Job Description

Job Purpose:To lead the Group’s Corporate Services activities (covering Premises, Procurement, Facilities Management and Security) and to be fully accountable for the performance of the teams in each Unit or Branch responsible for the provision of these services, ensuring that over time a standard way of working is adopted under the leadership of the job holder.Be responsible for developing the Group’s capability in the Corporate Services arena, challenging and improving all aspects of cost, controls and performance in this key area of the business at local Unit and Group level. The job holder must be able to identify and implement more productive and cost-effective ways of working in each Unit, ultimately bringing about a standard way of working across the Group in order to mitigate risk. As a member of the COO leadership team, the job holder is expected to fully contribute to the successful execution of business objectives.