Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity with the potential to last for up to 3 months Are you an experienced Graphic Designer looking for a new opportunity?

Do you have experience of working in a fast-paced environment within a large organisation?

Are you passionate about engaging with others and working as part of a team to achieve shared goals?

Who We Are As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services.

We have six regional centres – Aberdeen, Dundee, South Queensferry, Hillington, Cardonald and Clydebank. NHS 24 supports hybrid working, and this post can be based within any NHS 24 regional centres. The successful candidate must be within commuting distance to a regional centre to attend if required and must also be able to travel to other regional centres when requested to attend meetings, undertake training and any other activities.

The Role Communication is a key function of NHS 24, driving culture change and offering a critical strategic tool in delivering corporate objectives and strategies. This is reflected within the organisational structure with the Chief Communications Officer reporting directly to the CEO. The Graphic Designer provides tactical communication advice and supports staff through the design and publication process ensuring a consistently high standard of quality in both print and digital communications and champions our ‘digital first’ approach to publishing.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver digital content communications actions efficiently and effectively an 3d be able to adapt those plans, as the project and corporate objectives develop to ensure the requirements to produce graphic design content are met for a broad range of projects or initiatives
• Lead the innovative and creative design of internal and external multi-media communications, including managing all aspects of the design, layout, production and dissemination, and ensuring that the design meets client needs and complies with NHS 24 and NHS Scotland corporate style and that they are published within the set timescale and budget limit
• Advise staff, Directors, and the Chief Executive Team on innovative communications solutions, house style and use of plain English, to ensure corporate communications are effectively targeted to audiences, delivered consistently, and achieve measurable results
• Support the planning and implementation of graphic design content for marketing strategies and campaigns in order that they meet their objectives

Successful Applicant Will

• Be educated to degree level in an appropriate specialist discipline or have equivalent specialist experience
• Demonstrate high levels of creativity, design and presentation skills
• Have experience in using Adobe Creative Cloud (In Design Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Dreamweaver) and others
• Ideally have knowledge of web content management systems including Umbraco, WordPress and other CMS

Benefits NHS 24 offers a complete benefits package, with a temporary contract of 3 months on Band 5 £33,247 - £41,424 Per Annum (pro rata if applicable). Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.

We Also Offer You Many Supportive Policies To Enhance Your Employee Journey And Have a Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle To Work Scheme, Bursary Scheme And a Range Of Learning And Development. As An NHS Scotland Employee You Will Be Entitled To

• 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) pension scheme
• NHS discounts on goods and services
• HELP, employee support and assistance

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and experienced individual who is looking for a challenging and rewarding role that will contribute to the success of a public organisation.

Interested? Please download the Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application.

We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy to support a successful application.

Our mission at NHS 24 is to create a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. As an organisation that promotes inclusion, we celebrate difference, and we encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work. We are progressing an Anti-Racism Action Plan, which builds on our existing equalities work, and this will help us to measure our progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies. 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 visas 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 . Please note that NHS 24 is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us. 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.