{"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":"2025-10-31T13:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:27:20","slug":"the-person","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gla-dfco\/the-person\/","title":{"rendered":"The Person"},"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\/gla-dfco\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2025\/10\/gla-banner1.jpg\" alt=\"GLA Banner 1\" title=\"GLA Banner 1\" \/>\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 Person\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<h2>Essential<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A CCAB qualified accountant (which includes ACCA and CIPFA).<\/li>\n<li>An in depth understanding and experience of financial management and budget formulation (which should include capital budgets).<\/li>\n<li>Excellent record of achievement operating at senior executive level within a relevant or comparable role and demonstrable understanding of the scrutiny and visibility of leading a high-profile organisation.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrable experience of working effectively at the public\/private interface, including managing relationships across political and partner organisation boundaries.<\/li>\n<li>Able to seamlessly oscillate between strategic and operational matters.<\/li>\n<li>A high level of credibility and business acumen to engender trust and confidence and to successfully influence a complex and diverse stakeholder mix.<\/li>\n<li>Proven ability to work in a complex and political environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Highly Desirable<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of organisational leadership across wider functions or programmes than just finance (for example, managing wider corporate operations).<\/li>\n<li>Experience of commercial structuring in complex regeneration or development projects.<\/li>\n<li>Support and advise the CEO and OSDC Board in decision making.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Behavioural Competencies<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Responsible use of resources <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2026 is taking personal responsibility for using and managing resources effectively, efficiently and sustainably.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explores different options for funding and income generation<\/li>\n<li>Sets budgets, understanding current costs and challenging teams to deliver greater efficiency<\/li>\n<li>Monitors resource allocation across the organisation, ensuring OSDC works within budget and resources<\/li>\n<li>Ensures OSDC procures and uses resources fairly and responsibly and with regard for environmental efficiencies<\/li>\n<li>Leads initiatives to identify and deliver efficiencies across the GLA Group and through partnership working<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Strategic thinking <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;is using an understanding of the bigger picture to uncover potential challenges and opportunities for the long term and turning those into a compelling vision for action<\/p>\n<p><u>Level 4 indicators of effective performance<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develops a positive and compelling vision of London\u2019s future potential, demonstrating confidence in the strategic direction of OSDC<\/li>\n<li>Translates an understanding of the complex and diverse threats and issues facing London into positive action<\/li>\n<li>Proactively involves partners in strategic thinking, incorporating their views into plans and working with them to align strategic priorities<\/li>\n<li>Sets organisational priorities by identifying where time and investment is needed most<\/li>\n<li>Generates and leads strategic initiatives that reflect OSDC\u2019s position as a regional authority<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decision making <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;is forming sound, evidence-based judgements, making choices, assessing risks to delivery, and taking accountability for results<\/p>\n<p><u>Level 4 indicators of effective performance<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makes difficult decisions for the long-term benefit of the organisation<\/li>\n<li>Presents and instils confidence in strategic decision-making<\/li>\n<li>Consults stakeholders early in critical organisation-wide decisions<\/li>\n<li>Stands by the decisions and actions of OSDC<\/li>\n<li>Accepts and promotes accountability for OSDC\u2019s decision-making<\/li>\n<li>Ensures the organisation balances effective risk management with the need for timely actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Responding to pressure and change <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;is being flexible and adapting positively, to sustain performance when the situation changes, workload increases, tensions rise or priorities shift.<\/p>\n<p><u>Level 4 indicators of effective performance<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrates resilience in the face of challenge from staff, media and partner organisations<\/li>\n<li>Promotes OSDC as a flexible organisation, responding to the changing needs of Londoners<\/li>\n<li>Shows positivity in the face of external pressure, minimising negative impact<\/li>\n<li>Drives a culture of continuous improvement<\/li>\n<li>Sets the direction for organisational development and ensures effective communication of change initiatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This job is \u2018politically restricted\u2019 under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.<\/strong><\/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\/gla-dfco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gla-dfco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gla-dfco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gla-dfco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gla-dfco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gla-dfco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gla-dfco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gla-dfco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}