RCGP Scotland Projects Officer

RCGP Enterprises Limited; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal College of General Practitioners in Edinburgh is seeking a Projects Officer to coordinate the delivery of a two-part certificate for primary care health professionals, with a hybrid working pattern requiring two days per week in the office.

The successful candidate will have proven project administration experience, budget and invoice management, events planning, and strong marketing and reporting skills to support programme delivery in Scotland.

Qualifications

• Experience in project administration and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to manage budgets and invoices.
• Experience planning and promoting events.
• Strong marketing and communications knowledge.
• Excellent written reports with clear findings.
• Autonomous worker with good planning and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery of a two-part certificate for primary care health professionals.
• Promote the project using marketing methods and handle enquiries professionally.
• Organise and support in-person and online events.
• Design and implement evaluations and present findings clearly.
• Manage project budgets, processing and recording invoices, track expenditure.
• Provide timely progress reports to project funders showing activity and impact.

Skills

Project administration

Budget management

Event planning

Marketing & communications

Report writing

Autonomous working

Planning & organising

Education

HND or equivalent

Job description

Full time, 35 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2027

Grade FN, Salary £32,985.45 per annum

Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid working – minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: Thursday 29 October 2026

Interview date: Wednesday 11 November 2026

The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 55,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.

We are looking for a Projects Officer toeffectively coordinate the project delivery of a two-part certificate to equip primary care health professionals with the skills and knowledge required to address patients experiencing problem substance use in Scotland.

We are looking for someone with proven project administration experience, with the ability to meet competing demands and deliver all aspects of a project to set timelines and budget. The successful postholder will also have experience in planning events and promoting these effectively.

The Projects Officer will be responsible for:

• ensuring that project outcomes are achieved to a high standard and milestones are met within budget by using relevant project documentation and processes.
• Using a variety of marketing methods to effectively promote the project and responding to all enquiries professionally and in a timely manner.
• Organising and supporting a number of in-person and online events.
• Designing and implementing effective evaluations for each programme and presenting the findings in a clear and professional manner.
• Managing the project budgets, including the processing and recording of invoices, trackingexpenditure against budgets.
• Providing professional and timely project progress reports to the project funders, demonstrating activity and impact at each stage.

You will have an HND or equivalent qualification/work experience and be able to work autonomously. You will have excellent planning and organisation skills enabling you to successfully deliver events of varying sizes. The post requires someone who has a comprehensive understanding of marketing and communication principles and experience in promoting programmes or services successfully. You will have excellent communication skills and experience in writing clear and professional reports including capturing evaluation feedback and presenting findings in an accurate and impactful way. You will have a good knowledge of budget management and experience in delivering projects within budget.

The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions and a great working environment.

The Royal College of General Practitioners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.