Head of Agency Planning and Reporting
The Insolvency Service (The Service) is a Government agency responsible for the administration of the insolvency regime which has a network of 38 offices in England and Wales and Scotland. We process through the Official Receiver’s office all individual insolvencies (bankruptcies) and company insolvencies (compulsory liquidations) in England and Wales. We also seek to disqualify directors of insolvent companies for misconduct; pay redundancy monies owed to employees of insolvent companies; carry out confidential investigations into limited and registered companies not acting in the public interest; and advise the Government on policy relating to insolvency.
This is a new post within the recently formed Strategy, Planning, & Communications Directorate. The successful applicant will manage a small team responsible for taking forwards The Service’s planning and reporting work, developing the Corporate Plan and Balanced Scorecard and reporting on performance at agency level.
This is a high profile post at the heart of The Insolvency Service. The post holder will have the opportunity to influence the strategic direction of The Service.
Starting salary: £49,716 (Insolvency Service Grade D2, BERR Range 10)
Maximum salary: £56,665
Main duties:
- Develop and implement, in consultation with The Service’s Leadership Group, an Agency wide planning process that will support effective forward planning and resource allocation;
- Responsibility for The Service’s Corporate Plan;
- Determine how the Balanced Scorecard could be deployed further across the Agency including the identification of specific reports to meet the needs of The Service’s management boards;
- Overseeing the reporting of Agency level performance data in The Services Annual Report and Accounts, the quarterly report to the Minister as well as to The Service’s management boards; and
- Management of a small team.
- Analysis and use of information/evidence - the ability to make sense of and interpret complex financial and management information with confidence to enable the robust analysis of business plans as well as the reporting of management information.
- Communicating and Influencing - the ability to present information accurately and objectively to a variety of stakeholders as well as the ability to influence across all business areas in relation to delivery against agreed business plans.
- Taking a wider perspective – in developing the planning process to recognise the big picture and the impact such a process could have on the business areas across The Service.
- Interacting with others– the ability to work constructively with, and where necessary challenge others to ensure robust decisions can be made in relation to resource allocation.
- Taking responsibility and Delivering results – implementing the planning process across the Agency will require a high level of organisational skills to ensure that the Corporate Plan is delivered in a timely manner.
- People Management and Leadership - the ability to manage staff, adapting your management style to different people cultures and situations.
- Judgement and decision-making – applies the principles of effective risk management in decision-making.
- Customer Focus – recognises the business areas as customers and champions customer service within the team.
- Problem solving and Judgement and decision-making – Evaluates problems and proposed actions, ensuring that risks are effectively managed and that the best interests of the organisation are taking into account. Applies the principles of effective risk management in decision-making.
