Description
We are seeking an Assistant Head, Strategy Development to join the Defence Housing Service (DHS), a new organisation being created through the Armed Forces Bill to deliver a step-change in housing for the UK's Armed Forces and their families.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Deputy Head of Strategy, cross-cutting stakeholders and experts, to translate strategic priorities into clear, deliverable outputs. They will bring together evidence, insight and a range of perspectives, to tackle complex cross-cutting strategy challenges, whilst enhancing business capabilities and driving performance.
Responsibilities:
- Support delivery of key DIO strategies, such as the Corporate Strategy, to provide a clear vision, evidence-based objectives and deliverable outputs for the organisation.
- Bring together stakeholder perspectives, to address gaps and opportunities to support clear decision making, against Strategy deliverables.
- Lead monitoring and reporting against The Defence Housing Strategy recommendations, identifying key risks and areas for improvement.
- Lead and line-manage a small Strategy team, providing guidance and mentorship as required, to ensure alignment with strategy development and delivery.
- Lead high-profile, cross-cutting projects on behalf of senior leaders, to help drive forward delivery of Defence Housing Strategy recommendations and wider organisational priorities.
- Provide clear strategic outputs that influence tangible operational and policy change, putting Service Personnel and their families at the heart of areas for improvement.
- Ensure recommendations from strategic projects have clear owners and implementation arrangements to drive successful delivery; establishing project structures, plans and governance to maintain momentum, managing risk and dependencies to deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including internal DIO teams, wider MOD colleagues, external partners and serving personnel/families and their representatives.
Person specification:
- Demonstrable experience of strategic thinking, strategy development and delivery.
- Strong leadership capabilities, able to work with and bring together a wide range of individuals and teams to work on shared objectives.
- Experience of project and/or programme management, including structure, governance and risk management.
- Line management experience, including building capability and developing high performing teams.
- Able to demonstrate ability to analyse evidence, evaluate options and make strategic recommendations.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to build strong working relationships, to influence and deliver objectives.
Benefits:
- Salary of £61,630 per year
- Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme
- 25 days paid annual leave rising to 30 days upon completion of five years' service
- Ability to roll up to 10 days annual leave per year
- In addition to eight public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The King's birthday
- Parental and Adoption Leave
- Discounts on a range of services within and external to the civil service