Chief of Staff to the CEO and Chair
12 month fixed term (maternity cover)
Bristol or London
£75,712 - £82,951
Plus additional London weighting allowance of £3,566 if applicable and a generous Civil Service defined benefit pension
About us:
The OfS is the statutory regulator for higher education in England. Its aim is to ensure that every student, whatever their background, has a fulfilling experience of higher education that enriches their lives and careers. It does so by regulating the higher education providers on its register to make sure they are delivering high quality courses and positive outcomes for their students; where they are not, it takes action.
The higher education sector in England is complex and diverse and the OfS’s approach to regulation recognises this. Our current strategy signals a shift from an organisation in a start-up phase to an established regulator that understands its regulatory tools and how best to use them to shape incentives across the sector it regulates.
About the role:
This post is a senior member of OfS staff, providing leadership and coordination across the organisation on behalf of the chief executive. The postholder must be highly credible within the OfS and with external stakeholders.
We are looking for an exceptional chief of staff to drive the chief executive’s agenda within and beyond the organisation. In order to do this, the chief of staff will need to build and maintain strong and lasting relationships with OfS staff, officials in the Department for Education and across the higher education sector. As part of driving the chief executive’s agenda, this role is responsible for coordinating and driving the activity and culture of the OfS’s executive team.
The chief of staff will also need to be able to support the chief executive’s work by providing high quality, well-reasoned advice and briefings and following-up quickly and appropriately across the full range of issues, at pace. The chief of staff will also provide direct support to the OfS chair, offering advice and briefing and overseeing their administrative support. The chief of staff will also deliver outstanding leadership and management of the wider team.
Above all, the postholder must establish a high trust relationship with the chief executive – able to represent them at all levels and make sure their priorities are delivered.
Key responsibilities include:
Who we are looking for:
Working for us:
The OfS regulates the higher education sector on behalf of all students. We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work. We strive to embed equality of opportunity into everything we do.
We recruit based on fair and open competition and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
Flexibility is important to the OfS, as we recognise that flexibility can enable people to work more effectively. A set of organisation-wide principles shape our approach to flexible and hybrid working, which our teams then use as guidance on how they deliver their business goals. This role requires a significant amount of in-person working, according to the chief executive’s schedule.
Closing date for application: 23:55 on Sunday 6 October 2024
Note: we are open to queries regarding secondment or loan for this fixed term position. For more information, please contact: recruitmentteam@officeforstudents.org.uk