Governance and Business Planning Delivery Lead

Scottish Government; Galashiels; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental agency is seeking a Governance and Business Planning Delivery Lead in Galashiels. This role involves supporting governance structures, enhancing strategic planning, and ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations. The ideal candidate will have experience in business planning or corporate governance and demonstrate the ability to deliver effective governance boards. A hybrid working setup is available, offering flexibility alongside office presence.

Qualifications

• Experience in business planning or corporate governance.
• Ability to make decisions quickly.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Support SPPA Board structures and governance.
• Maintain and strengthen governance activities.
• Lead strategic business planning functions.

Skills

Delivery and decision making at speed

Experience in business planning

Experience in corporate governance

Job description

Governance and Business Planning Delivery Lead

Job Info

• Job Identification 2997
• Profession Operational Delivery
• Job Family Business and Corporate Support
• Locations Galashiels, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
• Working Pattern Full Time
• Number of Openings 1
• Apply Before 01/26/2026, 11:59 PM

Are you self-driven and passionate about business planning and governance delivery? If so, we want to hear from you.

The Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers’, Police and Fire‑fighters’ pension schemes in Scotland. The Agency administers these public service pension schemes on behalf of Scottish Ministers to over 640,000 members with annual payments of over £3.7 billion, together with the related agency administration expenditure of c. £31 million.

This is a new and exciting position that spans both Corporate Governance and Business Planning.

In this role, you will:

• Support SPPA Board structures and governance, working as part of a collaborative team.
• Work closely with the Corporate Governance Manager to maintain and strengthen the Agency’s governance activities.
• Play a pivotal role in delivering a coordinated, forward‑looking strategic business planning function across SPPA.
• Lead and support a range of business planning workstreams, including:
• Corporate and divisional planning
• Performance tracking
• Governance engagement
• Strategic options development
• Partner with senior leaders and stakeholders to ensure alignment with Scottish Government priorities and agency objectives

Responsibilities

Governance Delivery

Effectively deliver the SPPA Corporate Governance Boards, ensuring board matters are effective, efficient, distinct and adhere to regulatory frameworks. This includes the Management Advisory Board and the Audit & Risk Committee.

Support the work of the SPPA Executive team by enhancing the practices and processes aligned with the boards. Engage senior colleagues across SPPA to ensure the Agency’s compliance, accountability, and efficiency.

Ensure SPPA complies with legal and regulatory obligations in respect of The Pensions Regulator, including reporting of breaches and tracking adherence to Code of Practice requirements, ensuring implementation and coordination of actions where necessary to address identified shortfalls.

Support SPPA Freedom of Information Requests, ensuring responses in a timely manner and in accordance with all Freedom of Information legislation.

Business Planning Delivery

Lead coordination of strategic planning outputs, including the Corporate Plan, Annual Business Plan, and divisional frameworks.

Facilitate cross‑agency engagement to ensure business planning activities are inclusive, forward‑looking, and responsive to emerging challenges and opportunities.

Working with the Strategy & Business Planning Manager, lead development of other strategic deliverables including options papers, Annual Report and Accounts and strategic workshops.

Coordinate performance tracking and KPI development to support reporting against strategic progress, working with MI and other teams to ensure meaningful insights.

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

• Delivery and decisions making at speed - Awareness.

Experience in business planning or corporate governance.

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.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment.

If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation. Assessments are scheduled for w/c 9th February however this may be subject to change.

About us

The Scottish Public Pensions Agency is an Agency of the Scottish Government. Our principal role is to administer the pensions for employees in the National Health Service, Teachers’, Police and Fire‑fighters’ pension schemes in Scotland for over 500,000 key workers. The Agency administers these public service pension schemes on behalf of Scottish Ministers with an annual pension spend to over 200,000 pensioners to the value of more than £2.5 billion.

SPPA Careers | SPPA (pensions.gov.scot )
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Working Pattern

Our standard hours are 35 hours per week. We offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options, with two days minimum working on site at SPPA. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us.

Security Checks

Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre‑employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).

You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website , or read about the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide.

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.

We will hold a reserve list for 12 months.

Apply Before: 26th January 2026 23:59. This role is open to internal candidates and Common Citizenship organisations only.