Commercial and Technical Lead (Capital Investment Policy) Scottish Goverment
Full Time @Shaz Capital Ltd posted 2 months ago in Government ShortlistJob Detail
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Job ID 11582
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Career Level Others
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Gender Not Preferred
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Do you have a proven track record in providing commercial and technical advice on capital investments?
If so, the Scottish Government are seeking a Commercial and Technical Lead for Capital Investment Policy to support work to increase private investment in Scotland.
The Programme for Government includes a commitment to deliver a co-ordinated programme to attract investment in priority areas of net zero, housing, and infrastructure by implementing recommendations from the Investor Panel and aligning government and public bodies behind this approach. An early focus will be improving engagement with investors, strengthening our capacity and capability in delivery, and exploring new funding mechanisms such as blended finance and guarantees. This role will contribute to the Scottish Government’s three missions, specifically the mission of building a fair and green economy by attracting greater levels of global capital investment to Scotland, including Net Zero investment.
In this specialist technical and commercial role, you will influence and support this programme by providing advice to teams across government in support of policy development that impacts on investment, working with a range of public bodies to support delivery ambitions, and supporting a coordinated programme of work to increase private sector investment in Scotland. You will also support delivery of the commitment to development of a national project pipeline of investment opportunities of scale and impact and an online investment portal.
If you have a proven track record in investment or financing transformational, major projects then you could support growing Scotland’s economy as detailed in our Programme for Government 2024-25, where increasing private sector capital is recognised as a key enabler to achieving our ambitions.
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- You will act as a trusted, credible leader in the investment or finance industry, playing a key role in developing Scotland’s investment ecosystem.
- Work with public sector partners on propositions that could be suitable for attracting private finance, with a focus on capital infrastructure.
- Proposing creative and workable solutions, particularly around structuring finance options in a complex policy, regulatory and delivery environment.
- Building effective, trusted relationships within government, our key agencies, academics, wider public sector and industry.
- Providing expert, commercially astute advice to government on how to increase capital investment which supports successful implementation of economic strategies and plans.
- Proactively transferring relevant, specialist knowledge and skills within government.
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Experience:
Experience in project finance including an understanding of public economic development landscape, evidence of working with the public sector on commercially complex projects, and utilising skills including commercial structuring, use of financial instruments and mechanisms, inward investment and subsidy control.
Behaviours:
- Communicating and Influencing – Level 4
- Seeing the Big Picture – Level 4
- Making Effective Decisions – Level 4
- Changing and Improving – Level 4
You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours here.
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We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
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- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
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Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1500 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above. If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation.
Assessments are scheduled for w/c 27 January 2025, however, this may be subject to change.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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