People & OD Partner: Sponsorship Available

Public Health Wales

Job summary

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 18 MONTHS END MARCH 2028 DUE TO FUNDING.

Do you enjoy getting underneath what an organisation is trying to achieve and helping leaders turn that into practical people and workforce decisions?

We’re looking for an experienced People/HR Partner to work alongside Executive Directors and senior leaders across Public Health Wales.

This is a broad partnering role where you’ll bring insight, professional judgement and constructive challenge, connecting the right People & OD expertise to help leaders move from thinking and planning into delivery.

You’ll be joining at an important time for the organisation as there will be significant change alongside the day-to-day workforce challenges of running our services. We need someone who can see the bigger picture, make sense of complexity and help leaders translate priorities into practical action.

You won’t be expected to have all the answers yourself. A key part of the role is knowing when to challenge, when to advise and when to bring together expertise from across People & OD and the wider organisation to help move things forward.

Interviews: 17 November 2026, in person at CQ2

Main duties of the job

About you

You’ll have substantial senior-level People/HR/OD partnering experience in a complex organisation and be comfortable working with senior leaders, managing competing priorities and moving between the bigger organisational picture and the detail needed to make things happen.

You’ll bring sound professional judgement, strong influencing skills and the confidence to challenge constructively. We’ll also want to understand how you’ve used workforce insight and your professional expertise to deliver practical, measurable improvements.

You’ll need the professional knowledge and experience set out in the person specification, including Chartered Membership of the CIPD (MCIPD).

Why join us now?

This is an opportunity to make a real contribution

You’ll be joining at a point where strong People partnering really matters. You’ll have significant autonomy and the opportunity to work on real organisational questions, helping leaders think through workforce, capability and organisational issues and turn decisions into delivery.

If you enjoy making sense of complexity, working with senior leaders and turning workforce challenges into practical action, there will be plenty here to get involved in

How we work

We work in a hybrid way. The Partner team meets face-to-face monthly and you’ll also attend key Directorate meetings in person. Beyond that, where you work will be shaped by the needs of the role and the Directorate(s) you support

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

  • Masters-level qualification in HR/OD or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through significant experience.
  • Chartered Membership of CIPD (MCIPD) with evidence of continued professional development.

Experience

Essential

  • Significant senior-level experience in a HR/People business partnering role within a complex organisation.
  • Experience of supporting senior leaders and leadership teams on complex workforce and organisational issues.
  • Experience of workforce planning, organisational design and implementing workforce solutions to meet organisational need.
  • Experience of using workforce data, insight and evidence to inform decision-making and drive improvement.
  • Experience of working effectively with Trade Unions and other key stakeholders.

Skills & Attributes

Essential

  • Highly developed influencing, negotiating and communication skills, able to convey complex, sensitive or contentious information effectively to diverse audiences
  • Ability to build credibility and effective working relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders.
  • Ability to provide constructive challenge and professional judgement to support decision-making and organisational improvement.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

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