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Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales. We exist to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities for people in Wales.

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Our purpose is ‘working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales.

Executive Summary - Public Health Wales (nhs.wales)

Contact

Address: No.2 Capital Quarter; Tyndall Street; Cardiff; CF10 4BZ
Contact Number: 02921 500200

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Ref: 028-AC263-1025 Vacancy ID: 7565567

Assistant Director - Strategic Costing Lead, Performance & Improvement

Accepting applications until: 23-Nov-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 23-Nov-2025 23:59

Location

Site: Bocam Park
Address: Unit 1, Old Field Road
Town: Pencoed, Bridgend
Postcode: CF35 5LJ
Major / Minor Region: Cardiff

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £78,120 - £90,013 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8c)

Specialty

Main area: Financial Accounting

Interview date: 10/12/2025

Welcome to the NHS Wales Performance and Improvement, a new national support function, operational from 1 April 2023.

Our key purpose is to…

Drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.

To find out more visit NHS Wales Performance and Improvement.

Our values

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role will have significant freedom to act, and as part of the senior team will operate at a strategic level with a number of Directors of Finance, executives from NHS Wales organisations, Welsh Government policy leads, national and international stakeholders, national clinical leads, and other NHS Wales teams including other Directorates within the NHS Executive. The Financial Planning & Delivery Directorate is passionate about people and professional development, with an ambitious development programme for the overall team and all team members. This role is an ideal opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their skills and experiences across a broad and exciting national agenda.

Your responsibilities will include:
Providing the direct organisational liaison role to a number of NHS Wales organisations;

Providing support and challenge to specified NHS Wales organisations in line with the Welsh Government Escalation and Intervention Arrangements;

Providing financial leadership to national committees and programmes examining opportunities to improve value and financial sustainability within the Welsh NHS;

Leading on behalf of the Directorate the support and development of key areas of national policy and developments;

Providing the lead finance support role to Welsh Government policy leads on key NHS programme areas; and

Leading on behalf of the Directorate the relationship management and learning from key external stakeholders.

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 on Trac.

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

NHS Wales Performance and Improvement, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals who may wish to work part time or apply on a job share basis.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our organisation who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Welsh language skills are not necessary

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria

CCAB / CIMA qualified with current membership of that professional body.
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Strong knowledge and experience of costing and understanding of differing forms and constructions, their uses and potential impacts, having developed experience of NHS Costing Returns through contribution across the preparation, education, production, analysis and benchmarking processes.
A good level of knowledge and experience of analysing financial and non-financial data and in bringing this together for benchmarking presentation at all levels of an organisation.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of personal research that includes a financial perspective.
Preparing stand-alone elements for inclusion in the Costing Returns and responsibility for explaining, addressing queries and requests for supplementary information. Including the analytical review and validation of costing systems.
A sound understanding of improvement techniques
A recognised leader, provide training, guidance and support to others in relation to all aspects of benchmarking.

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive experience as a senior finance manager within large complex healthcare organisations
Demonstrable understanding of the sourcing, connection and utilisation of a range of data
Experience in strategy development and implementation, including the dissemination and operationalisation of strategy and improvement.
Programme / Project Management experience
A clear understanding and practical experience of applying the concepts of Prudent / Value-Based Healthcare
Demonstrable experience of utilising and triangulating available data and benchmarking to provide insight and impact for action.
Considerable knowledge and understanding of an organisation and the wider healthcare environment it operates within. Being able to discern and explain how an organisational model creates value for patients and other stakeholders.
As part of a project or role to improve outcomes and sustainability across an organisation, building and nurturing effective relationships with key stakeholders and partners, that influenced clinical or operational change.
Ability to influence at all levels and a highly strategic thinker.

Desirable criteria

Good knowledge of NHS Wales finance regime, including a thorough understanding of organisations financial duties, responsibilities and governance requirements
A working knowledge of the NHS in other Devolved Nations and how Local Government operates.
Record of effective contribution to the development of business strategies and business cases.

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

Ability to model (consolidate, analyse and appropriately present) often highly complex information, both qualitative and quantitative, to constructively challenge and support senior leaders and operational teams.
Proven ability and initiative to achieve targets and objectives within a demanding and pressured environment against challenging deadlines.
Demonstrable commitment, resilience and success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing self and teams.
Able to interpret legislation and guidance as appropriate to the role.
Able to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen
Ability to work independently to a specified remit, ensuring agreed deadlines and deliverables are met
An ability to communicate excellently both verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive, including resilience and reliability when meeting challenge or resistance to a topic.
Self-motivated with the ability to proactively develop and manage fully formed team workplans from limited information, such as an identified system weakness or key information gap.
Proficient in the use of standard Microsoft software, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to demonstrate understanding and application of our workplace values, together with the underpinning behaviours identified for success in this role.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with staff, their representatives and professional organisations
Skills to establish and maintain a peer network in a professional or technical area.
Experience of negotiation and contract management
Able to interpret legislation and develop guidance as appropriate to the role.
Welsh Language Skills are desirable at level 1, e.g. introduce yourself, greet someone in person, answer the phone with a Welsh scripted greeting