This post is a fixed term/secondment for 6 months until 31st March 2027 due to secondment cover.
Applications from any NHS employees (excluding those employed by independent contractors) will be considered only as a secondment opportunity. In this case, all NHS employees must have their line manager’s approval before making an application.
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales. Everything we do is focused on developing a skilled, compassionate, and future ready workforce that improves care for patients and population health across Wales.
We're looking for an enthusiastic communications and engagement assistant to join the Communications and Engagement Team until 31 March 2027.
This is a key role supporting the team to communicate, engage, and connect with our people, our partners, and the wider health and care system.
You will have strong admin skills and will have the opportunity to gain skills and experience in social media, website and administration.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
As a communications and engagement assistant you will provide administration support as part of the Communications and Engagement Team.
You'll s upport the maintenance of HEIW’s website, intranet and social media platforms and s upport the management of HEIW’s branded materials and event administration .
You will also ma intain the HEIW stakeholder management system.
We strongly encourage you to download and read the full Job Description, which sets out the responsibilities of the role and the skills, experience, and behaviours we’re looking for.
When completing your application, please use the supporting information section to clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification, using examples from your experience where possible.
We appreciate the emerging role of AI in the workplace. However, as a senior communicator we are keen to see your own written skills demonstrated in your application
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,
- compassionate leadership,
- 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.
