Planning and Performance Business Partner

2 weeks ago


Nantgarw, United Kingdom Health Education and Improvement Wales Full time

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Planning and Performance team who support HEIWs Strategic Planning, Performance, Programme Management and Sustainability activities. This role is within a central enabling team and provides a great opportunity for exposure to multiple areas of the organisation and skills development in areas of work that are central to the NHS Wales transformation agenda.

This is a full-time, permanent post, providing expert leadership, advice, and support to develop the annual Education and Training Plan. The team has far reaching impact across the organisation and the postholder will collaborate with key stakeholders to support the creation of training and education recommendations that address the requirements for the healthcare workforce supply, on behalf of the NHS Wales system.

We are looking for someone with excellent organisation, communications and negotiation skills who enjoys engagement with stakeholders and strategic planning. A continuous improvement mindset would be an asset in this team which actively steers ways of working and seeks to simplify where appropriate to drive efficiency.

1.The postholder will provide expert leadership, advice, and support to develop the annual Education and Training Plan on behalf of NHS Wales.

2. They will provide expert advice and guidance to the Senior Responsible Officers across the organisation in developing and delivering the organisation’s Integrated Medium-Term Plan (IMTP), operational plans, performance management and programme management for their relevant Directorates.

3. They will support the aims and objectives of the Planning and Performance Team, including embedding and developing programme management expertise to enable high-quality consistent delivery of the organisation’s strategic aims, taking a lead for programme management training with the other planning and performance business partners.

4. The postholder will lead and manage their own team of staff and will require influencing, change management and negotiation skills to work with teams across the organisation, and external stakeholders including Welsh Government and Health Boards and Trusts to ensure that excellent plans are developed and delivered.

5.The postholder will support the Assistant Director of Planning and Performance to manage the planning and performance team.

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

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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