Programme Support Officer inCardiff inCardiff PUBLISHED 29 SEP 2024

Cardiff and Vale Local Public Health Team is looking for a highly effective Programme Support Officer to autonomously manage elements of specific projects as delegated e.g. Vaccination, Immunisation and Health Protection portfolios. The post holder will also ensure that standard project management methodologies are applied to successfully deliver projects.

This role will provide programme support to the Local Public Health Team which will include routinely drafting escalation and highlight reports on service performance, developing and delivering service projects, capturing and logging risks, actions and decisions ensuring that reporting requirements are met accurately and timely.

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

• Provide and received complex, sensitive and contentious information orally, in writing and electronically to inform work with the public, directorates, divisions and stakeholders. This may include confidential data.
• Contributing to developing and implementing an engagement and communication plan
• Negotiate and motivate teams on project delivery including linking in with other initiatives
• Building and managing delivery plans in line with Project/Programme methodology including: gathering and receiving information of a complex and sensitive nature; communicate project sensitive information requiring agreement or co-operation from operational managers, service users, and stakeholder organisations and provide advice as necessary
• Liaise, develop and build relationships and effective lines of communication with key partners
• Summarise reports and other key documents
• Design and deliver routine and occasionally complex presentations.
  
  

This post is fixed term/secondment for 18 months from start date due to project work. 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.


Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is
“Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”,
and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dino Motti Job title: Consultant in Public Health Email address: Telephone number: 02921836505