79 - Deputy Director: Head of Strategy and Corporate Services

The Deputy Director: Head of Strategy and Corporate Services for the IMA is responsible for strategic planning, co-ordinating strategy, and continuous improvement across the IMA whilst also providing effective oversight of shared services and a range of corporate services within the IMA to enable the organisation to discharge its corporate responsibilities in accordance with recognised good corporate standards. These comprise of people, systems and processes.

The post reports to the Director of Governance and Corporate Services and plays a key leadership role to ensure that:

our strategy is developed and embedded across the IMA; and
the appropriate corporate infrastructure is in place and working to support the operation of the IMA.

The post holder will be supported by subject matter experts within the Corporate Services team. The Corporate Services team is responsible for:

High quality, transparent, timely planning and reporting arrangements, including to the Ministry of Justice as Sponsor Department for the IMA.
High standard commercial, people and Information and Technology support services for staff employed by the IMA.
Robust processing and data protection legal responsibilities.
Effective facilities and estate management including health and safety obligations.
Ensuring the effective delivery of the IMA's people strategy.
Effective commercial management and reporting arrangements.
Support of key change initiatives within the IMA as required.

The post-holder will be the lead contact and manager of a team which will manage and ensure effective Shared Services support arrangements between the IMA and MoJ. These arrangements will cover people, pay, data and ICT services.

Responsibilities

The post-holder will be responsible for:

Leading the development of the IMA's current and future strategies through effective facilitation, reporting structures and continuous improvement methodologies.
Supporting the delivery of change management to ensure effective end to end processes are in place to comply with governance and contractual requirements.
Reporting to and supporting the Director of Governance and Corporate Services on the development and implementation of organisation-wide corporate arrangements and structures.
Ensuring all aspects of knowledge and information management, including data protection are embedded across the IMA and aligned with organisational policies and procedures, including:
Developing and implementing a knowledge and information management (KIM) strategy.
Enabling the IT function within the IMA that supports service delivery, case management services and the KIM strategy, in conjunction with our sponsoring body the MoJ.
Managing third party Shared Services in ensuring fulfilment of contractual arrangements.
Enabling the development of the IMA's people strategy that ensures the ongoing availability of high quality, appropriately skilled staff to meet evolving business needs, including resource and succession planning, effective training arrangements for staff and ensuring relevant and ongoing continuous professional development support. This will include:
Ensuring the delivery of key people services (e.g. recruitment, performance management, learning and development, staff led wellbeing and inclusion initiatives, and the annual pay remit).

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Diben y swydd

Y Dirprwy Gyfarwyddwr: Pennaeth Strategaeth a Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol ar gyfer yr IMA sy'n gyfrifol am gynllunio strategol, cydlynu strategaethau a gwelliant parhaus ar draws yr IMA tra'n rhoi trosolwg effeithiol o gydwasanaethau ac ystod o wasanaethau corfforaethol o fewn yr IMA i alluogi'r sefydliad i gyflawni ei gyfrifoldebau corfforaethol yn unol â safonau corfforaethol da cydnabyddedig. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys pobl, systemau a phrosesau.

Mae'r swydd yn adrodd i'r Cyfarwyddwr Llywodraethu a Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol ac yn chwarae rôl arweinyddiaeth allweddol i sicrhau bod y strategaeth yn cael ei datblygu a'i gwreiddio ar draws yr IMA a bod y seilwaith corfforaethol priodol ar waith ac yn gweithio i gefnogi gweithrediad yr IMA. Bydd deiliad y swydd yn cael ei gefnogi gan arbenigwyr pwnc o fewn y tîm Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol.

Mae'r tîm Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol yn gyfrifol am y canlynol:

Trefniadau cynllunio ac adrodd o ansawdd uchel, tryloyw, a phrydlon, gan gynnwys i'r Weinyddiaeth Gyfiawnder fel Adran Nawdd yr IMA.
Gwasanaethau cymorth masnachol, pobl a Thechnoleg Gwybodaeth o safon uchel ar gyfer staff a gyflogir gan yr IMA.
Cyfrifoldebau cyfreithiol cadarn o ran prosesu a diogelu data.
Rheoli cyfleusterau ac ystadau yn effeithiol gan gynnwys rhwymedigaethau iechyd a diogelwch.
Sicrhau bod strategaeth pobl IMA yn cael ei chyflawni'n effeithiol.
Trefniadau rheoli ac adrodd masnachol effeithiol.
Cefnogi mentrau newid allweddol o fewn yr IMA yn ôl yr angen.