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For decades, children in residential care in Scotland were failed by those entrusted to look after them. Scotland is taking steps to face up to those failing by establishing a financial redress scheme for survivors of historical child abuse in care.

While nothing can ever make up for the suffering survivors have endured, financial redress can provide acknowledgement and recognition of the harm done. The national redress scheme will offer a non-adversarial alternative route to justice and access to support and apology.

To deliver this, the Scottish Government has supported the creation of a new ‘non-departmental public body’ entitled Redress Scotland. This body will assess and make decisions on applications from survivors (and in some cases next of kin) seeking redress. Redress Scotland will be entirely independent of the Scottish Government.

Organisation

Redress Scotland is primarily a decision-making body. It will not process applications, provide support to applicants or arrange payments. In order to make best use of public resources, all administrative aspects of the national scheme will instead be carried out by Scottish Government without impinging on the independence of Redress Scotland’s decision-making.

The Role

Redress Scotland is seeking to appoint a Head of Finance & Resources who will be a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT).

The Head of Finance & Resources is responsible for leading the financial management of the organisation and the functions of finance, ICT, buildings and contracts. The role will include leading and managing any employees within these functions. The Head of Finance and Resources will work with the Chief Executive to ensure high standards of financial management and reporting, including fulfilling the requirements of Redress Scotland as a public body.

The post holder will set and review budgets and regularly monitor and report on financial performance, including variations and risks. They will contribute to the total quality management framework, and ensure that identified improvements are implemented effectively. The post holder will prepare and set up contracts for services and, where agreed, manage relationships with service providers and contractors.

You will operate with high levels of personal integrity and be able to build new trusted relationships across organisational boundaries, helping to create a trauma-informed organisation that inspires the trust of the survivor community.

Main duties include:

• Provide professional accounting and financial advice, including developing appropriate financial policies and procedures and ensuring there are robust controls and checks in place for the management of the financial functions of Redress Scotland.
• Supporting value for money decision making and best value, ensuring business cases, expenditure and decision making is aligned with the requirements for public bodies and promoting best practice within the team.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships, continuously improving financial awareness across the organisation and embedding our values of compassion, dignity and respect in everything we do.
• Work closely with business areas to identify, analyse, quantify and mitigate financial risks and challenges, supporting the wider team, chief executive and board members to understand any impact on the finances of the organisation and mitigate identified risks.
• Lead and manage the delivery of high quality resources for Redress Scotland, ensuring excellent digital resources are in place and the buildings are managed well.
• Oversee the setting up and monitoring of contracts for products and services for the organisation.

Qualifications:

You must be a suitably experienced and qualified accountant (CCAB professional accountancy body or equivalent). You must have strong technical accountancy and financial management skills with the ability to develop expertise in accounting systems used by Scottish public bodies. You should have experience of leading or managing finance functions in an organisation.

For decades, children in residential care in Scotland were failed by those entrusted to look after them. Scotland is taking steps to face up to those failing by establishing a financial redress scheme for survivors of historical child abuse in care.

While nothing can ever make up for the suffering survivors have endured, financial redress can provide acknowledgement and recognition of the harm done. The national redress scheme will offer a non-adversarial alternative route to justice and access to support and apology.

To deliver this, the Scottish Government has supported the creation of a new ‘non-departmental public body’ entitled Redress Scotland. This body will assess and make decisions on applications from survivors (and in some cases next of kin) seeking redress. Redress Scotland will be entirely independent of the Scottish Government.

Organisation

Redress Scotland is primarily a decision-making body. It will not process applications, provide support to applicants or arrange payments. In order to make best use of public resources, all administrative aspects of the national scheme will instead be carried out by Scottish Government without impinging on the independence of Redress Scotland’s decision-making.

The Role

Redress Scotland is seeking to appoint a Head of People who will be a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT).

The Head of People is responsible for leading the people related functions of Redress Scotland. These include: internal communications; all aspects of human resources; learning, training and development; health and safety; and the wellbeing framework for employees and members.

The post holder will work with the Chief Executive on total quality management, applying the principles of a learning organisation and working to achieve continuous improvement across the organisation.

