Partnerships and Engagement Officer inCardiff inCardiff PUBLISHED 5 AUG 2024

The role is hosted within Cardiff and Vale Health Board’s Strategic Planning team but will have strong links with partnership arrangements across the Cardiff and Vale region on a day-to-day basis including the Regional Partnership Board and Public Service Boards.
We seek a Partnerships and Engagement Officer who has a passion for bringing people together to think creatively about the way in which health and care services are designed and the communication and engagement skills to help deliver change.

The role is based within Cardiff and Vale Health Board’s Strategic Planning team but will have strong links with partnership arrangements across the Cardiff and Vale region including the Regional Partnership Board and Public Service Boards. You will support an exciting and ambitious portfolio of programmes to make a real difference for people in our communities. Some work will involve engagement with people across our region to inform key strategic documents such as our Population Needs Assessment and the UHB’s Medium Term Plan. Other work will involve engagement on service development areas for groups of people with specific communication needs. We also need someone who is able to help us communicate the outcomes of our work in a range of ways through annual reports, newsletters, social media, etc. We seek a team player with experience of engagement and communications work, together with a real heart for working between organisations and with a wide range of service users and communities.

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

The role is hosted within Cardiff and Vale Health Board’s Strategic Planning team but will have strong links with partnership arrangements across the Cardiff and Vale region on a day-to-day basis including the Regional Partnership Board and Public Service Boards. The role provides engagement and communications support for an exciting and ambitious portfolio of programmes to make a real difference for people in our communities.

Key tasks will involve engagement with people across our region to inform key strategic documents such as our Population Needs Assessment and the UHB’s Medium Term Plan. Other work will involve engagement on service development areas for groups of people with specific communication needs.

The role will also be fundamental in communicating the outcomes of our work in a range of ways through annual reports, newsletters, social media presence, website maintenance, etc. The role requires a team player with experience of engagement and communications work, together with a real heart for working between organisations and with a wide range of service users and communities.


Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is
“Caring for People, Keeping People Well”,
and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Tipping Job title: Head of Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Email address:

Meredith Gardiner (Head of Partnerships and
We seek a Partnerships and Engagement Officer who has a passion for bringing people together to think creatively about the way in which health and care services are designed and the communication and engagement skills to help deliver change.

The role is based within Cardiff and Vale Health Board’s Strategic Planning team but will have strong links with partnership arrangements across the Cardiff and Vale region including the Regional Partnership Board and Public Service Boards. You will support an exciting and ambitious portfolio of programmes to make a real difference for people in our communities. Some work will involve engagement with people across our region to inform key strategic documents such as our Population Needs Assessment and the UHB’s Medium Term Plan. Other work will involve engagement on service development areas for groups of people with specific communication needs. We also need someone who is able to help us communicate the outcomes of our work in a range of ways through annual reports, newsletters, social media, etc. We seek a team player with experience of engagement and communications work, together with a real heart for working between organisations and with a wide range of service users and communities.

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

The role is hosted within Cardiff and Vale Health Board’s Strategic Planning team but will have strong links with partnership arrangements across the Cardiff and Vale region on a day-to-day basis including the Regional Partnership Board and Public Service Boards. The role provides engagement and communications support for an exciting and ambitious portfolio of programmes to make a real difference for people in our communities.

Key tasks will involve engagement with people across our region to inform key strategic documents such as our Population Needs Assessment and the UHB’s Medium Term Plan. Other work will involve engagement on service development areas for groups of people with specific communication needs.

The role will also be fundamental in communicating the outcomes of our work in a range of ways through annual reports, newsletters, social media presence, website maintenance, etc. The role requires a team player with experience of engagement and communications work, together with a real heart for working between organisations and with a wide range of service users and communities.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is
“Caring for People, Keeping People Well”,
and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah Tipping Job title: Head of Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Email address:

Meredith Gardiner (Head of Partnerships and


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