Business Planning and Performance Manager
We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Business Planning and Performance Manager. With responsibility for driving corporate planning for our organization, you will collaborate with colleagues across the whole organization and at different levels of seniority to develop a well-used Corporate Plan, which allows teams to effectively prioritize and implement activities. You will lead on performance reporting, including headline KPIs and corporate risk reporting to the Executive Team, Historic England Commission, and the organization’s sponsoring department, the DCMS. This role is part of the Strategic Planning Team and sits within Business Improvement Group - a dynamic part of our organization committed to enabling innovative delivery, developing us as an organization, and focusing on our performance. The location of this role is National where we offer hybrid working, and you will be based in one of our following offices and from home - Newcastle, York, Manchester, Birmingham, Swindon, Bristol, Portsmouth, and Cambridge. Salary National: £36,603 - £39,364 pro-rata Greater London+: £39,408 - £42,380 pro-rata.
What you will be doing
1. Produce the Corporate Plan and any related business planning tools, assist the Executive Team to develop corporate objectives and prioritized activities.
2. Work with the Head of Strategic Planning and Director of Strategy and Business Development to embed business planning across the organization.
3. Ensure the Corporate Plan remains an active document throughout each year, continually refining prioritized activities with the Executive Team and activity owners, supporting internal engagement and communications.
4. Provide Commission, the Executive Team, and senior managers with the information they need for the effective management and oversight of the work of our organization by maintaining a comprehensive overview of progress against the Corporate Plan, supporting senior stakeholders in understanding their accountability in the implementation of their assigned activities, identifying to the Head of Strategic Planning and Business Improvement Director any significant variation or areas of concern.
5. Oversee regular KPI reporting and the communication of results to colleagues, ensuring KPIs are actively used to challenge improve performance.
6. Proactively pursue opportunities to improve the corporate performance monitoring framework.
7. Oversee our organization's risk monitoring, ensuring the collation of the risk register and risk appetite statement and assist the Executive Team in their interpretation and use.
8. Manage, motivate, and support the Performance Officers to ensure timely and accurate performance data is collated and analyzed.
9. Work collaboratively with the Business Improvement Leadership Team and the Director of Strategy and Business Development to identify, prioritize, and ensure delivery of specific improvement projects, particularly relating to business planning and monitoring.
10. Ensure the timely delivery of specific projects assigned to the team by the Head of Strategic Planning.
11. Be an effective advocate for our organization and work collaboratively across the organization to maximize our effectiveness.
12. Undertake any other responsibilities commensurate with the grade and competencies required of the post requested by line management.
Who we are looking for
* Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Skills
* Risk Management Experience
* Data Interpretation and Data Visualization Skills
* Corporate Planning Experience
* Influencing Skills
* Line Management Experience
We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognize the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working, and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
Why work for us
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country, and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within our organization at this level.
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