Are you a driven professional ready to shape the future of health and care services? Join our Research, Data & Digital Directorate as Deputy Governance & General Manager. In this key leadership role, you’ll champion operational excellence, driving improvements and efficiencies across the directorate. You’ll lead the development of governance frameworks, manage risk, and ensure a safe, compliant environment. Collaborating with senior leaders, you’ll enhance strategic planning, project delivery, and assurance processes. Acting as a subject matter expert, you’ll oversee audit readiness, business process governance, and procurement. Your insight will support high-quality decision-making and continuous service improvement. If you thrive in dynamic settings and are passionate about good governance, we invite you to bring your expertise and make a meaningful impact with us.
The Deputy Governance & General Manager will lead governance, risk, and compliance across the Directorate, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities. You will develop and implement policies and governance processes that promote efficiency, assurance, and compliance. Balancing Agile approaches with robust oversight, you’ll act as the operational lead for business process governance, support planning cycles, and drive continuous service improvement. You will provide leadership across cross-functional teams, oversee all Directorate procurement activity, and ensure sound financial stewardship. A key part of the role involves building collaborative relationships and managing committee governance for boards, enabling effective decision-making and strategic delivery.
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We are Public Health Wales – the national public health agency in Wales. Our purpose is ‘
Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.
Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.
We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/
For guidance on the application process, please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hilary Parsons Job title: Governance & General Manager Email address:
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