Business Planning & Policy Manager
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- England,South East,West Sussex,Horsham
- full-time
- £45,346 - £53,348 per annum
Job Description:
A bit about us
Do you want to create a better world for animals? At the RSPCA, we believe all animals deserve kindness and respect. We work for the benefit of every animal - as well as pets, that includes farmed animals, wildlife, and animals used in science. Choose a career with us and make a difference for every kind.
We are looking for a new Business Planning and Policy Manager, who will work as part of the Strategy and Transformation department, reporting to the Head of Planning Performance and Risk.
Our Business Planning and Policy Manager will support planning across the business and will play a key role in the promotion and delivery of our strategy.
Working hours: 35 hours per week - Monday - Friday.
Hybrid role: Home working, with travel to the London and Horsham offices as required.
We role model our values and keep connected through regular check-ins and team meetings, your colleagues are always on hand to support or chat. It’s important to us that you feel part of our team from the get-go!
Are you ready to be part of our journey and make a difference?
What a day might look like for you
As Business Planning and Policy Manager, you will provide advice and guidance to help develop credible plans and implement our strategy.
You will work collaboratively across the organisation to understand our performance against the strategy through reporting and utilising data and insights.
We’ve added a short summary of what the role entails; for a full insight please refer to the attached job description but in a nutshell, you will:
*Support the Head of Performance, Planning and Risk with the preparation, submission and negotiation of all types of planning, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of plans.
*Work with the Project Management Office to support the development and identification of new business opportunities.
*Manage our policy framework and governance, with regular reviews of key organisational policies across the RSPCA.
*Manage the continued development of systems, processes and ways of working to enable effective planning and performance reporting.
*Plan and deliver internal communications activity to support the business to understand the business plan through quarterly corporate performance reporting.
*Ensure accurate and timely reporting, communications and effective engagement of key stakeholders.
*Develop and communicate the policy management framework, ensuring that essential guidelines and documentation is in place.
What makes a great Business Planning and Policy Manager?
Stakeholder management and relationship-building skills are essential to the success of this role, as is the ability to make a quick impact and to engage colleagues and ’bring them with you on the journey’.
You must also have proven experience of:
*Building and maintaining good working relationships across an organisation at all levels.
*Working collaboratively to implement cultural and behavioural changes within the organisation.
*Liaising with and managing stakeholders at various levels.
*Change management and stakeholder engagement.
*Dependency mapping to future-proof corporate planning anticipate potential roadblocks.
*Leading projects.
*Planning; with an ability to create and communicate plans at all levels, whilst facilitating an understanding and winning support for delivery.
*Working with a variety of IT software and hardware systems.
Along with a proven:
*Ability to find solutions and adapt your approach to arrive at a successful outcome.
*Ability to make clear, timely and considered decisions.
*Communication skills; including influencing, negotiating and relationship-building skills.
If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, along with an interest in animal welfare, we would love to receive your application.
Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK - We are unable to sponsor visas at RSPCA
Final note from us & good luck with your application!
Interviews will take place during the week commencing the 20th of January.
Due to high interest in some of our roles, we review applications as they are received. This can occasionally result in positions closing earlier than advertised. Therefore, we strongly recommend submitting applications early. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications after the posted closing date.
We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible
We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to achieving our core mission. For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.
Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact us.
Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect
Do you want to create a better world for animals? At the RSPCA, we believe all animals deserve kindness and respect. We work for the benefit of every animal - as well as pets, that includes farmed animals, wildlife, and animals used in science. Choose a career with us and make a difference for every kind.
We are looking for a new Business Planning and Policy Manager, who will work as part of the Strategy and Transformation department, reporting to the Head of Planning Performance and Risk.
Our Business Planning and Policy Manager will support planning across the business and will play a key role in the promotion and delivery of our strategy.
Working hours: 35 hours per week - Monday - Friday.
Hybrid role: Home working, with travel to the London and Horsham offices as required.
We role model our values and keep connected through regular check-ins and team meetings, your colleagues are always on hand to support or chat. It’s important to us that you feel part of our team from the get-go!
Are you ready to be part of our journey and make a difference?
What a day might look like for you
As Business Planning and Policy Manager, you will provide advice and guidance to help develop credible plans and implement our strategy.
You will work collaboratively across the organisation to understand our performance against the strategy through reporting and utilising data and insights.
We’ve added a short summary of what the role entails; for a full insight please refer to the attached job description but in a nutshell, you will:
*Support the Head of Performance, Planning and Risk with the preparation, submission and negotiation of all types of planning, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of plans.
*Work with the Project Management Office to support the development and identification of new business opportunities.
*Manage our policy framework and governance, with regular reviews of key organisational policies across the RSPCA.
*Manage the continued development of systems, processes and ways of working to enable effective planning and performance reporting.
*Plan and deliver internal communications activity to support the business to understand the business plan through quarterly corporate performance reporting.
*Ensure accurate and timely reporting, communications and effective engagement of key stakeholders.
*Develop and communicate the policy management framework, ensuring that essential guidelines and documentation is in place.
What makes a great Business Planning and Policy Manager?
Stakeholder management and relationship-building skills are essential to the success of this role, as is the ability to make a quick impact and to engage colleagues and ’bring them with you on the journey’.
You must also have proven experience of:
*Building and maintaining good working relationships across an organisation at all levels.
*Working collaboratively to implement cultural and behavioural changes within the organisation.
*Liaising with and managing stakeholders at various levels.
*Change management and stakeholder engagement.
*Dependency mapping to future-proof corporate planning anticipate potential roadblocks.
*Leading projects.
*Planning; with an ability to create and communicate plans at all levels, whilst facilitating an understanding and winning support for delivery.
*Working with a variety of IT software and hardware systems.
Along with a proven:
*Ability to find solutions and adapt your approach to arrive at a successful outcome.
*Ability to make clear, timely and considered decisions.
*Communication skills; including influencing, negotiating and relationship-building skills.
If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, along with an interest in animal welfare, we would love to receive your application.
Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK - We are unable to sponsor visas at RSPCA
Final note from us & good luck with your application!
Interviews will take place during the week commencing the 20th of January.
Due to high interest in some of our roles, we review applications as they are received. This can occasionally result in positions closing earlier than advertised. Therefore, we strongly recommend submitting applications early. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications after the posted closing date.
We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible
We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to achieving our core mission. For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.
Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact us.
Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect
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