Head of Strategy job profile - Wheatley Group

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Job Details Job Title

Head of Strategy

Division

Chief Executive

Grade

SCP 57-60

Disclosure Level

Basic

Job summary

Job Profile

Section

Assurance

Report to

Director of Assurance

Date completed August 2018

To support and lead a variety of strategic efforts inclusive of playing a pivotal role in building Group and Subsidiary annual/long-term strategic plans. This position is crucial to the Group's ability to establish its short, medium, and long-term plans in a highly challenging sector. You will need to collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders, and leads cross-functional teams in the development of Group-wide operational strategies.

This role will require someone with a combination of technical and softer skills ? how you do things is often as important as what you do. The success in this role demands a strong strategic and analytical orientation coupled with exceptional communication skills as well as a highly developed collaborative nature.

Vision, energy, enthusiasm and focus are required but also contextual sensitivity and the ability to work effectively across a broad spectrum of people.

Behaviours & Competencies

Our Organisational Competencies ? Think Excellence ? Think Relate ? Think Collaborate ? Think Professionally ? Think Innovate

We want our Head of Strategy to be able to demonstrate the following behaviours and competencies:

? Strong leadership and management skills ? Adept at removing the barriers that get in the way of delivering excellent customer service ? Creating an environment of trust ? Ensure two way dialogue with teams ? Finding creative solutions for customers ? Good listener ? Excellent communication and interpersonal skills ? Ability to ensure that staff are confident using their own initiative ? Self-aware and self-motivated to realise your full potential ? Inspire others to achieve their full potential ? Excellent time management skills ? Computer literate ? Articulate, dynamic, energetic and delivery focussed ? Flexible, adaptable and able to work under pressure ? Ability to take responsibility for own learning and continuous improvement ? Ability to represent Wheatley Group in a positive and effective manner ? Take responsibility for managing excellent performance results ? Exceptionally good analytical skills, an ability to translate raw information into actionable strategies and

initiatives ? A people person who also has the ability to lead, inspire, and motivate a team into consistent performance

improvement. ? Passionate about team building and be an outgoing, likable, and relatable individual who forms strong and

lasting connections with others ? Inspire trust and confidence in the business's leadership and management, who will then be willing to

follow strategic insights and directives.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential ? Experience of working and reporting to Boards and Committees ? At least 2 years of working experience in a corporate strategy position within a fast-paced and dynamic

business environment. ? Proven track record on interacting with Senior Management in a highly sensitive and collaborative to agree

the Group's strategic direction. ? Proven ability to clearly convey information and instructions, which will determine the effectiveness with

which strategies are executed across the Group ? Experience of building appropriate and effective networks, locally and Group-wide for the benefit of our

communities ? Excellent communication skills for the delivery of regular reports for the business's leadership, which must

be easily digestible, unambiguous, engaging, informative and convincing. ? Demonstrate ability to perform standard analyses such as performance analyses, competitive analyses,

market analyses, etc. ? Extensive experience in the development and implementation of policy ? Leading, coaching and managing employees ? Evidence of success in a results driven environment ? Strong presentational and influencing skills ? Track record of successfully delivering change ? Significant knowledge and experience of the Scottish RSL sector and/ or urban regeneration ? Making the Quality Standard Frameworks part of day to day business ? i.e. EFQM and IIP

Qualifications

Desirable ? Graduate in relevant discipline ? Post graduate qualification in relevant discipline/ qualification in housing

Job Outputs Role output Setting Strategy Definition

Setting the Strategic Planning Framework

Includes the requirement to

? Be responsible for bringing together crucial pieces of information such as strategic priorities, competitor performance, operational performance, innovations, markets, etc. from various internal and external sources in order to develop strategic options

? Be responsible for spearheading the strategic vision across all fronts of the business

? Manage the development of corporate plans by playing a lead role in all the planning activities performed by the Group establishing and reviewing key strategic priorities and translating them into actionable and tangible plans

? Alongside the senior strategy management, support the strategic planning process to ensure that this process is timely, focused, and value adding

? Ensure that the strategy planning process highlights existing business issues, making certain that these issues are thoughtfully addressed by the laid out plans

? Draft and develop the strategic planning framework to implement across the Group

? Embed strategic planning practice across the Group

Effective Project and Programme Management

Provide advice and support on good practice

Clear and consistent leadership of staff

Achievement of agreed targets for the Team

Efficient and well managed work processes across the function Compliance with professional, regulatory, statutory and corporate requirements Interdependencies

? Consult with senior managers on strategic priorities to ensure appropriate consideration of the Group's goals

? Manage the strategic planning process across the Group to ensure key milestones are achieved

? Co-ordinate Group senior managers to ensure all required information is completed on time and to appropriate standard

? Liaise with the Group's Company Secretary to ensure all Board reporting timelines are achieved

? Fulfil a business advisory / value enhancement role in supporting management across the Group in the development of our strategy

? Effective line management of team members including absence, disciplinary and performance management

? Employees supported through learning and development and completion of development plans

? Clear communication to employees of relevant organisational, divisional and team aims and initiatives

? As agreed through the My Contribution process

? Value for money delivered on all outputs ? Annual cost reductions and efficiency savings met within workstream

? Comply with and implement all Wheatley Group policies and procedures ? Act ethically and with integrity

? Group Chief Executive ? Group Directors ? Subsidiary Managing Directors ? Director of Assurance ? Performance Frameworks Manager ? Assurance Manager ? Company Secretary

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