Ofwat Senior Director, Business Improvement

Ofwat is the independent economic regulator of water companies and it wants people to have trust and confidence in water. It incentivises water companies to do what their customers want. But, it faces fundamental challenges with population growth, climate change and rising customer expectation. Ofwat has been delivering successful regulation since privatisation of the sector in 1989. But it doesn't stand still. It is continuing to evolve its approach to ensure that customers get the best deal. This means that its work is challenging, stimulating and fast-paced. Ofwat has spent time thinking about its people as well as its policies, with a programme-led, matrixed structure which means it can share and act on information quickly. The Senior Director, Business Improvement, will be someone with a real passion for Ofwat and its strategy. Ofwat has successfully completed a major transformation programme over the last three years; you will take it on the next stage of its journey. As Senior Director, Business Improvement you will help Ofwat to identify how its ways of working and its resourcing need to evolve further to help it continue to deliver its strategy and benefit water customers, and implement a future support service delivery model that is likely to include greater reliance on external suppliers and partnership working. As Senior Director, Business Improvement you will lead its Fit for the Future programme (commencing April 2017), helping Ofwat to identify how its ways of working and its resourcing need to evolve further to help it continue to deliver its strategy and benefit water customers. You will bring a first class understanding of what drives organisational effectiveness and efficiency. This will include issues in relation to Comprehensive Spending Review, financial controls, governance, reporting, recruitment, pay and reward, learning and development and HR more generally. You will have experience of organisational development and transformation through culture change. Experience of working in a public sector context is not essential but desirable. Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as employment agency advisor to Ofwat on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference QJUM. Alternatively email belinda.beck@saxbam.com or telephone 020 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by noon on 29 March 2017. This appointment is being overseen by the Civil Service Commission, which regulates recruitment to the Civil Service, providing assurance that appointments are on merit after fair and open competition.