Everything we do at the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) aims to create the right environment for colleges and universities to thrive.
The Scottish Funding Council is Scotland’s tertiary education and research authority. Our ambition is to make Scotland an outstanding place to learn, educate, research, and innovate – now and for the future. So, naturally, we have a clear focus on recruiting the best people and developing them throughout their career.
We invest around £2 billion every year, and our funding enables colleges and universities to provide life-changing opportunities for over half a million people.
We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but also people who will connect with our guiding principles which include working in partnership, championing diversity, and supporting sustainability for future generations.
By fostering our guiding principles, we are very proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. We are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds: we want our colleague base to reflect the people and communities that we serve.
The purpose of this role is to provide a high-quality business management function for the directorate and lead the provision of Business Support to the Director and Deputy Directors. Lead on co-ordination and implementation of directorate planning, operating processes and business improvement, and serve as a driver and enabler for cross-directorate working and cooperation.
Sifting will take place from 16 February 2025.
Interviews will take place week commencing 23 February 2025.
Key Responsibilities can be found on the link to SFC Jobs.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
It is important through your CV / Cover Letter that you give evidence of proven experience of each of the following criteria:
Essential:
Experience of leading or working as a part of a high-quality team working as a PA, Executive Assistant, Business Manager, Team Coordinator or equivalent background.
Experience of using IT systems – such as MS Teams, trackers, shared mailboxes etc. – to streamline and make more effective the flow of business within and between business areas.
Proven ability to analyse, understand and respond to complex issues in an appropriate manner, demonstrating good judgement in a politicised environment.
Highly developed interpersonal skills, with the ability to form effective relationships at all levels to generate confidence, respect, collaborative working with an openness to change.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to produce high quality written work independently.
Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to respond to a diverse and changing workload while maintaining a high degree of attention to detail.
A resilient, positive, and flexible approach.
Desirable:
Experience of working in or closely with public sector organisations.
Experience of supporting or managing projects and working with departmental running costs budgets.
Ability to work at pace, using a range of skills to secure momentum, change and positive outcomes.
A good track record of collaborating with others to streamline processes, and the ability to lead on the design and delivery of continuous business improvement
Understanding of SFC’s strategic corporate priorities, and ability to use this wider awareness to represent their directorate’s interests in corporate forums and meetings
Good awareness of compliance and corporate reporting responsibilities, for example Information Governance requirements and corporate performance monitoring.
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