Interim Senior Business Manager (National Programmes)

Health Education and Improvement Wales; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in Cardiff is seeking a Senior Programmes Manager to oversee the operational delivery of national programmes for the NHS in Wales. The role involves managing workforce planning and priorities, ensuring alignment with national healthcare goals, and promoting effective governance. Applicants need to provide evidence of a proactive approach in delivering strategic initiatives. This position is offered as a secondment opportunity, with a chance for extension or permanent placement based on funding.

Benefits

Corporate induction

Compassionate leadership

Meaningful performance appraisal process

Qualifications

• Proactive approach to scheduling, design, writing, and submission of board papers.
• Experience in workforce planning and prioritization.
• Ability to oversee program delivery with governance principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operational delivery of the National Programmes Team.
• Lead in developing workforce plans aligned with national priorities.
• Provide analysis and evidence to support decision making.

Job description

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
• Urgent and Emergency Care

They will lead and co‑coordinate 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.

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.

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 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?