Head of Corporate in Edinburgh

You will support the Chief Executive in their role as accountable officer and in managing the work with the Revenue Scotland Board and its Committees, and key strategic relationships with Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Parliament and external stakeholders. As a member of a Senior Leadership Team of five, one of whom is the Chief Executive, you will champion diversity and inclusion and make a significant contribution to the leadership and performance of the organisation.

You will set the operational agenda for Revenue Scotland’s corporate teams, and drive service excellence across four operational teams. You will be involved in many diverse and interesting tasks to support delivery teams and use your technical knowledge and judgement borne from experience to make decisions.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will contribute to the running and development of the organisation, supporting the Board and the CEO in the strategic leadership of Revenue Scotland. In your SLT role you will help to maintain the constructive and collaborative relationship with members of the Board and the Audit and Risk, and Staffing and Equalities Committees.

Lead and contribute to strategic corporate priorities, including ensuring alignment with Public Service Reform (PSR) objectives, and developing effective relationships with other corporate leaders across the public sector and maintaining awareness of Scottish Government policies and developments impacting Revenue Scotland.

Provide strategic leadership of the corporate functions group, setting vision and purpose, lead, manage and develop an inclusive team. Line manage function heads - Finance, Business Management, People and Communications and Engagement.

Understand and use data to prioritise work and drive the performance of your teams and of the organisation as a whole. Ensure decisions and priorities made in real-time are based on evidence and analysis so that value and best service is maximised. Provide assurance to the AO for governance and business management matters including overseeing the delivery of the Annual Report and Accounts and perform the role of Senior Information Risk Owner.

You will champion diversity and inclusion, contribute to setting and communicating the culture within the organisation and will be asked to lead on cross cutting corporate initiatives.

Success Profile

• Technical / Professional Skills: Connections and Communication Operational Leadership and Management
• Experience: Experience of operating at strategic senior leadership level with responsibility for ensuring corporate obligations and responsibilities are met.
• Behaviours: Seeing the big picture, Making Effective decisions, Working Together

Deputy Director level or equivalent.

Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1500 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.

If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and Presentation of portfolio. Sift, Interview and Assessments dates to be confirmed.

Skilled Worker Sponsorship not being offered. Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.

As a government organisation, we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles and we investigate any complaints received in relation to recruitment cases.

Revenue Scotland is Scotland's devolved tax authority and contributes to Scotland's public services through the taxes we collect. Revenue Scotland is a diverse, high performing organisation that has a reputation for delivering excellence and a commitment to continually improving the way we work while supporting the health, wellbeing, and development of our employees. Revenue Scotland is a great place to develop new skills, and you will be supported in your role with learning and development to enable you to perform at your best.

Our standard hours are 35 hours per week, we offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options. Our hybrid working principles require you to attend your assigned office, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh at least 2/3 days each month. Our hybrid approach supports a blend of home and workplace working, this should be agreed with the line manager to achieve the right balance between collaboration, in-person engagement and flexibility. You can also work from our Glasgow hub office if required.

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).

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 in our Revenue Scotland Candidate Guide. Revenue Scotland is a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. The interview and assessment process are primarily conducted in person unless you require a reasonable adjustment. Interview questions will be issued 24 hours in advance. If you require any adjustments during our recruitment process, please let us know via rsrecruitment@revenue.scot.

Revenue Scotland are a Non-Ministerial Office who are part of Scottish Government Main Bargaining unit and have adopted Scottish Government main terms and conditions and pay arrangements. Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, working to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland. As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.

As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments. Personal information you provide in the recruitment process will be made available to Scottish Government and our additional data processors.

The successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade.

For further information on this role please contact: Johanna Boyd chiefexecutive@revenue.scot

Apply Before: 28th June (23:59) - This role is open to internal candidates, OGD and Common Citizenship organisations only.