Description Could you help shape the future of Scotland’s public sector property and construction landscape? The Property and Construction Division (PCD) delivers high-impact policy and advice across central government, helping improve procurement practice and the stewardship of Scottish Ministers’ property. Based within the Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate, PCD supports a varied and high-profile portfolio through three specialist teams, led by the Chief Surveyor and Head of Division. This senior role leads the division’s Support Team—working closely with the Chief Surveyor, Head of Division and senior colleagues to enable delivery of Ministerial priorities, drive improvement programmes, and support the effective running of the division. With oversight of property data, assurance, and key stakeholder relationships, the post is central to how PCD operates and evolves. It’s a unique opportunity for an experienced leader to contribute at a strategic level, influence national programmes, and shape how government delivers in a fast-moving policy and operational environment. Responsibilities Leadership and management of the support team – you will be active in the division SMT, embedding and role-modelling a professional, approachable and inclusive culture and delivery of quality support services, responsive to need and valued to enable others in the team to deliver divisional commitments, empowering and enabling your support team of 4 FTE, deputising for the DD as requested and ensuring continuous improvement and learning. Property and Construction Data – as division Deputy Information Asset Owner you will act as data champion for the division, oversee an improvement programme through the Property Data Manager supporting the validation, completion and annual compliance of public sector estate data, ensure delivery of the annual s76 Report on Climate Efficiency and support the work of the Single Scottish Estate Programme and Construction Knowledge Hub with data management. Engagement and Support – you will oversee and empower your team to provide secretariat services, EA function to the DD, proactive and accurate responses for FOI/MiCase/PQ/Core Briefs and to provide administrativeand support services across the division, liaising as needed with Workplace and DBMU colleagues. Assurance and Scrutiny – you will develop and maintain the control pack and annual Certificates of Assurance, Property Controls secretariat, scheme of delegation, risk register and oversee the delivery of the trawl process, property ownership enquiries, briefings co-ordination. Business Planning, monitoring and reporting – you will co-ordinate the development, monitoring and reporting of the divisional business plan, dashboards, updates and briefings to Ministers and senior leaders, including resilience and succession planning, training requests. Qualifications 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: 1. Connections and communication Builds and uses relationships and networks to share insights, customer views, and learning about the issues affecting service and delivery effectiveness and impact. Ensures both self and teams apply best practice for diffusing hostility and managing conflict, and supports colleagues when incidents occur. Recognises the complexities of organisational service delivery, and communicates key issues and messages in an open, simple, and accessible way to stakeholders. 2. Operational leadership and management Sets a compelling sense of direction and purpose for the team and builds costed, measurable plans to secure and maintain delivery excellence. Systematically manages risks which might impact on service delivery, using Risk Registers, Certificates of Assurance etc. Leads teams to ensure delivery is achieved within legal, regulatory and policy frameworks, and to promote a culture of compliance (where required). Experience: Experience of managing and improving property/estate databases such as InSite and Horizon MRI Behaviours: 1. Managing a quality service (level 3) 2. Working Together (level 3) 3. Making effective decisions (level 3) 4. Delivering at pace (level 3) 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 assessment (type TBC). Assessments are scheduled for w/c 13th October however this may be subject to change. About Us The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education, health, the economy, justice, housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles. 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 depending on the needs of the role. 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. This post is open to Internal Scottish Government candidates and Common Citizenship organisations only.