Description
The Chief of Staff is the senior strategic adviser to the Small Business Commissioner and a leader of the Office of the Small Business Commissioner (OSBC).
The role has overall responsibility for organisational strategy, corporate governance, operational performance, and business transformation, ensuring the OSBC delivers its mission to make life easier for small businesses by improving payment practices and enabling money to move more quickly through the economy.
As the most senior corporate leader within the organisation, the Chief of Staff provides strategic leadership across all aspects of OSBC activity, including policy, legislation, regulation, operational delivery, communications, stakeholder engagement, research and insight, finance, governance, and people management.
The postholder will lead the organisation through a significant period of growth and transformation as the OSBC expands its statutory remit and develops into a more independent and influential regulator.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership and Corporate Management
- Governance, Risk, and Accountability
- Financial Leadership and Commercial Oversight
- Policy, Legislation, and Regulatory Development
- People and Organisational Leadership
- External Engagement and Corporate Reputation
- Operational Delivery
Person Specification:
- Significant knowledge and experience of prompt payment policy, with the ability to operate effectively in a complex policy and regulatory environment.
- Strong strategic, inclusive, and operational leadership, with a proven ability to set direction, lead through change, and deliver organisational priorities.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience of building effective relationships and navigating complex issues with senior stakeholders.
- A confident and credible senior representative, with strong public speaking and presentation skills.
- Proven experience of leading multidisciplinary teams and services, including casework management, stakeholder communications, and the effective administration of a Code or similar framework.
- A track record of providing strategic financial oversight and leadership, ensuring effective financial governance, clear accountability, and value for money, and using financial insight to inform senior-level decision-making.
Benefits:
- Salary: £86,000 - £117,800 per year
- Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 28.97%
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- Flexible working options
- Culture encouraging inclusion and diversity