Job summary
- Main area
- Leadership Development
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 100-AC058-0225
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hafan Derwen, St Davids Park
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 per annum (pro rata if part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

OD Programme Support Officer
Band 5
Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
If you are registered Health Care professional considering relocating to the Hywel Dda area in West Wales please don’t hesitate to contact our recruitment campaigns team directly via [email protected]
To keep up to date with our latest recruitment activity follow us on Facebook (Swyddi Hywel Dda Jobs), LinkedIn or on Twitter @SwyddiHDdaJobs
Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Job overview
The Organisation Development Team plays a prominent role within Hywel Dda Health Board. It continues to be a busy and exciting time for our team as we continue with our range of leadership and organisation development initiatives including; leadership development programmes, leadership talent management and succession planning and growth of the coaching network.
You will join a team that is friendly, supportive, creative and dynamic, who are passionate and committed to making a difference to our leaders, their teams and the organisation.
We are looking for a warm, friendly and vibrant person with excellent organisation and administrative skills, interpersonal skills, and effective and efficient diary management skills, along with a desire to support our team and our leaders in everything we do - if this sounds like your ideal working environment we would love to hear from you!
Applicants are actively encouraged to contact the appointing manager prior to submitting their application.
Main duties of the job
Are you able to…
- Think and work creatively, with energy and curiosity
- Produce/present tailored reports to a variety of audiences within agreed timescales.
- To assist/fully support development, implementation and maintenance of our team initiatives.
- To fully support multiple programmes/events with expertise
Are you…
- A strong team player with a good working ethos, hands-on, pragmatic and a flexible attitude
- Willing to jump in, be ready to change plans at any time with a smile
- Positive with an enthusiastic approach to life/work
- Passionate about supporting staff to be the best they can be and to maximise their potential
Have you got…
- Effective and efficient diary management skills
- Creative skill set and can produce high quality great looking materials for our programmes with excellent communication and organisation skills
- Meticulous attention to detail, approaching all your work with accuracy and professionalism whilst meeting deadlines
- The experience of handling high-level confidential and sensitive information
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).
Community facilities, including:
48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes.
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you believe you are who we are looking for, please get in touch and let's have a chat - we'd love to hear from you!
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 25/03/2025
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Understanding of programme management processes
- Understanding of Organisational Development Activities.
- Knowledge of learning theories and blended learning approaches
- IT literate with a comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft office, packages including word, excel, power point, outlook & teams
Desirable criteria
- OD or L&D qualification or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
- Accreditation for tools/psychometrics (e.g. 360 feedback, action learning facilitation, MBTI) or willing to work towards
- ILM Level 5 Coaching qualification or willing to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of administering projects and programmes
- Experience of successful team working, engagement and collaborative working with multiple stakeholders
- Extensive previous experience of working in a busy, complex environment with sensitive and confidential information
- Experience of providing facilitation, delivery and evaluation of training or development programmes
- Experience of collating, analysing, evaluating and presenting data from a range of sources including databases
- Experience of producing high quality content – attention to detail and accuracy
- Experience of effective and efficient electronic diary / inbox management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of project management
- Experience of designing training or interventions (e.g. programmes, workshops)
- Understanding of a range of analytical techniques, software and tools for data manipulation; modelling; and interpretation
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to travel across the Health Board area
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) is desirable but not essential for this post
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Rees
- Job title
- Head of Organisation Leadership Development
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Catherine is more than happy and would like to speak with all those that are interested in this role.
Please send an email with your phone number and she will call you back
List jobs with Hywel Dda University Health Board in Administrative Services or all sectors