Head of Business Development – C2

Job Description

This opportunity is only open to applicants who are currently ‘Priority Movers’. Applications from individuals not currently on the Priority Mover list will be rejected and not considered.

Are you interested in having a leading role in Revenue Scotland’s strategic growth agenda, driving business development opportunities, strengthening partnerships across Scotland’s tax landscape, and shaping corporate strategy to deliver ambitious organisational outcomes?

Reporting to the Head of Strategy and Transformation, the Head of Business Development is an exciting role with responsibility for identifying and delivering opportunities to enhance connections across Scotland’s taxes and in parallel, for developing the organisation’s corporate strategies. This role supports each of Revenue Scotland’s four strategic outcomes set out in our Corporate Plan, with a particular focus on Working with Others and Expanding Horizons.

The Business Development area will involve identifying new areas of work and creating new partnerships with new and existing strategic partners to take them forward. The post holder will support the design of a tax system in Scotland that aligns to the Scottish Approach to Taxation principles and to the ambitions of the Public Service Reform Strategy.

You will shape and deliver Revenue Scotland’s strategy as set out in our Corporate Plan, which defines our core priorities. The priorities for the next few years include the introduction of two new devolved taxes, the replacement and enhancement of certain digital systems and technical architecture, engagement on policy, legislation and tax matters and enhancing the skills of staff as an employer of choice. The post-holder will also be responsible for aligning business planning, annual reporting, and performance reporting with the strategic objectives of the Corporate Plan to ensure a coherent narrative in the reporting of the organisation’s accountability to Parliament.