Property Project Manager

On 1 April 2026, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) became one national organisation, focused on continuity today and a stronger, more connected service for tomorrow.

As part of this transformation, NSS and NES have joined to form a new organisation: Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland). This new organisation will play a pivotal role in supporting the renewal and ensuring the long-term sustainability of health and care services across Scotland.

About The Organisation PSD Scotland unites expertise from NES and NSS in a way that will allow us to accelerate national programmes to support the NHS to deliver better care, now and in the future.

We support staff with education and training, provide the tools and data that improve services, and run vital national functions such as procurement, logistics and blood, tissue and cell services.

The Post NHS Scotland Assure, a directorate within Public Services Delivery Scotland is pleased to offer two Property Project Manager posts. Based in the Estates / Projects department of Facilities Services, the post holder manages and co-ordinates the delivery of multiple and concurrent major property and related capital projects that support the implementation of the PSD Property Strategy and the delivery of PSD’s core business, ensuring that all projects are managed to service excellence standards, provide solutions which best meet customer needs and are delivered to agreed time, cost and quality parameters in accordance with all relevant statutory, legislative, project governance and professional standards.

The role of the department is to provide a professional and customer focused Facilities Management Estates service to ensure a flexible, fit for purpose working environment that meets the needs of the directorates and third-party occupiers located across the NSS portfolio of approximately 22 properties contributing to the provision of the organisation’s key objectives.

The post holders will be responsible for management of project budgets through the implementation of robust budget monitoring systems to ensure financial projections are accurate, expenditure is managed and controlled to agreed financial targets in accordance with SGHD and PSD Standing Financial Instructions. Complete the procurement/tendering process for all property projects in consultation/collaboration with consultants/suppliers in line with and PSD Standing Financial Instructions to ensure best value for money and quality.

The Candidate Please see the Job Description for further details.

The post holders should be educated to degree level in a relevant discipline and a recognised qualification in property design, development/ construction or facilities management. Demonstrate appropriate, relevant experience of successfully delivering large scale property projects and/ or managing multiple and concurrent projects within a large complex organisation at a senior project management level. A record of achievement in relation to property, design, development, construction and project management, the postholders should also possess excellent analytical and communication skills.

Please see the Person Specification for further details.

Location and Working Pattern: The post will be based at Gyle Square, Edinburgh. The post holders will be required to work across multiple PSD sites across Scotland on a regular basis.

Currently hybrid working.

Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week. The working pattern is Monday to Thursday 9:00-17:00 and Friday 9:00-15.30.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK and have entitlement to work in the UK for the post in which you will be employed.

Benefits Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits. HR Benefits Brochure.

Inclusion Public Services Delivery Scotland is a national organisation 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 their ability to balance their personal and professional responsibilities. This is supported through Once for Scotland flexible working policies. PSD Scotland 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 opportunities employer and as such aim to guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As an accredited Disability Confident Leader , it is the aim of PSD Scotland 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 [email protected]

Further Information For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Seve Iacobelli, Head of Estates at [email protected] Closing date for completed applications is Monday 17th August 2026. Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

We are an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies however, where exceptionally high application volumes make this impracticable, a fair and proportionate shortlisting approach will be applied in line with Disability Confident guidance