Strategic Lead - Health and Education Systems

Department and salary

Department – Service and Partnership Development

Salary – Grade 9 - £51, 600.04 - £55, 275.24

Working Hours – 37.5 hours (Consideration will be given to job sharing / reduced hours in line with our flexible working policy).

Contract type – 24 months fixed term

Location – Wales (Hybrid) with offices available in Deeside, Llanelli and Cardiff. Some travel required in line with the needs of the role and team.

How you’ll contribute

This is a key strategic role within the Sport Wales Service and Partnership Development Team. The role will lead Sport Wales contribution to creating an active nation through a systems-based approach to increasing participation in sport and physical activity across the life course. The role will specifically focus in the areas of health and education systems.

The Strategic Lead will provide oversight for Sport Wales work across preventative/population health and wellbeing, ensuring sport is recognised as a fundamental contributor to healthier people, stronger communities and reduced inequalities across Wales. They will also provide oversight of the Daily Active Approach – a three-way organisational partnership aiming to embed a whole school approach to physical activity across Wales.

Working across health, local government, education settings, Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, Regional Sport Partnerships and the wider sport sector, the postholder will develop and strengthen partnerships that connect policy and delivery. They will act as a connector - helping shape the conditions that enable more people to be active, more often, throughout their lives.

For someone who enjoys working across complex systems, building partnerships and creating sustainable change, this is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of active lives in Wales.

Who you’ll work with

You will be part of the Service and Partnership Development
Team, within the Sport Intelligence and Service Development Directorate. You will work alongside Service and Partner development Officers, A Daily Active Project Lead and with Strategic Leads in Service Design and Partnership Development. You will interact with a variety of other teams in Sport Wales including those who work across supporting Children and Young People as well as external partners across the health, education and sport sector(s) in Wales.

What you’ll need

A positive approach and ability to work on multiple projects with creativity and to deadline. A good understanding of the areas of health and education and an ability to cocreate, share and learn with others.

What happens next

You should read the full job description (attached above).

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Closing date 5th November 2026, 4pm

Provisional interview date 18th November 2026