• Job Description

  Req#: M9082-25-0072?language=en&page=451&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Secondment until 31st March 2026

  This post is being offered for a fixed term period. Applications from any NHS employees (excluding those employed by independent contractors) will be considered only as a secondment opportunity. In this case, all NHS employees must have their line manager's approval before making an application.

  This post is for a fixed term / secondment period. It may be extended or made permanent at the end of that period depending on available funding and business requirement, but there is no guarantee of continued employment in HEIW.

  Are you a motivated, enthusiastic and experienced project manager? Are you interested in gaining skills and experience managing a national project? An opportunity has risen for one whole time and one 0.5WTE Senior Project Manager to join the HEIW National Programmes team, to lead and manage specific projects within the Strategic Workforce Plan for Primary Care.

  This role is a unique opportunity to contribute to the enhancement of primary care services in Wales through strategic workforce planning and project management. If you are a proactive and experienced project manager with a passion for healthcare improvement, we encourage you to apply.

  To find out more about the role and to have an informal chat please contact Aideen Evans, Primary Care Workforce Plan Implementation Lead.

  Main duties of the job

  The National Programmes Team at HEIW acts as a bridge between HEIW and national programme functions, including primary care, planned care, cancer and diagnostics, urgent and emergency care, and genomics. We lead on service-based strategic workforce plans in partnership with NHS Executive National Strategic programmes. Our team brings in expertise from various professions and HEIW functions, supporting the coordination and alignment of HEIW's work with national priorities.

  These senior project manager roles will be working to support the implementation of year two of the Strategic Workforce Plan for Primary Care, which is a busy, high volume workstream. The roles will suit an organised person with an eye for detail. Reporting to the Strategic Workforce Plan for Primary Care Implementation lead you will be adept at managing, supporting and consulting on projects. You will already have experience in project management methodologies and a background in managing complex projects.

  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?

  Details

  Date posted

  14 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £46,840 to £53,602 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Secondment

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  082-AC035-0525

  Job locations

  Ty Dysgu

  Cefn Coed

  Nantgarw, Cardiff

  CF15 7QQ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  You will find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply Now to view in Trac.

  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.

  Interviews will be held on 11th and 12th June 2025.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  You will find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply Now to view in Trac.

  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.

  Interviews will be held on 11th and 12th June 2025.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Knowledge

  Essential

  • Educated to Postgraduate Diploma level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Project and/or Programme management office qualification, PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent experience

  Desirable

  • Masters level qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of management and managing successful projects
  • Effective partnership working in the public sector
  • Experience of effective stakeholder working with external bodies

  Desirable

  • Experience as a formal project manager.
  • Experience of working within the NHS

  Skills and Attributes

  Essential

  • Track record of complex problem solving in a project management environment

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Knowledge

  Essential

  • Educated to Postgraduate Diploma level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Project and/or Programme management office qualification, PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent experience

  Desirable

  • Masters level qualification

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of management and managing successful projects
  • Effective partnership working in the public sector
  • Experience of effective stakeholder working with external bodies

  Desirable

  • Experience as a formal project manager.
  • Experience of working within the NHS

  Skills and Attributes

  Essential

  • Track record of complex problem solving in a project management environment

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Health Education and Improvement Wales

  Address

  Ty Dysgu

  Cefn Coed

  Nantgarw, Cardiff

  CF15 7QQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://heiw.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Health Education and Improvement Wales

  Address

  Ty Dysgu

  Cefn Coed

  Nantgarw, Cardiff

  CF15 7QQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://heiw.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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