Strategic Leadership |
Leading Delivery |
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| Leading Change | Strategic Thinking | People Management | Communications and Marketing | Project and Programme Management | Analysis and Use of Evidence | Financial Management |
| Focus on strategic outcomes, taking responsibility for delivering tangible public value | Understand strategic vision of the Scottish Government and its priorities, and influence the strategic agenda | Communicate agreed and measurable objectives, developing the team capability in line with the business plan and vision | Use communication and marketing to put the citizen at the heart of policy development and operations | Take responsibility for the definition and delivery of programme benefits through cost effective measurement processes | Predict and secure appropriate evidence as a basis for decisions, including testing for deliverability and evaluation | Influences the organisation's business model and is adept at communicating it to internal and external audiences |
| Build relationships with Ministers and be aware of the wider political environment | Can translate overall strategy into effective delivery and can commission strategic work | Give useful feedback on performance of staff and new leaders, using coaching and mentoring to develop performance | Use communication channels and cross- departmental customer information to target consumer/citizen needs | Can oversee the development and delivery of a viable business case | Link evidence with specific outputs to challenge decision-making, and identifies ways to improve its quality & use | Plan, agree and monitor the delivery of targets. Identify and implement ways to improve resource and assets efficiency |
| Work across boundaries, engaging realistically with all stakeholders as an effective partner | Understand the decision-making processes which affect policy changes | Engage with staff, build confidence, create effective teams that make people feel valued and empowered | Align policy and delivery with clear communications objectives and measurement criteria | Anticipate, manage and monitor programme/project risks using market knowledge and networks | Use of a variety of tools in collecting and analysing evidence, balancing concerns of users and suppliers | Interpret a wide range of appropriate financial information to make management decisions |
| Manage change and conflict, involving others in decisions, managing innovation, risk and resources | Identify key analysis and evidence needs, including analysis of delivery, challenging implicit assumptions | Manage continuous improvement, encourage the use of new skills gained from learning and development | Understand the wider ministerial and communications agenda across Department and Government | Ensure effective communications with stakeholders | Ensure deployment of evidence is consistent with wider government requirements | Competent when evaluating investment appraisals for decision-making |
| Be committed to and communicate clarity of purpose supporting Business Plans and Values | Work in partnership with internal and external strategy experts to achieve the Scottish Government's goals | Work with HR experts to achieve the Scottish Government's goals and promote equality and diversity | Work with communications and marketing experts to achieve the Scottish Government's goals | Commission and contribute to OGC Gateway Reviews | Work in partnership witha wide range of analytical experts to achieve organisation's goals | Assure the Board on the highest standards of internal controls and public sector governance |
| Self aware and realistic with staff; committed to learning and development | Work in partnership with PPM experts to achieve goals | Work in partnership with finance experts to achieve goals | ||||
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