Job Description

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Reference number

414177
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Salary

90,718 - 94,383
Our starting salary is 90,718 with the maximum salary on this scale being 94,383 as of January 2025 (subject to future COPFS pay awards). All payments are pro rata for part-time staff.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
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Job grade

SCS Pay Band 1###

Contract type

Permanent###

Type of role

Business Management and Improvement

Operational Delivery

Senior leadership###

Working pattern

Full-time###

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow

About the job

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Job summary

This is a unique opportunity to join the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in a senior leadership role at a time of significant organisational transformation. As Head of Business Management for a Directorate, you will be at the forefront of ensuring performance targets are met, whilst delivering high-impact change and operational excellence across Scotland's prosecution service.###

Job description

In this dynamic and fast-paced environment, you will take full operational responsibility for an organisational function, reporting directly to one or more Legal Directors. You will provide strategic leadership and business support, lead a team of administrative professionals, to ensure the effective management of legal casework and resources. Your leadership will be instrumental in delivering transformational change aligned with COPFS's strategic goals, managing resources to ensure responsive services for victims and witnesses, and driving continuous improvement and performance enhancement across your function. You will play a key role in supporting the Chief Operating Officer's vision for modernisation and corporate support, while also contributing to the objectives set out in the Business Plan and by the Leadership and Strategic Boards.


To succeed in this role, you will need to demonstrate senior-level experience in delivering strong operational performance in a public facing organisation and transformational change to meet organisational goals. You should be comfortable responding quickly to changing situations and approaching challenges with creativity, flexibility and resilience. Your ability to lead through complexity and deliver against demanding targets and commitments will be essential.


Equally important is your ability to build and maintain trusted, effective relationships. You will have a strong track record of securing the confidence of senior colleagues and stakeholders, acting with integrity and empathy. Your collaborative approach, persuasive communication style and ability to advocate for change will enable you to influence across organisational boundaries and deliver results in an operationally complex environment.


This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on Scotland's justice system, ensuring high standards of public service and operational delivery. If you are a strategic thinker, a confident leader, and a skilled relationship builder, we invite you to help shape the future of COPFS.

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Person specification

Strategic leadership and values led -

A motivating leader with a proven ability to inspire and empower at all levels within a complex, multifaceted organisation. Experience in driving operational performance improvement through setting clear direction and leading staff effectively. As well as decision making in challenging and uncertain situations whilst displaying integrity, openness and impartiality

Service delivery

-Senior level experience of leading a high-quality public service including identifying and challenging poor performance. Commitment to continuous improvement of public services

Financial acumen and programme delivery -

Proven experience managing significant budgets and procurement activity within a public sector environment. Skilled in aligning financial and resource planning with high-quality service delivery

Delivering results and transformation -

Able to demonstrate senior level experience in delivering transformational change to achieve organisational goals and delivering against challenging commitments, responding quickly to changing situations and approaching challenges with flexibility, responsiveness and creativity

Relationship management and influence -

Track record of securing the confidence of senior colleagues and stakeholders across an organisation and wider stakeholder landscape, acting with integrity and empathy. Experience of working collaboratively, building and maintaining positive, trusted and effective partnerships through persuasion, advocacy and challenge

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 90,718, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service contributes 26,281 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We offer an excellent range of benefits which include:

25 days paid holiday + 11.5 public and privilege holidays (rising to 30 days paid holiday after 4 years). Generous Civil Service Pension employer contribution, on average over 28.97% of your pay Flexible working hours and family friendly approach to work. Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loans. Employee Wellbeing Support with Mental Health First Aiders and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

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Selection process details

Please see the candidate pack for more information on the role job details and assessment guide, this can be downloaded from our Current Vacancies page on our website: Careers , COPFS


For further details on how to apply, please review the candidate pack on our website or email recruitment@COPFS.gov.uk.


This post can be based in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen or Dundee. The post holder will be required to regularly travel to Edinburgh, Glasgow and other COPFS offices across Scotland and will be expected to spend a significant portion of their time working in the office(s) where their teams are based.







Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.




As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.###

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .



See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.###

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.###

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Lindsey Miller Email : lindsey.miller@copfs.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

* Email : Recruitment@copfs.gov.uk