Job summary

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROMSTAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NHS WALES.

We're looking for aResourcing Advisor to join our Resourcing Team and help us deliver a responsive, inclusive and continuously improving service across Public Health Wales.

This is a varied Band 5 role with plenty of scope to develop your resourcing knowledge and experience. You'll provide specialist advice to recruiting managers, help resolve recruitment issues and work across the recruitment journey from vacancy planning and attraction through to selection, appointment and onboarding.

Alongside the day-to-day advisory work, you'll have the opportunity to get involved in recruitment campaigns, inclusive recruitment activity, manager training, quality and data monitoring and improvement projects. You'll work closely with colleagues across People and OD, NWSSP Recruitment and managers across PHW, using your judgement to identify practical solutions and help improve how we recruit.

If you enjoy problem solving, working with people and having the freedom to take ownership of your work, this role offers a great opportunity to broaden your experience and make a tangible contribution to the development of our Resourcing service.

Main duties of the job

As a Resourcing Advisor, you will act as a professional point of advice for recruiting managers and People and OD colleagues, applying recruitment policy, relevant legislation and NHS Wales requirements to a wide range of recruitment situations.

You will assess and resolve recruitment queries and problems, gathering and considering relevant information, identifying practical options and advising managers on the most appropriate way forward. You will also take ownership of escalated recruitment issues, working with managers, candidates, NWSSP Recruitment and People and OD colleagues to bring matters to an effective resolution.

The role also has a strong continuous improvement focus. You will contribute to the development of recruitment guidance, processes and resources, including quality checks, audits and reviews. You will analyse recruitment data and feedback, and support projects and pilots aimed at improving recruitment performance, candidate experience and workforce outcomes.

You will work with a high degree of day-to-day independence, managing competing priorities and using your professional judgement while recognising when an issue requires escalation or specialist advice.

About us

We are Public Health Wales - the national public health organisation in Wales. Our purpose is 'Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.

We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing.

To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/

For guidance on the application process, please visithttps://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/

Details

Date posted

01 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,557 to £39,631 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number

028-AC193-1026

Job locations

Any PHW office base

Cardiff

CF10 4BZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Resourcing Advisor will work across a broad portfolio of recruitment and resourcing activity, supporting managers to deliver fair, safe, inclusive and effective recruitment.

Our values ofWorking Together, with Trust and Respect, to Make a Difference, and the behaviours set out within Being Our Best, will underpin how you approach the role.

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

Job description Job responsibilities The Resourcing Advisor will work across a broad portfolio of recruitment and resourcing activity, supporting managers to deliver fair, safe, inclusive and effective recruitment. Our values ofWorking Together, with Trust and Respect, to Make a Difference, and the behaviours set out within Being Our Best, will underpin how you approach the role. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• CIPD qualification at Level 5, or degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent level of knowledge and skills gained through relevant training and practical experience.
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of recruitment and selection sufficient to advise managers independently on a wide range of recruitment situations.
• Working knowledge of relevant employment and equality law, data protection, immigration/right-to-work and safe-recruitment requirements and their application to recruitment practice.
• Working knowledge of the Trac recruitment system.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of coordinating recruitment activity, campaigns, projects or other work involving multiple stakeholders and changing priorities.
• Experience of supporting or delivering briefings, training, coaching or guidance to others.
• Experience of providing recruitment, HR or people-practice advice to managers and applying policy/guidance to varied situations

Skills and attributes

Essential

• Able to build effective working relationships with managers, candidates and internal/external partners and provide a professional, customer-focused service.
• Welsh Language Skills at level 1, e.g. introduce yourself, greet someone in person and answer the phone with a Welsh scripted greeting.

Desirable

• Welsh language skills above level 1 in understanding, speaking, reading, and/or writing in Welsh. The Trust offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these requirements and develop your Welsh skills during your employment with us.

Other

Essential

• Able to work flexibly to meet occasional deadlines or scheduled recruitment activity.
• Ability to travel within Wales and occasionally England to support recruitment activity, meetings, events or training.

Person Specification Qualifications and Knowledge Essential CIPD qualification at Level 5, or degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent level of knowledge and skills gained through relevant training and practical experience. Practical and theoretical knowledge of recruitment and selection sufficient to advise managers independently on a wide range of recruitment situations. Working knowledge of relevant employment and equality law, data protection, immigration/right-to-work and safe-recruitment requirements and their application to recruitment practice. Working knowledge of the Trac recruitment system. Experience Essential Experience of coordinating recruitment activity, campaigns, projects or other work involving multiple stakeholders and changing priorities. Experience of supporting or delivering briefings, training, coaching or guidance to others. Experience of providing recruitment, HR or people-practice advice to managers and applying policy/guidance to varied situations Skills and attributes Essential Able to build effective working relationships with managers, candidates and internal/external partners and provide a professional, customer-focused service. Welsh Language Skills at level 1, e.g. introduce yourself, greet someone in person and answer the phone with a Welsh scripted greeting. Desirable Welsh language skills above level 1 in understanding, speaking, reading, and/or writing in Welsh. The Trust offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these requirements and develop your Welsh skills during your employment with us. Other Essential Able to work flexibly to meet occasional deadlines or scheduled recruitment activity. Ability to travel within Wales and occasionally England to support recruitment activity, meetings, events or training.

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).

Additional information 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).

Employer details

Employer name

Public Health Wales

Address

Any PHW office base

Cardiff

CF10 4BZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://phw.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Public Health Wales

Address

Any PHW office base

Cardiff

CF10 4BZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://phw.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)