Job summary
This postprovides an excellent opportunity for an experienced People Business Partner, Strategic Workforce Planner, or Service Manager with experience of leading workforce change, to join our team and contribute to the transformation of the Mental Health workforce in Wales.
HEIW has secured funding to support a national Mental Health workforce programme, aimed at improving workforce sustainability, addressing skill mix challenges, and shaping future service delivery models across primary, community and secondary care mental health services.
Based in TyDysgu, Nantgarw, this role willoperateon a hybrid working pattern with three office-based days per week. You will be part of the Strategic Workforce Planning Team, working in a matrix model with colleagues across HEIW and external partners to deliver this national programme.
Main duties of the job
This is a national role that leads the development and delivery ofan optimal, future-focused workforce model for Mental Health services in Wales.Working collaboratively with organisations across Wales, you willidentifygood practiceandopportunities fordifferent rolesto contribute to multidisciplinary teams from both within Wales and beyond.You will develop strong links with Workforce Planning leads and service managers to ensure that this work is aligned with similar work already being undertaken within organisations.You will also work with colleagues across HEIW to alignany identifiedworkforce solutions.
You will develop a flexible workforce model thatsupports organisationslocally with planning, attraction,developmentand retentionof their mental healthworkforce.The model willidentifythe range of rolesthat could workwithinmental health services andsupport a more consistentand prudent utilisationof roles and skills across Wales.
Working with colleagues in the Strategic Workforce Planning Team, you willprovidespecialist workforce advice and influence into thisproject at an organisational and national level.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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
This post is Secondment for 10 months until 31st March 2027 to meet the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
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
This post is Secondment for 10 months until 31st March 2027 to meet the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
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
Essential
- Masters level education in relevant workforce or management area, or Masters level education in another discipline combined with demonstrable equivalent experience, ideally in workforce.
Desirable
- PG Cert in Strategic Workforce Planning
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within a workforce and organisational development role
- Experience of strategic workforce planning
- Previous and demonstrable experience of leading and managing complex projects/programmes of work
- Experience of leading and implementing change at an organisational or national level
- Experience of working with staff at senior and national level and of developing constructive relationships working across organisational boundaries
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to engage, communicate and present to a wide range of cross sector and cross organisational groups, complex and potentially contentious concepts to and stakeholders.
- Ability to advise and influence key stakeholders and solve problems creatively, identifying practical solutions
- Ability to work autonomously, plan and prioritise, meet deadlines, manage several competing programmes and solve problems
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level education in relevant workforce or management area, or Masters level education in another discipline combined with demonstrable equivalent experience, ideally in workforce.
Desirable
- PG Cert in Strategic Workforce Planning
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within a workforce and organisational development role
- Experience of strategic workforce planning
- Previous and demonstrable experience of leading and managing complex projects/programmes of work
- Experience of leading and implementing change at an organisational or national level
- Experience of working with staff at senior and national level and of developing constructive relationships working across organisational boundaries
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to engage, communicate and present to a wide range of cross sector and cross organisational groups, complex and potentially contentious concepts to and stakeholders.
- Ability to advise and influence key stakeholders and solve problems creatively, identifying practical solutions
- Ability to work autonomously, plan and prioritise, meet deadlines, manage several competing programmes and solve problems
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).
