Assistant Director of Planning and Performance

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join HEIW's Planning and Performance team as Assistant Director. The postholder will work, as a senior leader in the Finance, Planning & Performance and National Programmes directorate, to develop a collaborative, flexible and expert team with a business partnering approach.

The successful candidate will bring strategic planning and performance management expertise, complemented with high-quality leadership skills. The postholder will have the ability to communicate and build relationships across the organisation as we deliver our strategic plans through excellent planning and performance management practice. Increasingly, we are looking to develop and use outcome measures to improve quality and value. It is also a great opportunity to work at Assistant Director level in a national strategic organisation within NHS Wales.

The role is a permanent position which is advertised as a full-time AFC Band 8c. Applications are welcome from candidates who wish to work on a flexible basis and HEIW operates an Agile Working model.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Director of Planning and Performance will focus on the following core areas:

• Strategic and operational planning, including development of HEIW's IMTP, the Education & Training Plan and other strategic workforce plans;
• Business planning, including the development of business cases;
• Monitoring delivery of our Plan and business activities through our agreed Performance Framework and developing our Performance Dashboards;
• Lead Business Continuity Planning;
• Developing and building the Planning and Performance team.

The base for this post is HEIW, Ty Dysgu, Cefn Coed, Nantgarw CF15 7QQ.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role please contact Glyn Jones, Director of Finance, Planning & Performance on 07479905984 or e-mail glyn.jones2@wales.nhs.uk.

If you have the ambition and qualities we are looking for and would like to join our team please complete the application form on NHS Jobs. Please make sure you include evidence to support the required behaviours set out in the person specification.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,

- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,

- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

What you can expect:

- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,

- compassionate leadership,

- a meaningful values-based performance appraisal process,

- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?