Head of Operations - Lawrence Hill, United Kingdom - Planning Inspectorate
Description
Details:
Reference number:
Salary:
- £68,162 - £74,875
Job grade:
- Grade 6
Contract type: - Permanent
Business area: - PINS
- Operations
Type of role: - Operational Delivery
- Planning
- Senior leadership
Working pattern: - Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed Hours
Number of jobs available: - 1Contents
About the job
Benefits:
Things you need to know
Location
- Bristol, South West England, BS1 6PNAbout the job
Job summary:
As one of three Heads of Operations you will be a high-profile leader in the organisation responsible for delivering and improving the user-focused services under your leadership.
We're looking for an inclusive leader who takes responsibility for making user needs a reality, who will support, motivate and get the best out of their people, and work effectively with a wide range colleagues and stakeholders.
We want our colleagues to be able to work more flexibly and more collaboratively, exploring new and innovative ways to improve the way we provide services.
Job description:
You'll be leading inspectors, case workers and other professions supporting our front line work so our casework is completed on time and to the standards we expect.
This is critical to our role in a fair planning system which is providing the infrastructure the country needs and supporting communities plan for their futures.
That means you'll be:
- Working closely with other leaders and your own management team to deliver our services
- Improving our services, including taking a leading role in developing our userfocused digital public services and ensuring we are playing a leading role in an integrated digital planning system
- Role modelling how to get the best out of your colleagues in terms of an environment to thrive and contribute, development and managing your top talent
- Leading and managing change internally and externally from both your services and wider organisation initiatives
- Building and developing relationships with key external stakeholders and championing user needs
- Keeping oneeye on the future, planning your resourcing, analysing trends and supporting the wider organisation.
Hybrid working
Person specification:
Essential Criteria
- Experience of leading an operational casework process service in a professional environment against a background of competing priorities, high user expectations and resource constraints.
- Experience of delivering successful operational change and achieving continuous improvement in services.
- Ability to communicate, influence and operate clearly and effectively at all levels, including with users, stakeholders, employees, contractors, Planning Inspectorate Board and ministers.
- Ability to build strong working relationships with excellent negotiating and influencing skills and the ability to secure agreement to solutions whilst managing the competing priorities of a range of users and senior stakeholders.
- Analytical skills to evaluate data from various sources and to identify benefits and risks to make well considered judgements and decisions.
- Good financial and budget management skills
- Inclusive leadership, actively and visibly role modelling values of Civil Service Leadership statement
- Ability to think strategically and understand impact of changing processes on organisational reputation and its users.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of coaching and mentoring.
- Understanding of the Agile approach to developing digital public services and the Service Standard used by Government Digital Service.
- Understanding of the planning system in England and current challenges.
- Experience of visibly leading and role modelling health, safety and wellbeing in the workplace.
Behaviours:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Working Together
Benefits:
- Flexible working options, including flexitime, parttime, compressed hours and home working if suitable for the role.
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity.
- 25 days annual leave increasing by 1 day per year up to 30 days after 5 years, plus 1 privilege day to mark the King's birthday. In addition to the normal bank holidays.
- Generous family friendly policies.
- Fast and modern IT kit which utilises Windows 10 and Microsoft 365, enabling seamless working from home and collaboration across teams.
Things you need to know
Selection process details:
- This vacancy is using Success Pro
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