Job summary
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We're looking for a Resourcing 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 of Working 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 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 of Working 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.
