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Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Transformation
Location – Lochside House, 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh Park EH12 9DT + Hybrid
Salary - £77,591.51 + £4,610.64 Car Allowance
Hours – 37
Ark is a major provider of Care and Support to people with long term and enduring conditions such as learning disability, mental health issues, dementia and autism. As a housing association we are one of the smaller providers in Scotland. Ark currently employ’s circa 750 staff and we work in thirteen local authorities areas across Scotland.
Our aim is to ensure that those who use our services get the very best out of Ark to enable them to live a good life and to provide the best quality of housing to our tenants, some of whom we provide support to.
An exciting opportunity has arisen as we seek to recruit a Director of Workforce Strategy & Business Transformation, based in Ark’s Edinburgh Office and working from home. The role of Director of Workforce Strategy & Business Transformation reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer.
The post holder will work with the Executive Team to drive Ark towards realising the aspirations of its vision and mission and ensure that the values of the organisation are explicit within and resonate throughout all behaviours and activities.
As a member of the Executive Team your primary role is to provide strategic leadership that delivers good governance for Ark Group and our subsidiary companies, (Ark Services Ltd and Ark Commercial Investments Ltd), and to put in place risk managed strategic plans that will ensure the continued development of the organisation within operating models that are both viable and sustainable over the longer term.
The Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Transformation will have responsibility for creating and leading Ark’s workforce strategy, with the aim of transforming and shaping Ark’s future workforce to support delivery of Ark’s strategies. Key to the success of this role, will be the delivery of sustainable and future focused people resources, that enables Ark to deliver our strategic priorities within financially sustainable frameworks.
The Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Transformation will also lead Ark’s approaches to business performance and ensure effective implementation of frameworks that provides performance reports on the delivery of strategies, strategic objectives and operational performance across the organisation. The Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Transformation will ensure that the Executive Team and Board of Management can use data and reports to make decisions that drives drive continuous improvement across the organisation.
As a member of the Executive Team the post holder will have the responsibility for ensuring that Ark provides services and developments of the highest standard, that are safe, compliant and which are cost effective and responsive to the needs of the people we support and tenants. You are responsible for the proper safeguarding of public money as it is used in the pursuance of the organisation’s aims.
This is an exciting, yet challenging time to join Ark. We are an ambitious organisation that seeks to develop a future for our customers and people we employ, so that Ark can have a positive impact on their lives. These ambitions are against a backdrop of significant challenge within the sectors Ark operates and this post will be key to leading the level of transformation Ark requires to overcome the challenges we face.
If you’d like to discuss the opportunity and find out more about the role, please contact Lindsay Fallon via email lindsay.fallon@arkha.org.uk to arrange a time to speak to Bobby Duffy, Chief Executive Officer.
For the online application form and Job Outline for the Director of Workforce Strategy and Business Transformation please visit our website www.arkha.org.uk/work-with-us.
To apply, click here.
CVs will not be considered.
Closing Date: Tuesday 4th March 2025 at 17.00.
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