Administrative Assistant

2 months ago


Nantgarw, United Kingdom Health Education and Improvement Wales Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join HEIW’s growing Planning and Performance team as an Administrative Assistant, providing support to a range of staff within the team. This is a new post and the postholder will have the opportunity to help shape this service and make a real difference, supporting the team to achieve its strategic aims and objectives.

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

The Planning and Performance team is responsible for leading the strategic and organisational planning, crisis and business continuity planning, performance management and programme management processes for HEIW. The team is also responsible for leading a number of specific change and transformation programmes linked to the Integrated Medium-Term Plan (IMTP), including biodiversity and climate change and Education and Training Plan.

The postholder will work directly to the Performance Manager, and on a day-to-day basis with the Admin Officer, to support development and delivery to admin support across the team:
Providing secretarial and administrative support to the Planning and Performance team and working closely with the Band 4 Administrative Officer on a day-to-day basis in order to deliver effective and high-quality administrative support.

Taking accurate notes for a wide range of meetings and events.
Managing the generic directorate mailbox and maintaining manual and electronic systems.

Managing multiple tasks simultaneously and organising workload effectively according to demands and priorities.

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?



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