This is a visible, fast-paced role in the Parliament. You will need to exercise quick judgement, dealing with a highly diverse set of challenges on a daily basis. Alongside this, you’ll prioritise the longer-term interests of the Parliament, finding innovative ways to strengthen ways of working to support impactful parliamentary scrutiny. You will be skilled in workforce planning and change management to ensure our services and systems are fit for the future.

You’ll encourage a culture where your team members are empowered to deliver high-quality work which will enhance the reputation of the Parliament. You will be an experienced organisational leader, confident in making decisions that require you to make judgements about conflicting interests and opinions. You’ll also champion collaborative working with colleagues across the parliamentary service, promoting positive and open communication, as well as our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

We offer a great range of benefits including: 41.5 leave days (including public holidays), flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, family-friendly policies, Season Ticket advance loans, an onsite gym, Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership, a confidential counselling and information service, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.

You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Alpha Civil Service pension scheme, where we’ll offer you an employer contribution of 28.97% of your basic salary.

We are a values-based organisation. Our values are a central part of our working culture and our people management processes. We use these to recruit, manage and develop our staff. For more information on our values and behaviours framework, please visit our values pages in our Employee Handbook.

About you

You’ll have experience of providing high-level advice on the most important issues that the Parliament deals with in relation to its scrutiny functions. Integrity to uphold personal and professional standards will be vital to ensure the impartiality required in this role and forge trusted relationships.

You’ll work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels and externally. A strategic thinker, with outstanding influencing skills, and someone who can instil confidence at senior levels, you’ll appreciate the need for diplomacy, tact and firmness in dealing with live issues.

You’ll provide strategic leadership within the Directorate, anticipating and influencing future priorities.

You’ll have outstanding people management skills and proven experience of motivating and inspiring multi-functional teams, capable of leading colleagues confidently through major organisational change.

You’ll have a proven track record of working inclusively with a diverse range of people and groups, ideally including politicians. As a leader, you’ll have outstanding mentoring and coaching skills and be passionate about contributing to an inclusive and collaborative working culture which values diversity and encourages openness.

For further information about the role please see the attached job description and recruitment pack. You can also contact the Chair of the recruitment panel, Callum.Thomson@parliament.scot

All new starts will be appointed to the first scale point of the grade for their role. For information on progression through the scale points, see our Pay and Reward Policy Statement.

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