Assistant Planner

Are you passionate about performance that genuinely matters and helps shape the future workforce of NHS Wales? If so, the role of Assistant Planner - Performance offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a real difference.

We are seekinga highly motivated and analytical individual with strong communication and influencing skills, who is comfortable working with complex information and multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment. You will bring curiosity,judgement and confidence to support high-quality performance planning,reporting and assurance across the organisation.

In this role, you will play a key part in leading HEIW's corporate performance processes, supporting delivery of the Integrated Medium Term Plan and Education and Training Plan, and ensuring robust performance reporting to the Executive Team, Board and Welsh Government. Working closely with senior leaders, programme teams and colleagues across Planning, Performance, Finance and Data, you will help develop meaningful performance measures, insightful analysis and clear performance narratives that support effective decision-making.

We welcome applications from individuals who are thoughtful,motivated and determined, with a passion for using performance insight to drive improvement and impact.

The Assistant Planner - Performance is a senior member of the Planning and Performance Team, responsible for leading, coordinating and delivering HEIW's corporate performance planning,reporting and assurance processes.

The postholder will ensure that HEIW's performance management, accountability and reporting arrangements are delivered to the highest standard, including high-profile requirements such as:

• Monitoring the delivery of the Integrated Medium Term Plan (IMTP) and Education and Training Plan (ETP) and recommending remedial actions where required
• Integrated Quality, Performance & Delivery (IQPD) meetings
• Joint Executive Team (JET) meetings with Welsh Government
• Service Review meetings across all directorates
• Welsh Government reporting requirements
• HEIW Board and HEIW Executive Team performance cycles
• Annual Performance Report
• Requirements under the Well-being of Future Generations Act

The role will provide advanced analytical insight, interpretation of complex data, and strategic performance support for strategic planning support. The postholder will contribute directly to the design and deployment of HEIW's Performance Management Framework, the development of quantifiable high-impact performance measures, and to organisational capability-building in performance practice.

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,
• 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?

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.

• Expert knowledge of performance management frameworks, KPIs and assurance processes.
• Strong understanding of NHS Wales performance requirements and Welsh Government reporting, including the function of the Integrated Medium Term Plan and the Education and Training Plan.
• PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent certification.

• Significant experience delivering performance or planning functions in a complex organisation.
• Experience producing high-quality performance reports and dashboards for senior audiences.
• Public sector or NHS experience.

• Highly developed written communication and report-writing skills.
• Strong facilitation, presentation and engagement skills.

• Tenacious, driven and enthusiastic to achieve goals…