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As Head of Digital and Data Policy, you will be responsible for:

• Implementation of the Digital and Data strategy for health and social care in Wales, working with stakeholders from across health and care settings to ensure it aligns with both A Healthier Wales providing advice and assurance to the wider directorate on digital and data strategy within a health and care context;
• Provide advice and assurance on digital and data strategy, including the strategic alignment of proposed programmes and projects working in partnership with stakeholders;
• Support the Digital Investment Panel with advice and assurance of strategic fit of programmes and projects funded by the Digital Priorities Investment fund;
• Ensure that digital and data strategies are aligned

As Head of Digital and Data Policy, you will be responsible for:

• Provide policy direction on the effective and appropriate sharing and use of health and care data, collaborating with and providing expert advice to Welsh Government policy areas on proposed uses of health and care data;
• Lead on working in partnership with key stakeholders and delivery partners to develop a robust strategic approach to data sharing across NHS Wales, taking into account compliance to data protection legislation, confidentiality, information governance requirements and ministerial priorities;
• Engage with key stakeholders across all devolved governments to maintain knowledge of similar data sharing initiatives and information governance challenges, identifying collaboration opportunities for Wales that inspire trust and confidence in the use of Welsh data from the public and professionals

As Head of Data Programmes, you will be the Welsh Government lead for the National Data Resource programme, in this role you will:

• Establish close working relationship with its SRO and programme team, to ensure delivery against intended outcomes and projected benefits;
• Ensure the programme is focused on harnessing the opportunities for using big data to help manage health and care and exploring opportunities for wider use;
• Ensure effective link up with other programmes, data standards, emerging data policies and wider parts of Welsh Government; Through programme and wider governance, ensure the programme delivers value for money, and there is appropriate scrutiny on proposed contracts