Planning and Performance Manager

Fixed term contract – Until October 2028

Audit Scotland provides the Auditor General and Accounts Commission with the services they need to carry out their duties. Together we ensure that the Scottish Government and public-sector bodies throughout Scotland are held to account for the proper, efficient and effective use of public money. We employ around 340 staff in a wide variety of roles, working from our main offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and through a network of regional offices across Scotland.

Are you an experienced planning and performance professional with strong analytical skills and the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships?

We are looking for someone with expertise in corporate planning and developing performance frameworks, management information and dashboards, alongside the ability to translate complex data into clear recommendations that influence organisational priorities and outcomes. If you enjoy driving improvement and developing a collaborative and high-performing function, we'd love to hear from you.

Overall purpose of the role

The Planning and Performance Manager leads Audit Scotland's planning, performance and resource management functions, ensuring the organisation has the insight, information and capacity required to support effective decision-making, prioritisation and delivery of strategic objectives. The role provides professional leadership for planning, performance, resource management and business management services, while contributing as a member of the Performance and Corporate Governance management team to the development of an integrated, flexible and resilient corporate support function.

What you will be doing

Strategic planning and performance management

• Lead the coordination and delivery of Audit Scotland's corporate planning and performance management arrangements.
• Oversee delivery of organisational planning processes, including corporate strategy implementation, operational planning and business planning.
• Lead the development and delivery of performance information, analysis and reporting to support Board and Executive Team oversight and decision-making.
• Lead development of organisational performance frameworks, indicators and reporting arrangements to support effective oversight and decision-making.

Management information, insight and reporting

• Lead the development of management information, performance reporting, dashboards and analytical products, making effective use of automation, self-service tools and emerging technologies to improve organisational insight, efficiency and decision-making.
• Provide expert advice, challenge and professional judgement to support senior leaders in understanding organisational performance, capacity, risks and delivery priorities.
• Promote more forward-looking analysis and insight, identifying trends, opportunities, risks and delivery challenges.
• Oversee development of performance reporting systems, data products and visualisation approaches, including delivery of the organisation's performance data hub and identification of opportunities to improve reporting through automation and AI-enabled tools.
• Coordinate stakeholder feedback, impact and outcomes data across business groups, working with Innovation & Quality colleagues to support organisational insight, and impact evaluation and reporting.

Resource management and business management services

• Provide leadership for organisational resource management services, ensuring effective integration between planning, performance and resource management activities.
• Oversee resource reporting, workforce planning, capacity analysis and forecasting arrangements., working closely with the Resource Manager.
• Support business groups through business partnering, planning, performance monitoring, management information and operational risk management, ensuring risk considerations are integrated into business planning, performance reporting and management decision-making.
• Lead the development of business management services that support effective delivery of organisational and business group priorities.

Leadership and organisational contribution

• Lead, manage and develop colleagues within the Planning and Performance function, building capability, resilience and succession pathways.
• Contribute as a member of the PCG management team, supporting collective leadership, shared ownership of outcomes and flexible deployment of resources across service areas.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across Governance and Assurance, Executive Office and wider Corporate Services functions to deliver integrated services and organisational priorities.
• Lead and support change, improvement and modernisation initiatives within the