Head Chief of Staff

The Director Business Services has the following areas of responsibility:

• Sole Chief of Staff for the whole of DE&S supporting the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), including the CEO and the DE&S Board
• Supporting the ELT and DE&S Board to strategically lead the organisation by understanding the key challenges across the breadth of DE&S and MOD.
• Cohering and advising on ELT priorities across the organisation to ensure the senior leadership is operating as a strong team, focussed on providing strategic direction, driving organisational change and recognising and responding to the wider global and political context.
• Supporting the ELT to deliver the DE&S strategy and ensuring they operate in line with the management construct through provision of strategic agendas and coordinating and driving the ELT initiatives
• Setting performance metrics and behavioural goals for the ELT and supporting delivery
• Providing a critical link between DE&S and our broad range of Stakeholders using your strong communication and relationship management skills
• Provide leadership on DE&S Operating Model changes within own areas to ensure maximum benefit is achieved for the organisation as a whole.
• Embody servant leadership and provide direction and support to a wider executive support team of c20 people and beyond own area, championing equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
  
  Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion. Demonstratable visible leadership, with a proactive commitment to diversity and inclusion and demonstrable experience of creating and maintaining a psychologically safe and inclusive environment.
• Leading through Change. Demonstrable experience of proactively championing and leading change by seeking innovative new approaches, policies and systems that add value to the organisation
• Being accountable. Evidence of accepting and responding to challenges from stakeholders and colleagues in a constructive manner.
• Demonstrable experience of exceptional delivery in a senior leadership role within a large and highly complex organisation
• Evidence of deploying high levels of influence, especially with senior leaders, to achieve positive outcomes for the organisation.
• The ability to managing competing priorities, influencing decisions and challenging behaviours at senior levels.
Desirable criteria:
• Evidence of being agile trained and having lean six sigma knowledge
• Evidence of understanding organisational governance and strategy.
  
  £87,000 - £96,400 Civil Servants applying on promotion into the SCS will receive the higher of up to a 10% increase on current salary or the SCS pay band minimum, We are delighted that you are interested in these exciting, challenging but important roles within the Ministry of Defence. We have a compelling agenda to meet the needs of our armed forces now and into the future; DE&S plays a vital part in the security of the UK. We are an organisation of approximately 11,500 people in a wide variety of roles from project managers, operations managers & engineers to finance professionals, to our critical industrial workforce.
You will join at an exciting time for DE&S, just as we have launched our new Operating Model to better support Defence to protect our nation. These key roles, within Logistics, Services and Commodities are wide-ranging and complex, managing business units delivering logistics and Support enabling services across Defence. As one of the Diversity Champions within DE&S, we are looking for an individual who will act as a role model to actively encourage diversity of thought and reinforce positive behaviours. You will act with integrity, including the ability to uphold policy and process, and question leadership, both within DE&S, across Government and into each of the Armed Services. The successful individuals will be an inspiring and effective strategic leader, with excellent communication skills, capable and comfortable dealing with complexity and uncertainty. As well as willing to take responsibility and accountability, be focused on delivery and able to manage an innovative, dynamic and diverse team to drive performance. Key to your success will be your ability to engage effectively within DE&S and externally at all levels. DE&S is a fantastic organisation, and these roles are strategically and vitally important to the defence of our nation and its allies. We look forward to receiving your application.