Redress Scotland is developing a holistic wellbeing framework, and the post holder will have responsibility for the design, development and delivery of this in practice.

The Head of People will actively contribute to the development of an organisational culture that is trauma informed, sensitive to the needs of survivors and how these can be met, and embeds flexible, agile and solution focussed approaches.

Main duties include:

• Represent our people functions with confidence, well- honed skills and approachability, developing constructive relationships with employees, board and panel members, Scottish Government colleagues and other relevant stakeholders.
• Responsible and accountable for the full range of human resources activities throughout the employee lifecycle including talent acquisition, onboarding, appraisal, performance management, employee relations and learning and development activities.
• Develop and implement strategies and contribute to organisational quality management and continuous improvement, that includes member and employee wellbeing, internal communications and health and safety.
• Create human resources policies, procedures and guidelines, embedding the organisational values of dignity, respect and compassion with an accompanying employee handbook.
• Contribute to the leadership and the work of the senior management team, championing a culture where everybody is treated with respect, compassion and dignity.
• Sourcing and management of external trainers and any relevant outsourced contracts, ensuring positive partnerships and high quality delivery.

Qualifications:

Suitably experienced and holding a recognised qualification in human resources or other relevant discipline. Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development or related professional body. Experience in leading and managing human resources in an organisation.

For decades, children in residential care in Scotland were failed by those entrusted to look after them. Scotland is taking steps to face up to those failing by establishing a financial redress scheme for survivors of historical child abuse in care.

While nothing can ever make up for the suffering survivors have endured, financial redress can provide acknowledgement and recognition of the harm done. The national redress scheme will offer a non-adversarial alternative route to justice and access to support and apology.

To deliver this, the Scottish Government has supported the creation of a new ‘non-departmental public body’ entitled Redress Scotland. This body will assess and make decisions on applications from survivors (and in some cases next of kin) seeking redress. Redress Scotland will be entirely independent of the Scottish Government.

Organisation

Redress Scotland is primarily a decision-making body. It will not process applications, provide support to applicants or arrange payments. In order to make best use of public resources, all administrative aspects of the national scheme will instead be carried out by Scottish Government without impinging on the independence of Redress Scotland’s decision-making.

The Role

Redress Scotland is seeking to appoint a Head of Operations who will be a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT).

The Head of Operations is responsible for leading the daily operation and oversight of the organisation. This will include coordinating the internal work across teams and supporting the effective decision-making of panel members in relation to applications for redress. Leadership and management of a team of administrators and specialists is a critical part of the role. The post holder will contribute to the development of quality assurance and improvement and implement a total quality management framework with the Chief Executive. The role includes responsibility for a number of the functions of Redress Scotland, specifically administration, records management and confidentiality and data protection. The Head of Operations will develop positive external relations, representing the public body to a high standard and building the trust and confidence of survivors.

The post holder will have or develop an in-depth knowledge of trauma and will be able to apply this to the operations of the organisation.

Main duties include:

• Work as a part of a senior management team, taking a flexible approach to the work and seeking and implementing solutions to challenges and problems, including deputising for the chief executive in their absence.
• Develop and implement organisational plans, services, policies, procedures and processes, identify and take action to mitigate risk, ensuring that our values of compassion, dignity and respect are embedded in everything we do.
• Driving Redress Scotland to increase the effectiveness of our services; identify and implement continuous improvement; contribute to the design and delivery of a quality improvement framework; analyse and interpret data; support the delivery of a wellbeing framework for employees and members; and contribute to the overall development of the organisation.
• Ensure that Redress Scotland embeds trauma informed approaches and practices, including supporting the engagement, participation and influencing work of survivors and people with lived experience.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of positive media narratives about the work of Redress Scotland, working with external advisors and the chief executive on communications with survivors and external stakeholders.
• Ensure that data is held and handled securely, that we have high standards of professionalism in relation to confidentiality, comply with GDPR and respond to FOI requests, working closely with the senior management team.

Qualifications:

You must be suitably experienced in operational management, with a minimum of ten years’ experience in an operations role and five years’ experience in a management or leadership capacity.

You should have a qualification and experience relevant to the work of Redress Scotland.