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Transformation Programme Director - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
UK Research and Innovation —Swindon
- £94,931 a year
- Part-time
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
13d
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- CRM software
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- English
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Cost Management Associate Director/ Project Director (Health and Life Sciences)
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Transformation Programme Director - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

UK Research and Innovation -
Swindon

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Job details

Part-time | Full-time | Fixed term contract
£94,931 a year
13 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee discount

Qualifications

Investment
Change management
Presentation skills
Continuous improvement
Risk management
Operational strategy development
Change leadership
Communication skills

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Reference number

473873

Salary

£94,931

per annum, dependent on skills and experience.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Fixed term

Length of employment

12 months

Business area

UKRI - Transformation

Type of role

Senior leadership

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

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Location

Swindon / Rutherford / Daresbury

About the job

Job summary

This is a rare opportunity to lead one of the most significant organisational transformation programmes within UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). As the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Transformation Director, you will provide strategic leadership for STFC's transformation, shaping the future operating model of an organisation of approximately 3,000 people and ensuring it remains financially sustainable, operationally effective and fit for the future.

Working at executive level, you will lead a complex portfolio of change spanning people, culture, governance, processes and organisational design. You will build alignment across senior leaders and stakeholders, translating strategic ambition into deliverable outcomes and ensuring transformational benefits are realised at pace.

The role is critical to delivering sustainable financial, operational and cultural change, strengthening STFC's long-term resilience and enabling the continued delivery of world-class science, engineering and technology in support of UKRI and government priorities.

Job description

Provide executive leadership for STFCs Transformation, acting as the senior accountable leader responsible for shaping, mobilising and delivering transformational change which enables STFCs strategic ambitions, UKRI priorities and government objectives.
Translate the strategic vision into an integrated transformation strategy and roadmap, defining the future operating model, required capabilities and sequencing of change across the organisation.
Lead the development and implementation of STFCs future operating model, ensuring alignment across strategy, governance, organisation design, culture, people, processes, technology, data and delivery capability.
Establish and lead effective transformation governance as a complex portfolio of programmes, projects and activities. Ensuring alignment with the Government Functional Standards, including clear accountability, proportionate assurance, investment governance, risk management, dependency management and transparent reporting.
Own the business case and benefits framework, ensuring investment decisions are evidence-based, affordable, deliver value for money and realise measurable organisational benefits.
Provide executive oversight of major transformation initiatives, ensuring programmes and projects are appropriately designed, resourced, assured and delivered through effective portfolio management disciplines.
Create the conditions for sustainable organisational change, embedding new capabilities, behaviours, processes and ways of working.
Lead enterprise-wide engagement and communications, building understanding, confidence and commitment among colleagues, leaders, UKRI partners, government stakeholders and external communities.
Build maturity and capability across STFC, developing the people, structures, tools and delivery practices required to successfully manage complex change at scale.
Provide constructive challenge and strategic advice to Executive Board and governance forums, enabling informed decisions on priorities, investment choices, delivery confidence, risks and organisational readiness.
Champion evidence-led continuous improvement, using insight, performance information and lessons learned to strengthen STFCs effectiveness, resilience and ability to deliver world-leading science and technology.
Ensure effective transition and embedding of change, transferring ownership into operational teams and ensuring new capabilities deliver sustained benefits beyond programme closure.
Represent STFC within UKRI-wide transformation activity, providing effective, collegiate interacting to ensure STFCs Transformation actively contributes to and benefits from UKRIs Shaping Our Future agenda whilst preserving the distinctive capabilities required to deliver national research infrastructure.

Person specification

Strategic leadership capability, with the ability to shape transformation, influence senior stakeholders and translate strategic ambition into measurable organisational outcomes.
Ability to lead through ambiguity and complexity, exercising sound judgement, balancing competing priorities and making effective decisions at senior leadership level.
Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build alignment, secure commitment and provide constructive challenge with Executive Boards, government stakeholders, partners and wider communities.
Collaborative and inclusive leadership approach, with the ability to build high-performing teams and create the culture required to deliver sustained change.
Ability to lead an enterprise transformation portfolio comprising multiple interdependent programmes or projects, with effective governance, assurance, risk management, dependency management and benefits realisation.
Strong understanding and application of transformation and project delivery disciplines, including operating model design, organisational change, business improvement and transition into business-as-usual.

For more information about the role please click 'apply' to visit our careers page.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £94,931, UK Research and Innovation contributes £27,501 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

UKRI can offer the successful candidate:

flexible Working
30 days annual leave + Public Holidays
access to Civil Service Pension Scheme
various everyday discounts through our dedicated provider

Visit our dedicated benefits webpage for more info: Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements 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, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

To find out more about the role and to submit an application please click 'apply' to visit our careers page.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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