Project Support Officer
The closing date is 10 December 2025
We are seeking 2 project support officers who love working with people and finding ways of helping them to demonstrate the difference that their services are making to service users. These are fixed term positions until the end of March 2027 and could be offered as secondments if your line manager is agreeable.
The Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board works with organisations and individuals from across our region driving an exciting and ambitious portfolio of programmes to make a real difference for people in our communities. We seek 2 team players with administrative and organisational skills together with a real heart for social change to support a range of programmes - this might include anything from supporting our service developments for babies, children and young people, working with unpaid carers and people with lived experience of learning disabilities, or helping us deliver exciting changes to community-based services for older people.
In return, you'll find a warm and welcoming team who work with service users and staff from a wide variety of organisations including Welsh Government, local authorities, housing and the third sector. This is a role which could help aspiring managers and change agents grow their skills and understanding of managing change and performance, giving you a skillset that provides a strong base for future career development. Please see our website and contact us for more details.
Main duties of the job
To work in support of the Regional Partnership Board taking responsibility for the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of projects and lead responsibility for administrative support vital to maintain and develop a variety of programmes within the Partnership's portfolio. The post holder will develop close working relationships with local authority leads, health managers, education management staff, third sector and other community partners and be able to represent the Regional Partnership Board at relevant internal and external meetings. In doing so they will develop specialist knowledge (through education/ training) as required to support the delivery of key aspects of the delivery plans.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 15 months to meet the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
About us
The Regional Partnership Board team is hosted by Cardiff and Vale UHB but works on behalf of the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Local Authorities in addition to the UHB, WAST and a range of third and private sector partners.
Our aim is to improve the health and well-being of the population and improve how health and care services are delivered by making sure people get the right support, at the right time, in the right place.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Job responsibilities
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
* Supporting partnership working and processes across the public and third sectors.
* Maintaining and developing databases
* Analysing and presenting information in an accessible format
* Communicating effectively people, building strong, effective relationships with partners.
* Providing organisational and project management skills to support partnership.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
Knowledge
* Understanding of partnership environment
Experience
* Experience of data collection and analysis
Skills
* High level of accuracy and clarity in written application
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.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working
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