Associate Director Workforce Transformation (Nursing and Midwifery)

Health-Education-and-Improvement-Wales; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) invites applications for an Associate Director Workforce Transformation (Nursing and Midwifery). The role leads strategic and operational workforce modernisation across NHS Wales, reporting to the Executive Director of Nursing, Health Professions and Quality.

It requires senior leadership and extensive policy, education and workforce experience. The post offers a Band 8c level, 37.5 hours per week, flexible/hybrid working and a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Midwife qualification on the NMC register.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Higher Degree – Masters level education or equivalent.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of the nursing and midwifery agenda.
• Extensive specialist knowledge across nursing, midwifery and wider health workforce.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective arrangements for delivering workforce modernisation programmes across primary, community and secondary care.
• Manage complex stakeholder relationships with education providers, service areas, government and private sectors.
• Provide visible leadership to engage staff and clinicians in strategic direction and transformation.
• Deputise for the Executive Director as required and contribute to financial management, governance and risk management.

Education

NMC registered nurse or midwife

Job description

Main area Associate Director Workforce Transformation (Nursing and Midwifery) Grade Band 8c Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (An agile working model to allow flexibility between home and office-based working.) Job ref 082-NMR008-1026

Employer Health Education and Improvement Wales Employer type NHS Site Ty Dysgu Town Cardiff Salary £80,698 - £92,984 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 03/11/2026

Associate Director Workforce Transformation (Nursing and Midwifery)

Band 8c

We are committed to promoting inclusion at HEIW and we welcome applications from everybody recognising the value that diversity brings to our workforce. To work in the UK, candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (ROI) nationals require sponsorship via a Skilled Worker Visa, unless they have permission to work via another route. Please note that HEIW does not currently hold a licence to appoint skilled workers from overseas by sponsoring them to work in the UK. If successful, candidates from outside of the UK or ROI would be responsible for obtaining their own sponsorship or visa to enable them to work for HEIW - Work in the UK .

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and senior Nurse or Midwifery Leader to be responsible for the strategic and operational Workforce Modernisation of the Nursing and Midwifery workforce ensuring effective strategic support to NHS Wales in delivering the vision set out in Government policies through the implementation of the objectives agreed through Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) Integrated Medium term Plan (IMTP).

Reporting directly to the Executive Director of Nursing, Health Professionals and Quality, the post holder will be the lead for the design and implementation of major workforce programmes across Wales formulating long term strategic plans and will be the expert in their field.

The Associate Director Workforce Transformation (Nursing and Midwifery) will deputise for the Executive Director of Nursing, Health Professions and Quality as required, will support the Executive Director of Nursing, Health Professionals and Quality in Financial Management, Management Procedures, Governance, Risk Management and be part of the directorate senior management team.

Interviews for this post are scheduled for 3rd November, in person at Ty Dysgu, Nantgarw CF15 7QQ.

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

Main duties of the job

· Ensure effective arrangements are in place for the delivery of workforce modernisation programmes across primary, community and secondary care in support of A Healthier Wales, NHS Wales National Programmes, Welsh Government priorities, Duty of Quality, NHS Wales in 10+ years.

Manage a complex set of stakeholder relationships required to deliver changes across education, service, government and private/industry sectors, this will include working with clinicians, director-level managers and private organisations.

To be a visible leader facilitating and engaging staff and clinicians to contribute to the overall strategic direction of workforce and education improvement/ transformation.

Working for our organisation

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,
• 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?

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Registered Nurse or Midwife qualification on the NMC register.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Higher Degree – Masters level education or equivalent.
• Extensive Knowledge/ experience of the nursing and midwifery agenda acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience.
• Extensive specialist knowledge required over all nursing and midwifery matters as well as the wider health professional workforce.
• Sound knowledge of the NHS, current Government policies, workforce related initiatives.
• A depth of profession knowledge and skills across a range of disciplines such as education management, financial management, performance management, information systems and staff management.

Experience

• Experience of working at a senior level within the nursing and midwifery profession.
• An understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in Wales and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
• Effective partnership working with Health and Social Care organisations.
• Effective partnership working with education providers.
• Experience of effectively working with regulatory bodies.
• Experience in clinical or social care.
• Senior management experience including budget management.
• Successful delivery of complex projects.
• Implementing change in a complex environment.

Skills and Attributes

• A facilitating and enabling approach and a team player.
• Strategic and analytical thinker with diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop ideas and translate strategy into action.
• Ability to work across organisations and to create and sustain effective working relationships at all levels.
• Ability to focus on the delivery of outcomes.
• Demonstrates initiative, decisiveness and compassionate leadership.
• Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.

Other

• Prepared to travel extensively across Wales and UK where necessary.

It is essential that your application demonstrates how you meet the job description / person specification for this post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.