Assistant Head of Delivery

7 months ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom Cabinet Office Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 349163**Salary**:

- £53,400 - £59,700- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- CO - Government Security Group - UK Security Vetting ( Delivery)**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- This role will be based in either York or Glasgow. UKSV operates a hybrid working policy.About the job

**Job summary**:
You will be a resourceful, self-starting leader, delivering excellent customer service in a fast-paced environment leading large communities to deliver high levels of performance using teaming and matrix management concepts.

**Job description**:
**Key Roles & responsibilities**:

- Provide strong leadership, both personal and corporate, and embed a culture of learning in an environment of continuous learning.
- Be an active member of the Senior Leadership Team, contributing to the wider Departmental agendas and providing visible, accessible and effective senior leadership, taking a personal lead in communicating messages with clarity and conviction.
- Create and sustain effective relationships with key partners/stakeholders, to develop stronger working across UKSV to create powerful,

purposeful partnerships.
- In your membership of Senior Leadership Teams, role model exceptional leadership, working flexibly across boundaries, building capability in line with Professional Standards and undertaking regular activity to build and sustain engagement.
- Demonstrate strong and effective change management; and be accountable for the delivery and quality of activity in your area.
- Through your behaviour and ways of working make UKSV an inclusive place where people can be at their best.
- The effective implementation of cross skilled and graded delivery teams within UKSV, whilst enabling transformation and embedding a

continuous improvement culture.
- Coach and mentor staff continuously and be a strong visible role model, development and people focused performance.
- Develop and deliver the UKSV Operational Delivery Plan during a period of significant change. The effective delivery of the UKSV Operational Delivery Plan should be used to meet service, delivery and budget targets.
- Ensuring the successful delivery of UKSV qualitative and quantitative requirements.
- Supporting with narrative at Board Meetings, Senior Meetings and Customer engagement to ensure the entire delivery performance is

understood and not focused solely on Key Performance Indicators but on the balanced scorecard metrics.
- Work closely with the Workflow team to ensure the flow of work enable UKSV to meet Customer Requirements Lead through your coaching skills staff engagement and professional development.
- Engage with staff to ensure their satisfaction and engagement continues to improve as measured by staff survey during a period of significant change.
- Support the Head of Delivery as the demanding/intelligent Customer to ensure transformation programmes are successfully operationally

embedded within UKSV and solutions are fit for purpose to meet business needs.
- Ensure effective performance management, workforce and succession planning and talent management is in place and all staff are engaged in this.

**Person specification**:
As Assistant Head of Delivery within UK Security Vetting, we are looking for people who have the following expertise and attributes:

- Responsible, articulate and motivated.
- A catalyst for change who is at ease in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships at all levels in the organisation.
- Ability to take a holistic view, adopting a Government wide perspective when assessing problems.
- Ability to set a common vision and influence others in moving toward it.
- Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
- Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere.
- Forward looking with a holistic approach when assessing problems.
- Confidence in providing constructive challenge to senior management.
- Confidence in making difficult decisions, ensuring all relevant expectations are sought.

**Essential**:

- A good understanding of Vetting Processes.
- A good understanding of the Vetting Decision Framework.
- Able to deliver at pace to meet KPIs.
- An effective Change Agent.

**Desirable**:

- Confident using Google Workspace.

**Additional information**:
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service

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