Strategic Delivery & Transformation Manager | Leadership Team

Position

Job title: Strategic Delivery & Transformation Manager | Leadership Team

Responsible to: Chief Executive

Hours of work: 39 hours per week (Monday - Friday)

Salary: £45,966.00

Scale Point: 46

Contract: Permanent

Why this role exists

As the organisation enters this next phase, the scale and ambition of our Strategic Plan requires dedicated leadership capacity to focus on how strategy is delivered, embedded and sustained alongside, but distinct from, day‑to‑day operational delivery.

The Strategic Delivery & Transformation Manager role has been created to provide that capacity. It is a senior, cross‑cutting leadership role designed to strengthen how community services, income and engagement, and organisational insight work together to deliver long‑term impact.

Initially, the aim will be to allow new approaches, leadership models and ways of working to be established, tested and embedded.

A key element of this role is lead responsibility for planning and coordinating Aberdeen Cyrenians’ 60th anniversary in 2028. This will require early strategic planning (commencing at least 18 months in advance), the development of a clear and high-impact programme of activity, and proactive engagement with local and national media, elected representatives, funders and key stakeholders to maximise reach, profile and impact.

Purpose of the Role

Working closely with the CEO and the Head of People & Operations, the Strategic Delivery & Transformation Manager will provide senior leadership across services and organisational development, ensuring that Aberdeen Cyrenians’ strategy is translated into practice, learning and sustainable change.

The role combines line management responsibility with a strong focus on strategic delivery, transformation and organisational resilience. It is designed to move the organisation away from reactive, siloed working and towards clearer alignment, stronger leadership depth and more intentional planning for the future.

This is not a purely operational role. While it includes line management, its emphasis is on leadership, alignment, innovation and embedding change rather than routine service troubleshooting.

This matrix approach is a deliberate design choice, intended to:

• improve strategic alignment across delivery, income and insight;
• ensure learning from frontline practice informs organisational decision‑making; and
• strengthen collaboration across functions that are often siloed.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

The Strategic Delivery & Transformation Manager will:

• Lead and support delivery of the organisation’s 2025–2030 Strategic Plan, ensuring priorities are translated into clear action, sequencing and accountability.
• Provide line management and leadership support focusing on quality, consistency, learning and adaptation rather than day‑to‑day task management.
• Strengthen alignment between community services, income and engagement, and data‑led insight to support sustainability and informed decision‑making.
• Support the development, testing and embedding of new ways of working, including partnership models, cross‑team collaboration and preventative approaches.
• Work with teams to identify risks, opportunities and capacity gaps, supporting proactive planning rather than reactive responses.
• Strengthen leadership depth and resilience across the organisation, supporting succession planning and reducing reliance on a small number of individuals to hold strategic momentum.
• Capture learning from change and innovation activity and support its integration into business-as-usual practice.
• Along with the Head of People & Operations, provide clear insight, briefing and recommendations to the CEO and Board when required.

What this role is and is not

This role is:

• strategic, cross‑organisational and change‑focused;
• designed to influence and align, as well as manage;
• about strengthening how the organisation works, not just what it delivers.

This role is not:

• a replacement for existing operational management roles;
• a short‑term project post with no lasting legacy;
• a purely inward‑facing leadership role.

Skills, experience and approach

We are looking for someone who brings:

• Experience in a senior or strategic role within complex, values‑driven organisations (third sector, public sector, social enterprise or similar).
• Confidence working across operational, strategic and leadership boundaries.
• Experience of leading teams through change, improvement or transformation.
• Strong relationship‑building and influencing skills.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and helping shape work as it evolves.
• A commitment to learning, reflection and co‑production, including with people with lived experience.

We are particularly interested in mindset, leadership approach and ability to grow with the role.