Job summary
Associate Director - Planning and Governance
Salary: �65,262 per annum�
Hours: Full time or Part time (minimum FTE)�
Contract Type: Open Ended (permanent)�
Location: Swindon (hybrid)
Closing Date: 06 May 2024
Context
Responsible leading the development and continuous improvement of a strong governance framework across AHRC; ensuring that AHRC receives high quality and timely support, reporting, decision making, information and advice; establishing robust and efficient procedures and processes to ensure the smooth functioning of AHRC; providing assurance to the Senior Leadership Team and AHRC Council; leading on the maintenance of a continuous improvement culture across the organisation and supporting AHRC to transform its practices to ensure the effective and accountable management in the distribution of our funding; providing leadership on equality, diversity and inclusion and the embedding of EDI throughout all our processes and policy application.�
Job description
Responsibilities
Governance:�
1. Ensure AHRC has robust governance and decision-making arrangements in line with best practice, providing high-quality reporting, advice and guidance to colleagues on all AHRC governance matters�
2. Champion, embed and deliver effective risk and issue management.�
3. Oversee AHRC�s assurance activities, ensuring that robust assurance and internal control systems are implemented��
Operations and Business Change:�
4. Lead the development and maintenance of a business continuity plan for AHRC working with UKRI BCM function�
5. Lead on creating new/ improving current operations for optimized efficiency and productivity.�
6. Lead on the introduction of changes driven by the UKRI Operating Model programme so they land successfully across AHRC.�
Planning:�
7. Lead the development of operational plans, the oversight of strategic and operational performance management, and reporting progress in line with the agreed Delivery Plan.�
8. Oversee the successful operation and improvement of the AHRC quarterly business review process.�
9. Oversee the management staff resource requirements, deploying staffing to support successful delivery of AHRC�s mission and objectives�
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:�
10. Lead on embedding EDI in our approach to the design, assessment, and evaluation of funding opportunities.�
11. Lead on maturing our approach to becoming a learning organisation for EDI.�
12. Build trust with our communities, to be held accountable to the intentions of our EDI work.�
Leadership:�
13. Input to strategic decision making as part of the AHRC Executive Chair�s Directors Group and support staff across AHRC.�
14. Lead and inspire a diverse team to deliver strategically focused planning and governance activities�
Person specification
Experience
15. Experience of leading and improving governance, decision making and risk management processes and functions on behalf of an Executive Leadership team�
16. Ability to solve problems, plan and manage multiple challenges through prioritisation and delegation�
17. Experience of planning and delivering business plans, projects and business change at pace�
18. Experience of working at a senior level with diverse internal and external stakeholders�
19. Experience of developing high performing teams to deliver high-quality and resilient business-as-usual operations�
20. Experience of building effective cross functional working relationships�
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �65,262, Arts and Humanities Research Council contributes �17,620 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Additional information
Developing talent:
We are committed to developing employees in their roles throughout their career. Learning and development plans enable employees to continue their professional development through training and development opportunities such as e-learning, classroom training and on-the-job experiences. We encourage our employees to share their learning across teams and organisations. �
Benefits:
UKRI can offer the successful candidate: �
- Flexible Working �
- 30 days annual leave + Public Holidays �
- Access to Civil Service Pension Scheme �
- Various everyday discounts through our dedicated provider �