{"id":17,"date":"2023-03-10T12:22:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T12:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mabuilder.uatserver.co.uk\/demo\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:30:18","slug":"the-candidate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/the-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/03\/bl-banner2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bl-banner2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"title\">\n\t<div class=\"title__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"title__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title__content\">\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t  The Candidate\t  <\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content\">\n\t<div class=\"content__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content__column\">\n\t\t  \t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Candidates will bring a combination of strategic leadership capability and operational depth, with the credibility to lead complex services in a high profile public facing environment.<\/li>\n<li>A strong track record of leading large scale operational services within complex organisations, with responsibility for multiple service lines and diverse teams<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrable experience of improving operational performance and service quality, with a clear focus on user experience, efficiency and measurable outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Experience of leading through workforce challenge, including engagement with trade unions, organisational change and cultural transformation<\/li>\n<li>The ability to operate credibly at senior level, providing clear advice and influencing decision making across executive and board level stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Strong understanding of service management, customer operations and delivery models, with the ability to apply best practice in a public or similarly complex environment<\/li>\n<li>Experience of working within, or alongside, capital programmes or major organisational transformation, ensuring operational requirements are effectively integrated<\/li>\n<li>Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, influence and build trust across a wide range of stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Sound judgement and political awareness, with the ability to navigate complex organisational dynamics and deliver progress in sensitive environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a more detailed candidate brief, please read <a href=\"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2026\/04\/Ops-Director-South-JP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/britishlibrary-ods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}