Operational Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This role supports the operational delivery of an All-Wales Health Protection service, focusing on Communicable Disease Surveillance and Vaccine Preventable Disease Programmes. The post holder will ensure smooth day-to-day operations, maintain efficient processes, and support programme delivery. Responsibilities include line managing staff, leading projects, and implementing continuous improvement. It's a fast-paced role requiring strong leadership and problem-solving skills to navigate organisational change.
Essential criteria
- Master's degree level qualification in healthcare management
- Management related subject
- Equivalent knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
- Qualification specific to or related to programme management
- Management qualification
- Planning
- Ability to think and plan strategically and to prioritise work in the face of competing demands
- Analytical Judgement
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them or to inform and provide expert advice
- To prioritise, identify and plan own work activity and associated professional development needs
- Financial
- Understanding and awareness of financial environment within PHW and the wider health economy ensuring consideration is given to financial implications when decision making
- Working environment
- Able to travel to locations across Wales and the UK as required
- Knowledge, training and experience
- Experience of coordinating complex work across a large number of staff
- Experience working with projects or programmes within large organisations
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and risk management systems
- Experience of writing and presenting briefing papers for multidisciplinary groups
- Experience of managing and reporting risks
- Experience of coordination and management of projects/ programmes within the NHS
- Teaching and training experience
- Management experience
- Demonstrable success in leading and delivering change
- Skills, communication, relationships
- To facilitate good working relationships with other colleagues across the Trust
- To be able to communicate effectively complex information to others
- To be able to lead, motivate and influence individuals within the team and wider organisation
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners
- Presentation skills
- Leadership skills
- Master's degree level qualification in healthcare management
- Management related subject
- Equivalent knowledge and experience
- Qualification specific to or related to programme management
- Management qualification
- Planning
- Ability to think and plan strategically and to prioritise work in the face of competing demands
- Analytical Judgement
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them or to inform and provide expert advice
- To prioritise, identify and plan own work activity and associated professional development needs
- Financial
- Understanding and awareness of financial environment within PHW and the wider health economy ensuring consideration is given to financial implications when decision making
- Working environment
- Able to travel to locations across Wales and the UK as required
- Knowledge, training and experience
- Experience of coordinating complex work across a large number of staff
- Experience working with projects or programmes within large organisations
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and risk management systems
- Experience of writing and presenting briefing papers for multidisciplinary groups
- Experience of managing and reporting risks
- Experience of coordination and management of projects/ programmes within the NHS
- Teaching and training experience
- Management experience
- Demonstrable success in leading and delivering change
- Skills, communication, relationships
- To facilitate good working relationships with other colleagues across the Trust
- To be able to communicate effectively complex information to others
- To be able to lead, motivate and influence individuals within the team and wider organisation
- Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners
- Presentation skills
- Leadership skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £50,129 – £57,365 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 9d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Public Health Wales
Operational Manager
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
This post forms part of Health Protection Division which aims to provide public health protection services to the population of Wales. These services include, but are not restricted to, Surveillance and Vaccine Programmes, Sexual Health, Prisons, Substance Misuse, Environmental Public Health and Health Protection Team, amongst others.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the effective operational delivery of an All-Wales Health Protection service, primarily working with the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre and Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme. The role involves ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of systems and services, maintaining efficient processes, and supporting programme delivery.
Responsibilities include supporting colleagues, line managing staff, and leading projects to ensure systems and processes align with governance requirements. The post holder will contribute to developing and implementing new ways of working, applying continuous improvement principles to enhance efficiency and service quality.
This is a varied and fast-paced role within a period of organisational change, requiring the ability to support staff through transition while maintaining safe and effective delivery of essential services.
The successful candidate wi
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