Business Manager to Director of Capability and People Services
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Salary: £59,207 to £66,192 a year
Hours: Full-time
Location: Glasgow
Job type: Permanent
Posting date: 5 Nov 2026
Closing date: 10 Nov 2026
The role sits at the heart of GCF Capability and People Services, providing strategic and operational support to the Director and acting as a key bridge between senior leadership and the wider function. It manages and resolves complex issues across a stakeholder network of around 6,000 colleagues, including the Government Commercial Organisation, while protecting Director bandwidth and driving delivery of strategic, operational and people priorities.
- Provide strategic and operational support to the Director of Capability and People Services, managing workflow, triaging competing priorities and protecting Director capacity for the highest-value activity.
- Act as a key operational problem-solver across the directorate, coordinating responses to complex resourcing, HR, pay, data protection and organisational issues and providing assurance on resolution.
- Lead and coordinate day-to-day Business Management Team operations and directly line manage, coach and develop the Business Support Officer.
- Own and coordinate senior governance and information flow, including SLT/LT agendas, town halls, central commissions and quality assurance of high‑level outputs.
- Draft, refine and quality‑assure submissions and briefings for the Government Chief Commercial Officer, Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Chief Commercial Officers and Commercial Directors.
- Coordinate workforce planning and headcount reporting, and guide leadership through resourcing approvals.
- Lead delivery of the Capability Employee Experience Strategy and associated working group, using data and stakeholder insight to drive improvements in organisational culture.
- Support delivery of the People strand of the GCF Commercial Strategy 2026‑29 and the development and implementation of the GCF People Plan.
- Support the Director’s wider corporate responsibilities, including Cabinet Office Race Champion and Head of Place South West activity.
- Support organisational transformation and the Capability directorate’s integration into the Government Commercial Agency.
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