We are looking for a confident and organised individual to join the Public Health Department based in Bankhead Central Office in Glenrothes for a fixed period of 6 months. Applications will be accepted on a secondment basis provided approval has been agreed by the substantive line manager prior to application submission.
You will provide professional administrative assistance to consultants and senior staff within the Public Health Department. Skills and competencies associated with previous experience to a high level within a secretarial post are essential. You will also provide a comprehensive administrative service at designated local, Fife wide, regional & national meetings which will include minute taking. The post will also involve providing administrative support to focused pieces of work.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to use your own initiative and work as part of a wider team are essential. The aptitude to work to strict deadlines, under pressure with minimal supervision is also required.
You should be educated to HND level or have equivalent experience. Advanced knowledge of all Microsoft Office packages is essential. Experience gained in a health care setting would be advantageous.
The post will incorporate agile working, with the expectation that the post holder will attend the office environment a minimum of 1.5 days per week.
Fixed term contract ends on 31st May 2026
For informal enquiries please contact Cheryl Clifford, Public Health Office Manager, on 01592 226447 or cheryl.clifford@nhs.scot
As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
