International Delivery and Performance Advisor

Scottish Government OGD Recruitment; City of Edinburgh; Sur place; GBP 42 000 - 62 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Scottish Government OGD Recruitment is seeking an International Delivery and Performance Adviser to help turn Scotland's international activity into clear impact. You will blend performance, strategy and stakeholder engagement to translate complex information into meaningful insight for high-level decision-making.

You will work with analysts, policy colleagues and senior leaders to drive continuous improvement, ensuring priorities are tracked, measured and communicated.

Qualifications

• Experience in monitoring and evaluation aligned with international activity.
• Ability to translate complex information into actionable insights for senior leaders.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-team collaboration skills.

Responsabilités

• Support structured objective setting, tracking delivery and measuring outcomes across international activity.
• Lead routine monitoring and reporting processes ensuring timely, accurate performance information.
• Support development of monitoring and evaluation approaches to evidence impact.
• Contribute to reporting on international activity with clear, evidence-based outputs.
• Analyse information on international network activity, finance and achievements and provide insight to senior leaders.

Connaissances

Performance management

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Description du poste

Could you turn international activity into meaningful insight that shapes Scotland’s impact on the world?
The International Delivery and Performance Adviser sits at the heart of Scotland’s international agenda, helping ensure that the Scottish Government can clearly demonstrate the impact of its work across a global network of offices, partnerships and programmes. Blending performance, strategy and stakeholder engagement, this role translates complex information into meaningful insight that supports decision-making at the highest levels.

Working across the Directorate for Culture and External Affairs and alongside analysts, policy colleagues and senior leaders, you'll help drive a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring international priorities are effectively tracked, measured and communicated. This is an opportunity to influence how Scotland evidences its international success, strengthens its global reputation and supports informed decisions that deliver real outcomes for people, communities and partners both at home and overseas.

Responsibilities

1. Performance Management and Delivery Tracking

• Work with analytical colleagues to support a structured approach to setting objectives, tracking delivery and measuring outcomes across international activity.
• Lead routine monitoring and reporting processes, ensuring timely, accurate and consistent performance information.
• Support development of monitoring and evaluation approaches, improving how impact is evidenced.
  

2. Reporting and Insight

• Work to contribute to reporting on international activity, ensuring outputs are clear, evidence-based and accessible.
• Collate and analyse information on international network activity, finance and key achievements.
• Provide insight to support senior leaders’ understanding of performance, risks and opportunities.

3. Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve approaches to measurement, reporting and use of data.

• Support increased transparency, consistency and professionalism in how international activity is tracked and communicated.

• Contribute to embedding more outcomes-focused ways of working.

4. Governance and Senior Engagement Support

• Support the preparation for International Board and Ministerial Group meetings, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information is available.

• Contribute to the development of briefing materials and performance summaries for senior stakeholders.

5. Policy, Briefing and Corporate Responsibilities

• Maintain up-to-date briefing on the international network, including key developments and achievements.

• Undertake FoIs, Parliamentary Questions (PQs), Ministerial Correspondence (MICASE) and briefing duties as required.
• Work flexibly across the team to support priority areas.