Deputy Director

Scottish Funding Council; City of Edinburgh; Sur place; GBP 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

13 days pro-rata holiday entitlement

Pension benefits

Résumé du poste

Jobs247 is seeking a Deputy Director to advise on contingency plans ensuring continuity of supply for institutions with financial sustainability concerns. The role will oversee the new Strategic Institutional Support team and coordinate with SFC and Scottish Government senior management.

You will lead complex projects, develop stakeholder relationships, and deliver expert, evidence-based guidance to inform board-level decisions.

Qualifications

• Understanding of the further and higher education sector
• Proven ability to plan, lead, prioritise, and deliver complex projects
• Experience in mergers and acquisitions and financial due diligence
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders in challenging situations
• Eligible to work in the UK

Responsabilités

• Advise on contingency planning to ensure continuity of supply for institutions
• Develop and lead the Strategic Institutional Support team
• Manage multiple cases and brief SFC and Scottish Government senior staff
• Provide expert advice to senior management, executives and boards based on evidence and knowledge

Formation

Accountancy or legal qualification (Scottish / English / international equivalent)

Description du poste

In this Deputy Director role, you will advise on the preparation of contingency plans to ensure continuity of supply where there are concerns regarding the financial sustainability of an institution.

Salaries are reviewed annually in April for employees who commence employment prior to 1 October in the preceding year.

The remit

• Support Team can be applied to support the work of other SFC directorates and teams
• In this role, you will develop and lead the new Strategic Institutional Support team, building the
• Manage multiple cases and being part of multiple project teams, ensuring that senior individuals within SFC and Scottish Government are engaged and briefed on key issues
• Lead and oversee activity carried out by the team, in its engagement with, and support given to, institutions experiencing stress or distress through the analysis of information and data
• Provide accurate, expert, and professional advice with use of sound judgement, evidence, and knowledge to enable informed decision making by institutional senior management teams including, executive officers and boards

Experience & leadership requirements

• Accountancy or legal qualification [Scottish / English / international equivalent]
• Of accounting, and/or legal and governance practices and frameworks
• Of each of the following essential criteria: Essential: Understanding of the further and higher education sector
• We hold colleges, universities and other funded bodies to account for their delivery of required outcomes
• You must already be eligible to work in the UK to apply for these roles
• Proven ability to plan, lead, prioritise, and deliver complex projects
• Broader experience in areas such as mergers and acquisitions and financial due diligence
• Focused on building strong relationships with, and influencing stakeholders in challenging situations
• In Scottish Gaelic or British Sign Language, who have the right
• And capacity within SFC to develop and deliver specialist advice, focused on those institutions experiencing stress or distress with a view to supporting informed decision making at senior management, executive and board level, and to inform internal and external reporting and guidance to internal stakeholders

Role details

• Salary: We do this by investing around £2 billion of public money to deliver
• Contract: Fixed-term
• Hours: 35 hours a week
• It is important through your CV / Cover Letter that you give evidence of proven experience of each of the following essential criteria: Essential: Understanding of the further and higher education sector

Benefits

• plus public and privilege holiday entitlement of 13 days pro-rata
• Details of contribution rates together with further details of the pension benefits