Principal: Corporate Planning

4 weeks ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom SOUTH YORKSHIRE MAYORAL COMBINED AUTHORITY Full time

This is an exciting time to be part of SYMCA. Our recent Level 4 devolution deal will allow us to take back more control over how we fund housing, skills and transport. Our newly elected Mayor has ambitious goals for South Yorkshire across growth, our communities, the environment and our health. And our organisation is developing its analytical capacity and capability even further, putting evidence at the heart of decisions. 

For this new role, we are searching for someone with senior experience in corporate planning and performance reporting, who combines analytical skills with excellent strategic capability and experience communicating effectively to a Board-level audience. You will have a proven track record of operating successfully and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, proven analytical skills and experience, and the ability to provide strategic advice on delivery against priorities to an organisation’s leadership team. 

We have recently reviewed our approach to corporate performance reporting. You will be the senior lead for delivering this new approach, ensuring our Mayor, Executive Team, and staff receive quality reporting and insights which enable them to understand how we are performing, identify risks and prioritise resource. You will lead a small team in delivering our objective to take SYMCA’s corporate performance reporting to the next level, embedding a focus on outcomes and cross-cutting priorities and ensuring we are ready for Oflog’s reporting requirements. You will also lead on refreshing and embedding SYMCA’s corporate plan so that it embodies our Mayor’s new manifesto and shapes our prioritisation. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

The Principal: Corporate Planning & Performance should possess the following -

A proven track record of delivering quality corporate planning and performance reporting in a complex organisation along with leadership and project management skills – the ability to lead, manage and develop a team to perform at their best and deliver quality products to time in a fast-paced environment. You will have experience in building constructive, collaborative working relationships and engaging with internal and external partners to deliver. Coupled with analysis and insight skills – demonstrable evidence of defining complex problems, ensuring data and analytical quality, and bringing strategic insights on what matters from data in a way which allow decisions to be taken.

Benefits

All colleagues have access to a local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well-placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.

In addition to the above, some of benefits include - 

Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in additional to your normal annual leave Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time.  Rewarding You - Reducing everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more with Reward Gateway Training on the job - Support with upskilling skills through on the job training and qualifications Holiday – Up to 36 days annual leave (depending on length of service). Pro-rata for part time colleagues.

Diversity at South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority

Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

About South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) brings together the local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield and to serve the communities and businesses of South Yorkshire.  From transport to housing, from business growth to skills, the SYMCA has a great story to tell. We have ambitions to deliver recovery and renewal for people, businesses and places across South Yorkshire.  

In recent years significant funding has been secured through the Transforming Cities Fund and a devolution deal,  and further funding has recently been secured through the region’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement. As result we have a large and growing capital programme to deliver in support of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Mayor’s 2040 vision for transport. Join our workforce of talented people who love working together – and are proud of the work they do.  Progression here can take you in all kinds of directions.

This is what a career at South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority is like, and this is where yours starts.



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