Head of Portfolio, Finance and Business Management | Hybrid Working with Glasgow or Dundee Base Location | £85400 - £86556 | Full or Part Time Hours | Flexi- time | 25 Days annual leave (increasing to 30 after 4 years’ service) plus 11.5 Public and Privilege | Contributory Pension Scheme (employee contributions 7.35% employer contributions 28.97%) | This post is for a Head of Portfolio, Finance & Business Management in the Chief Digital Office within Social Security Scotland. The Chief Digital office is comprised of over 500 staff who are predominantly DDaT (Digital) professionals. There are a number of distinct delivery, finance, and business functions that are currently either separate or reside within dedicated technical branches. With a growing focus on the need for the management of a range of projects across the division (Portfolio of projects) that are clearly linked to resource management, workforce planning and the associated financial expenditure, there is now a strategic need to bring these functions under a single branch and an associated new post that will form part of the Chief Digital Office (CDO) Senior Management Team (SMT). What do we offer you? We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops, and retains only the best talent. • C3 - Salary between £85400 - £86556 • Flexible working arrangements with potential of up to 4 days off per month. • You will have an annual leave allowance of 5 weeks, rising to 6 weeks after 4 years. In addition, the Scottish Government observes 11½ days public and privilege holidays, dates of which are set annually. • Workplace adjustments for everyone that needs them to ensure your comfort and safety in your new role. • Learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth. • Career progression – join a rapidly growing and developing organisation with excellent opportunities for career advancement. • Contributory Pension Scheme (employee contributions 7.35% employer contributions 28.97%). • Health and wellbeing support including 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme, plus counselling support available for all. • Discounts on gym memberships and retail outlets. Hybrid Working We embrace a hybrid working style where all colleagues will spend time in either our Glasgow or Dundee offices. There is an expectation of a minimum 2 days per week in your assigned location however role specific attendance will be discussed and agreed with successful candidates. Base office location can be in either Glasgow or Dundee. About Us Social Security Scotland is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. Our benefits help people from all walks of life in Scotland. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the clients we serve. Find out more about us here • Engage with senior stakeholders in Agency/Programme/ and core SG on a range of Portfolio / Resourcing / Financial matters as the Social Security Programme heads towards closure and the Chief Digital Office needs to build sustainable project delivery capability. • Work across seven other equivalent branches, examining resource levels, agreeing financial allocations and prioritising which projects can and should be allocated resources. • Be comfortable engaging staff at all levels, the postholder will need to be adept at building empathy with a range Senior Leaders from different backgrounds to attain positive outcomes focussed on Public Value. • Be able to translate complex financial (capital / revenue / resource / SAB budgets) to staff who are not familiar with the finance domain. • Be able to converse confidently with Agency and Central Finance colleagues on matters such as VAT and depreciation of capital assets where they apply to digitally created outcomes. • Provide significant financial context and input to all Chief Digital Office business and investment cases and reconcile conflicting budget pressures from multiple branches within the division. Additionally, the resource and expenditure across numerous projects will need to be aligned and prioritised against the Agency Business Plan priorities. • Contribute and support further process and collaboration with other senior Branch Heads, to agree resource planning and utilisation. Compromise and brokering acceptable outcomes will be a key part of the role and will include working closely with Agency Finance Teams and seniors from the Social Security Programme. No specific qualifications are required for this post. How to apply To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the online application process. In your application form, we will ask you to provide specific examples of how you meet the Essential Criteria below. You will have 300 words for each to showcase your knowledge, skills, and personal qualities. Your experience and answers here don’t need to be work related. They could be from any part of your life including education, sport, and hobbies or even from your personal or family life. Further information on what makes a good application can be found here. 1. Significant experience of managing delivery or working in a project / programme assurance function or team and managing significant budgets (directly or overseeing) in excess of £10M. 2. Experience of actual workforce planning / modelling at scale (in excess of 200 posts/roles). 3. Experience of significant budget planning for capital / revenue / staff costs / or similar. 4. Experience of operating a centralised business management function where resourcing / professional development and training were critical to the operation. If we receive a large number of applications, we may complete an initial sift on the first essential criteria. If you are successful at sift stage, interviews will be held face to face in High Street, Glasgow w/c 24th June 2024. We aim to provide feedback on request, however; if we receive a large number of applications it may not be possible for us to provide feedback on your application if you are not invited to attend an interview/assessment. We will provide feedback on request to all candidates that attend an interview/assessment. Social Security Scotland - Further_information for job applicants Interview/Assessment Information Here are details of the Competencies required for this role, you will be tested against these competencies if you are invited to attend an interview/assessment: • People Management • Leading Others • Analysis and Use of Evidence • Financial Management Recruitment Contact To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Dawn Maslouh who can be reached at dawn.maslouhsocialsecurity.gov.scot. Please note that we will not engage with external recruitment agencies for this post. Further Information The successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 3 years unless successful in gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade. Social Security Scotland are a Disability Confident Employer. We will consider and implement any reasonable adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment process and during the course of your employment, should you be successful in securing a post. If you feel you may require assistance with any part of our recruitment process, please contact us at Recruitmentsocialsecurity.gov.scot. Social Security Scotland’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the recruitment principles of the Civil Service Commissioner, which outline that selection for appointment be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition - Recruitment - Civil Service Commission (independent.gov.uk) If you feel at any time your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or if you feel the recruitment has been conducted in such a way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioner’s Recruitment Principles, you can make a complaint, by contacting Social Security Scotland at recruitmentsocialsecurity.gov.scot in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commissioner. 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