and facilitation skills.
• A strong understanding of harm reduction principles and workforce learning needs.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

It would be great if you also have

• Working knowledge of MAT Standards and harm reduction approaches.
• Experience co-producing resources with people with lived or living experience.
• Understanding of quality improvement and evaluation frameworks.

You’ll join a supportive and passionate team, work with skilled partners across Lanarkshire, and help shape a lasting legacy in harm reduction training and workforce development.

Contract type

Fixed Term or Secondment for 24 Months

Part Time

18.5 hours

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Please note this is a fixed term post. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Harm Reduction Team within Coathill Hospital

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Leon Wylie, Harm Reduction Team Manager on [e-mail]

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Marion Bisset, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail] (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

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Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.