Job vacancy: Assistant Director of Safeguarding, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff

Job summary

Main area: Safeguarding
Grade: Band 8d
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 028-AC121-0525

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Capital Quarter 2
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £89,491 - £103,203 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/06/2025 23:59
Interview date: 20/06/2025

Assistant Director of Safeguarding

Band 8d

Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales

Our vision is Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this video about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent experience
Specialist safeguarding qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
Current Professional Registration e.g. NMC
Evidence of post qualifying and continuous professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

Senior Professional Management e.g. nursing experience within the NHS
Highly specialised and in-depth professional safeguarding knowledge and experience from a range of clinical services
Significant senior operational management experience across healthcare sectors
Able to demonstrate effective leadership style, able to build confidence and motivate staff including the ability to encourage self-initiative, good practice and completion of projects in the team
Experience of developing and implementing Governance frameworks to support service delivery and service change
Have budgetary monitoring, personal and performance management experience
Expert experience of Regional Safeguarding Boards & MA working

Desirable criteria

Experience of audit and research
Experience at working at Assistant Director level within the NHS

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential criteria

Advanced decision-making skills
Ability to think, plan and deliver strategically
Ability to produce specialised reports on all related work areas for use at Board level within the organization, and for submission to external organisations
Ability to influence, motivate and lead teams of staff in an open and transparent management style
Clear understanding and working knowledge of safeguarding legislation, clinical governance, quality improvement and evidence-based practice, And SSWB Act, Children Act 1989 and 2004, VAWDASV, WFG Act
Clear understanding and working safeguarding knowledge of relevant literature, research and legislation relating to quality and safety of patient care
Clear understanding and knowledge of multi agency national direction/initiatives e.g. Welsh Government, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales and UK wide safeguarding practice
Extensive and highly specialist knowledge and understanding of Children’s Rights, Human Rights and patient experience.
Track record of success in the management of significant changes and innovation with demonstrable results.

Desirable criteria

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Innovative and Creative
Able to manage self and others during tension or conflict

Public Health Wales, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.