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Strategic Delivery Manager
$106k-135k (estimate)
Full Time
1 Week Ago
Scottish Funding Council is Hiring a Strategic Delivery Manager Near Edinburgh, IN
Application Deadline: 2 July 2024
Department: Policy, Insight and Analytics Directorate
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Edinburgh - Hybrid
Compensation: £45,942 - £53,478 / year
DescriptionThis new strategic role, will work closely with the Leadership Team to develop and implement a PIA Operating Plan. The role holder will draft an overview of programmes across the organisation to refocus PIA's priorities, operations, and capabilities to add value and focus capacity. Additionally, this role will manage projects and create and implement appropriate change frameworks for activities across the directorate.
Interviews will take place from 9th July 2024.
Key Responsibilities
Department: Policy, Insight and Analytics Directorate
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Edinburgh - Hybrid
Compensation: £45,942 - £53,478 / year
DescriptionThis new strategic role, will work closely with the Leadership Team to develop and implement a PIA Operating Plan. The role holder will draft an overview of programmes across the organisation to refocus PIA's priorities, operations, and capabilities to add value and focus capacity. Additionally, this role will manage projects and create and implement appropriate change frameworks for activities across the directorate.
Interviews will take place from 9th July 2024.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate SFC's preparation for, and response to, Scottish Governments reform agenda ensuring effective delivery structures and contingency plans are in place to influence and successfully implement positive change.
- Overall responsibility for partnering with senior leaders to use an evidence-based approach to inform the strategic development and evolution of PIA's operating plans whilst monitoring and mitigating risks.
- Define, monitor, and report against KPIs and metrics to track the success of strategic initiatives across the directorate and continuously assess the effectiveness of implemented strategies; evaluate and refine the strategic planning process as needed.
- Create and implement appropriate change frameworks for programmes across the directorate and develop a full change strategy with success criteria, to understand, and mitigate the people impact to drive engagement and adoption.
- Lead on the delivery of SFCs' digital transformation roadmap, mapping requirements for capability uplift and effective change implementation whilst ensuring effective governance structures are in place.
- Manage PIA's annual budgets spanning running costs, staff costs, strategic investment funds, capital spending, and ongoing procurement activity across the directorate.
- Establish an overview of PIA's programmes and map SFC programmes requiring expertise from PIA to implement a matrixed approached to resource requirements.
- Provide guidance to cross-disciplinary and cross-functional teams to align project goals and deliverables and break down silos.
- Research, produce and present briefing notes, reports, presentations, and papers as required for SFC senior management and key stakeholders to ensure colleagues are well informed and updated.
- Foster a culture of innovation and strategic thinking through effective communication across the directorate.
- Demonstrable stakeholder management and negotiation skills to empower others at all levels to collaborate to drive continuous improvement across systems, processes and change culture.
- Experience delivering cross organisational wide projects, working cross functionally with technical and non-technical teams.
- Experience leading change initiatives to include development, implementation, and communications.
- Evidence of budget management.
- Evidence of leading corporate planning processes.
- High-level oral and written communication skills, including experience of representation and negotiation at a senior level.
- Ability to manage and develop staff.
- A project management qualification.
- Normal full-time hours of work are 35 per week. We will consider flexible working arrangements. A flexi-time system is in operation.
- Annual leave entitlement of 26.5 days pro-rata, rising to 30 days pro-rata after 4 years' continuous service. Public and privilege holiday entitlement of 13 days pro-rata.
- A flexible approach to hybrid working, giving you flexibility to work from home anywhere in the UK for some of the time while also maintaining regular in-person contact with colleagues.
- Annual pay review: approved within the framework of the Scottish Government's Public Sector Pay Policy and negotiated with our recognised trade union, Unite. Salaries are reviewed annually in April for employees who commence employment prior to 1 October in the preceding year.
- Eligibility to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme. With its low member contribution rates and generous employer contributions, this gives you a secure, inflation-proof pension for life with no investment uncertainty. Details of contribution rates together with further details of the pension benefits are available on the Civil Service Pensions website. There is also the option of a Partnership pension account.
- Support for continuous professional development: as a part of SFC, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive support for continuous learning and professional development. Civil Service-Learning curriculum has thoughtfully designed to cater to various learning preferences, allowing employees to engage in a manner that best suits their needs. All our educational resources are conveniently accessible through the CSL website.
- Support for health and wellbeing, including generous occupational sick pay, free access to confidential advice and support through our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Special Leave (paid and unpaid), a contribution to learning outside work through our Lifelong Learning Fund, free winter flu vaccination, and access to occupational health support.
- We provide support to SFC employees with Volunteering Days.
- Support for travel to and from work, including a salary sacrifice cycle loan scheme, cycle storage and shower facilities, an interest-free loan for bus or rail season tickets and free office car parking for employees on a first-come basis.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
SALARY
$106k-135k (estimate)
POST DATE
06/22/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
07/18/2024
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