UPP - Head of Strategy & Business Performance

Person Specification

• Ability to work effectively with Board and Executive team members, challenging and supporting as appropriate. • Strong organisational and planning ability. • Highly developed inter-personal skills. • Planning and analytical capability with rapid assimilation of information. • Capacity to exercise care and diligence in dealing with sensitive information and act with total discretion. • Negotiation and influencing skills. • Able to provide and receive complex, contentious information and communicate effectively, as appropriate. • Ability to identify and solve problems autonomously

Experience

Education/ Qualifications

Personal Qualities

Essential Criteria • Strategic business planning experience • Effective business performance reporting • Business management support at a senior level, working effectively with senior teams • Track record of effective strategic engagement across internal and external comms channels, developing powerful strategic messaging and marketing

Essential Criteria • Educated to degree level with relevant business experience. • Project/programme management qualification and/or equivalent professional experience.

Essential Criteria • Personable and able to build constructive relationships. • A strong desire to succeed. • Politically savvy, both internally and externally.

Desirable Criteria • Masters/management qualification

Other Requirements

• Flexible, as travel may be required from time to time, requiring overnight stays

Skills/ Knowledge/ Ability

Essential Criteria • Ability to develop strategic reports/ presentations and undertake research and analysis. • Highly articulate with strong communication skills • Proven ability to operate proactively and meet tight deadlines, rigorously prioritising workload.

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