Investment and Monitoring Manager
Salary: £38,030 – £44,571 a year
Information session: 13:00, Tuesday 30 September (online)
Closing date: Tuesday 07 October 2025
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We are a new Welsh Government arm’s length body, responsible for funding, regulating and overseeing further education, including colleges and school sixth forms, higher education, including research and innovation, adult education and adult community learning, and apprenticeships and training.
We will work with partners to enable a tertiary education and research system that is centred around the needs of learners, society, and the economy; with excellence, equality and engagement at its heart.
Our values
Our values really matter to us, and they help shape the culture of our organisation.
Dysgu (to learn; to teach; to educate) – learning is at the heart of everything we do. We believe curiosity fuels innovation and helps expand our horizons.
Cydweithio (to work together; to collaborate; to co-operate) – we can achieve far more together than we ever could alone.
Cynnwys pawb (to include everyone; to involve everyone) – we are passionate about inclusion, seeking to create the right conditions for everyone to achieve their full potential.
Rhagori (to exceed; to excel) – we have high aspirations for tertiary education and research in Wales and always set high standards for ourselves to be the best we can be.
What you’ll get
Alongside your salary, Medr offers a generous contribution to your civil service pension.
We also provide:
- 33 days’ annual leave a year (pro rata).
- environment that embraces work life balance, including dedicated weekly well-being time.
- A Cycle to Work Scheme to make owning a bicycle more affordable.
Additional support when you need it
We know that sometimes you may face challenges or life events that mean you need additional support.
- We provide a comprehensive employee assistance programme with remote access to resources and in person support whenever required.
- We have a special leave policy ensuring everyone in the organisation receives the support they need during difficult times.
More than just a workplace
- Our active sport, social and well-being committee offers a range of activities to come together outside the work setting.
- You will be entitled to 5 days’ paid leave a year for voluntary work to support our communities.
Personal and professional development
- Once you’re offered a post, we will get to know you and work with you to develop a personalised onboarding plan which considers your experience, skills, learning style and knowledge.
- We’ll help you shape your development plans with personalised career conversations and objectives, taking account of delivery goals alongside your career aspirations.
- We support all our staff to learn Welsh or improve their Welsh language skills.
A workplace for everyone
We are really interested in you as an individual and what you will bring to our organisation. Our blended assessment process is designed to help us get to know you, better enabling us to appoint someone who will thrive in the role and who shares our organisational values.
We strive for a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. We are happy to discuss any person-centred adjustments needed to the recruitment process. Just contact [email protected].
Vacancies
We have several open job opportunities as we continue to build our team.
Senior Procurement Manager
We are looking for a Senior Procurement Manager who will deliver a high quality and professional procurement service, obtaining the best value for money for the public funds entrusted to us. Working closely with colleagues across Medr, you will deliver procurement solutions to enable everyone to successfully achieve our objectives and contribute to the development of a strong tertiary education and research sector in Wales.
Managing the procurement process, you will ensure that Medr is compliant with all current and new procurement regulations both in Wales, UK and internationally.
Salary: £47,519 – £55,019 a year
Information session: 14.30, Wednesday 24 September (online)
Closing date: Sunday 05 October 2025
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Are you ready to help shape the future of tertiary education and research in Wales?
We are looking for a Chief Operating Officer to join our senior leadership team.
You’ll work closely with the Chief Executive to lead operational excellence, champion transformational change, and foster a high-performing, inclusive culture.
If you are a strategic, people-centred leader who can help Medr achieve its aims for learners, then get in touch with executive search specialists Goodson Thomas to find out more.
Salary: £100k a year
Closing date: Midday, 29 September 2025
Assessments: w/c 13 October 2025
Final panel interviews: w/c 20 October 2025
Apprenticeship Officer x2
We are looking for Apprenticeship Officers who will provide valuable support to the team to design, develop and deliver the apprenticeship programme to meet employer needs and offer joined up learner pathways at all skill levels. This will include supporting the development and delivery of apprenticeship policy and liaising with the Welsh Government, key stakeholders, employers, learners and teams across Medr.
Salary: £29,856 – £35,439 a year
Information session: 13.00, Wednesday 10 September (online)
Closing date: Sunday 21 September 2025
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