About this role
This is an Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunity, available on a lateral move basis only. Applications are open to Core Scottish Government employees only.
Job Title: SSI and UK Legislation Team Leader
Business Area/Directorate: SSI and UK Legislation Team, Parliament and Legislation Unit.
Location: St Andrews House, Edinburgh
Grade: C1
Advert Type: Level Transfer
Duration: 12 month maternity leave cover
Eligibility: Expressions of interest are invited from substantive colleagues on level transfer from core SG only.
Sponsorship: Skilled Worker sponsorship is not available for this role. As a result, we are unable to appoint candidates who require Skilled Worker sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must have an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK.
Overview
This C1 12 month maternity cover post offers the chance to work at the heart of government, responsible for the development and delivery of a range of corporate legislative programmes. The post holder will have the opportunity to develop their leadership, management, briefing, continuous improvement, programme management and political acuity skills.
The post-holder post will be responsible for supporting management of the Scottish Government’s programme of SSI, LCMs and Scotland Act Orders, and will work with colleagues in Cabinet Secretariat to deliver the business of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Legislation. The SSI and UK Legislation Team sits within Parliament and Legislation Unit and provides advice to officials across Government about the development and delivery of legislation, and supports the Minister for Parliamentary Business in discharging his responsibilities for delivering Government business in parliament. This is a challenging, fast-paced and high profile post with regular exposure to senior managers and Ministers. A key feature of this post is the need to be able to demonstrate pace and precision and a high level of political acuity in dealing with day to day parliamentary handling issues whilst also being able to plan strategically across the parliamentary session.
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