Director Business Improvement

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Director of Business Improvement for an initial 18-24 month contract on a rate of £450-£600/day (inside IR35). This role will be hybrid working, one day in the office.
Responsibilities:
- Provide advice, guidance and support to the Chief Executive and Executive Team.
- Lead on developing and delivering a Business Improvement programme which runs alongside the development and implementation of the new corporate plan.
- Provide additional capacity to help the Executive Team progress the requirements of the Board, Investment Committee, Audit and Risk Committee and Renumeration Committee.
- Lead and deliver Business Improvement activities drawing on internal resource and/or external consultancy support covering a broad range of business functions.  
- Backfilling gaps in leadership to help ensure service continuity.
- Contributing to the development of the new FY 25-30 corporate plan.
- Regular reporting to the Boards and Committees
- Help to embed an increased focus on delivery and outcomes.
- Other matters as appropriate and necessary.
Essential Skills:
- Enjoyed a successful career to date at director level (10+yrs experience), possibly having worked in a number of different functions and different settings
- Experienced in leading change and Business Improvement in a considered and people centric way.                   
- Able to flex between leading, doing and delivering
- Able to form professional, respectful and supportive relationships with colleagues irrespective of seniority.
- Supporting the Chief Executive in ‘getting things done’ and ‘moving forward together’
- Comfortable coaching and mentoring colleagues with less experience, adopting a collaborative and inclusive approach
- Strong leadership behaviours
- Available on a full-time basis
- Flexible mindset
- Degree qualified
- Chartered membership to a professional body associated with the business, change management, HR, law, IT or finance is beneficial
- Able to demonstrate the following behaviours:

1. Communicating and Influencing
2. Working Together

iii. Challenging and Improving

1. Managing a Quality Service
2. Making Effective Decisions
3. Seeing the big picture

vii. Outcome Focused
viii. Leading Change
- Able to demonstrate the following technical skills:

1. Knowledge of capital projects
2. Experience of project work, working to tight deadlines, driving an outcome.

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