Senior Project Officer

NHS National Services Scotland; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS National Services Scotland is seeking a proactive Senior Project Officer to support the work of the Primary Care Improvement Portfolio. The role will operationally plan, co-ordinate and deliver programmes across multiple workstreams, ensuring activities meet timescales, cost and quality targets.

You will be educated to degree level or have equivalent knowledge with strong project management, governance, and MS Office skills, plus excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a similar role.
• Experience in project and portfolio management within NHS or statutory sector preferred.
• Strong verbal, written and digital communication skills with stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Operationally plan, co-ordinate and deliver programmes across portfolio workstreams.
• Ensure activities meet timescales, cost and quality parameters.
• Develop high-quality reports and governance documentation.

Skills

Project management

Event management

Report writing

Stakeholder engagement

Digital content development

Governance

Communication skills

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Office

MS Teams

Excel

Job description

Senior Project Officer (Ref: 256308)

£43,231 - £52,679 (Band 6)

Full time (36 hours per week)

Fixed-term contract/secondment to March 2027

Edinburgh or Glasgow – hybrid working will apply for the foreseeable future

We are seeking to appoint a proactive Senior Project Officer with excellent project management skills to support the work of the Primary Care Improvement Portfolio.

The successful candidate will operationally plan, co-ordinate and deliver programmes across a variety of portfolio workstreams, ensuring the successful completion of activities within agreed parameters such as timescales, cost, and quality. You will have excellent verbal, written and digital communication skills and be able to connect effectively with a wide range of stakeholders both internally and externally. You will have experience in project and event management, high-level report writing and resource and digital content development including webpages. In addition, you will have a good understanding of governance processes to contribute to areas of work such as information governance, risk management, financial management and staff governance.

Educated to degree level, or with equivalent knowledge and experience working in a similar role within NHS or other statutory sector setting, you will demonstrate proficiency in the co-ordination and implementation of a demanding programme schedule and be driven to develop yourself and others. In addition, advanced Microsoft Office skills and insights into qualitative and quantitative analytical skills will be highly desirable.

Travel throughout Scotland will be required.

For informal enquiries about the post please contact Molly Sutherland, Acting Programme Manager, at [e-mail].

Closing date: Tuesday 25 August 2026 at midnight

It is anticipated that interviews will be held via MS Teams on Monday 14 September 2026