Job summary
This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity only. If you wish to apply, you must have your line manager's approval before making an application. This post is for a fixed secondment period but may be extended or made permanent at the end of the secondment period depending on available funding and business requirement.
The Senior Programmes Manager will be responsible for supporting the Director of Finance, Planning & Performance by managing the day-to-day operational delivery of the National Programmes Team covering the following areas:
Planned Care - including Cancer, Diagnostics & Genomics, and
Urgent and Emergency Care.
Main duties of the job
They will lead and co-ordinate the operational delivery of the National Programmes team, acting as the key interface with national programmes, ensuring that workforce plans and priorities reflect the needs of the NHS across Wales.
They will lead in developing, producing and implementing service-facing workforce plans and workforce priorities that are aligned with national priorities and will act as the senior manager link with NHS Wales Performance & Improvement.
They will have day-to-day responsibility for overseeing the delivery of strategic service based workforce plans / priorities within HEIW through a series of internal working arrangements adopting a programme management approach to delivery.
They will manage and oversee the delivery of the programme of work across the national programmes, ensuring robust, transparent governance which enables innovation and agile ways of working and reflects both the strategic and operational priorities, providing analysis, insight, and evidence to support decision making and delivery.
The post holder will be responsible for taking a proactive approach to the scheduling, design, writing and submission of Board, Executive and other Committees, and professional group papers to achieve required outcomes.
Promote and develop a positive governance culture, including a positive and proactive approach to risk management and assurance, in line with good governance principles and best practice.
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.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
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?
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level
- Prince 2 or other equivalent project management qualification
- Evidence of continuing personal professional development
Experience
Essential
- Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy
- Experience of managing and motivating a hybrid/matrix team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy
- Significant experience of successfully delivering change projects in complex and challenging programme environments
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS or other public sector body
- Experience of effective stakeholder working with senior personnel, regulatory bodies, Higher Education
Skills and attributes
Essential
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues
- Excellent written, oral, presentation and numerical skills
- Comprehensive IT skills
- Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise and organise workload to operate effectively
- Ability to gather, analyse and interpret performance and financial information
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel around Wales and be able to work flexibly
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level
- Prince 2 or other equivalent project management qualification
- Evidence of continuing personal professional development
Experience
Essential
- Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy
- Experience of managing and motivating a hybrid/matrix team and reviewing performance of the individuals
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy
- Significant experience of successfully delivering change projects in complex and challenging programme environments
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS or other public sector body
- Experience of effective stakeholder working with senior personnel, regulatory bodies, Higher Education
Skills and attributes
Essential
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult and contentious issues
- Excellent written, oral, presentation and numerical skills
- Comprehensive IT skills
- Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise and organise workload to operate effectively
- Ability to gather, analyse and interpret performance and financial information
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel around Wales and be able to work flexibly
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
