Please note: This post is an internal vacancy open solely to current employees within NHS Scotland. Eligibility to apply is restricted to individuals who are employed by an NHS Board.
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The post is a 12-Month Fixed Term / Secondment position. As per the Fixed Term Contacts Policy – where individuals with continuous service within the NHS apply for fixed‑term contract roles, NSS reserves the right to refuse any such appointment.
About The Organisation
In June 2025, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care introduced two key frameworks: the Population Health Framework and the Service Renewal Framework (SRF). The SRF sets out an ambitious vision to drive innovation and enable more integrated delivery across Scotland’s health and care services. As part of this transformation, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) will come together to form a new organisation – Public Services Delivery Scotland – in April 2026. The new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and long‑term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.
The Post
We are evolving how we work so we can more effectively meet the needs of our service users and support an expanding portfolio of high‑profile health and social care programmes. To help us continue delivering high quality, impactful communications, the Marketing and Communications team are seeking a creative and strategic professional with a strong track record of applying the full marketing and communications mix to drive behaviour change across a range of projects. You will play a key role in enabling colleagues across the organisation and NHS Scotland to maximise the value of communications opportunities that support the strategic objectives of the programmes.
You will bring excellent communications skills, media relations, digital communications and stakeholder management skills, alongside the ability to work confidently under pressure and manage competing deadlines. The role may also include line‑management responsibilities, so people‑management capabilities are essential.
The Candidate
The successful candidate will have a varied and challenging role on a day‑to‑day basis and will work closely with our programme team to lead on the development and implementation of structured marketing communication strategies and plans to deliver communication objectives across NHS Scotland.
Location and Working Pattern
The post will be based in our Edinburgh or Glasgow office. Currently, hybrid working is available.
Monday to Friday; 37 hours per week. It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NSS.
Benefits
Our benefits package includes a pension scheme, a comprehensive range of work‑life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits. HR Benefits Brochure.
Inclusion
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is a national board 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 balancing personal and professional responsibilities. This is supported through Once for Scotland flexible working policies. NSS 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‑opportunity employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As an accredited Disability Confident Leader, the aim of NSS is 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
Further Information
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Lynne Edwardson, Head of Communications, at
Closing date for completed applications is Sunday 1st March. xwzovoh
Further information on NSS is available from: National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as a committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.
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