Description Are you interested in working alongside the Scottish Public Pensions Agency’s Executive Team in an Executive Support role? The agency administers pensions for Scottish Teachers, Police, Firefighters’ and National Health Service employees on behalf of the Scottish Government. The Executive Team Support Lead and the Executive Team Support Officer ensure efficient and effective business support and management of the SPPA Chief Executive and wider SPPA Executive Team. You will look after the Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive diary and mailbox management, triaging accordingly and ensuring prioritisation and action is taken with senior colleagues across the agency. You will also be responsible for the arranging and management of SPPA Executive Team meetings and provide wider support to the SPPA Executive Team as required. Responsibilities Providing efficient, effective and proactive support to the SPPA Executive Team. Management of SPPA Executive Team Meetings, including scheduling, agendas and minuting. Diary management for the SPPA Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive. Triaging information and tasks on behalf of the SPPA Executive Team to ensure a consistent level of awareness and understanding across senior colleagues in SPPA. Liaise with senior colleagues across SPPA to ensure appropriate and timely action and response in relation to projects, tasks and enquiries on behalf of the SPPA Executive Team. Preparation and consolidation of daily briefing packs for the SPPA Executive Team and their direct reports. Organising and preparing meetings and events for the SPPA Executive Team, supporting with prioritising tasks and coordinating activity. Responsibilities Success Profile Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on. Technical / Professional Skills: Adaptability to change - Working Delivery and decision making at speed - Working You should be able to operate at a working level against the above two technical elements. You can find out more about these technical skills along with what it looks like to operate at a working level here: ODP competency framework Behaviours: Communicating and Influencing - Level 2 Managing a Quality Service - Level 2 Seeing the Big Picture - Level 2 You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours, here: Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide - gov.scot How to apply Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1000 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above. If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and in-tray exercise. Interviews and assessments are expected to take place in person on site at SPPA, 7 Tweedside Park, Tweedbank, Galashiels, TD1 3TE. Assessments are scheduled for w/c 9th or 16th June however this may be subject to change. Qualifications About Us The Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers’, Police and Fire-fighters’ pension schemes in Scotland. The Agency administers these public service pension schemes on behalf of Scottish Ministers to over 640,000 members with annual payments of over £3.7 billion, together with the related agency administration expenditure of c. £31 million. SPPA Careers | SPPA (pensions.gov.scot ) Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland. We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer. As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules. Working Pattern Our standard hours are 35 hours per week. We offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options, with two days minimum working on site at SPPA. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us. Equality Statement We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation. Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them. Further information Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website. Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes. Apply before: 25th May (23:59)