Regulation Analyst

Regulation Analyst Glasgow, Scotland

Scottish Government
Full Time Glasgow, Scotland 26793 - 31664 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Overview:
Would you like to work for an organisation that really wants to make Scotland better?

If the answer is yes then we may have the opportunity for you.

We are currently seeking applications for a number of Regulation Analyst posts within the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR). In particular, we would welcome applications from individuals with experience of working on homelessness, stock quality and tenant and resident safety and data analysis.
The SHR is the independent regulator of social landlords in Scotland. It safeguards and promotes the interests of nearly 610,000 tenants, 118,000 homeless people, 40,000 families who may be homeless and seek help and 2,000 Gypsy/Travellers. It is a non-ministerial department which reports to the Scottish Parliament. Our office is based in Glasgow and our staff work flexibly from home, our office and meet regulated bodies in their offices.
In a recent Civil Service staff survey the SHR was rated highly for how people feel about working in their organisation.

Our staff are all Civil Servants and this is a permanent and pensionable appointment. New entrants will normally start on the minimum of the pay range. The posts are full-time but we will consider applications from candidates with other working patterns. Candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria below will be invited for interview.

As a Regulation Analyst you will be able to contribute to a wide range of work with social landlords including assessing risk, obtaining assurance and shaping proportionate regulatory engagement strategies with landlords to ensure they can deliver improvements in governance, financial management and performance.

You will work alongside a Regulation Manager to oversee our regulatory engagement with a portfolio of social landlords. You will also have the opportunity to work with colleagues across the regulator to contribute to the development of regulatory policy and guidance, thematic studies and our work on tenant engagement.
Responsibilities:
  • contribute effectively to the delivery and co-ordination of any regulatory engagement activity set out in our engagement plans; identify risks and, where risks arise, manage them effectively and proportionately to ensure that landlords improve their performance and so protect stakeholders from the effects of business failures.
  • contribute effectively to the risk assessments or annual assessment of social landlords’ including an assessment of their governance and how they perform against the Scottish Social Housing Charter, SHR’s Regulatory Framework, legislative requirements, guidance and good practice.
  • contribute to the identification of, recommendations for and delivery of inquiries or other regulatory activity of social landlords who are failing their tenants and so need to improve their performance. This can include setting and monitoring performance improvement targets for social landlords or agreed regulatory engagement.
  • contribute to planning, co-ordinating and carrying out any inquiry activities and/or thematic studies or thematic regulatory activity, and producing reports detailing the outcomes of such activities.
  • establish (where necessary) and manage key relationships, taking responsibility for liaising with relevant internal and external stakeholders for organisations where you are involved in delivering regulatory activity.
  • contribute to recommendations for and help deliver agreed regulatory activity resulting from the joint scrutiny arrangements for local authorities, including joint working with other regulators.
  • lead on and contribute to projects and assignments to support delivery of our corporate objectives.

Competencies

Self-Awareness
People Management
Communications and Engagement
Improving Performance
Analysis and Use of Evidence
Financial Management
Essential Criteria & Qualifications:
There are no specific qualifications required for this role.

Essential Criteria

1. High level of relevant specialist knowledge of social housing, professional competence and/or experience of working in a regulatory environment.
2. Effective relationship management with a track record of working with internal and external colleagues/stakeholders at a senior level.
3. Excellent written and oral communication skills together with the ability to present complex business related information confidently.
4. High level of analytical skills with a track record of being able to interrogate analytical and management information to identify patterns and draw out key themes and findings to support decisions, risk assessment or policy development.

Provisional Sift and Interview dates

To be confirmed

Additional Information

Feedback will only be provided if you attend interview or Assessment.

Interviews for the posts will be held in person. For further information on these vacancies please download and review the “Person Specification and Further Information for Job Applicants” which you will find below:

Person Specification Band B

To apply, you must fully complete and submit an online application via this website before the closing date using evidence based examples to demonstrate your knowledge/skills (300 words maximum per example). Remember, your answers should be clear, concise and reflect what actions you undertook. You may want to use the STAR(R) approach to respond to each criterion.
A reserve list will be held for 12 months.

To learn more about these opportunities, please contact Kelda McMichael or Craig Heron at the Scottish Housing Regulator who can be reached at:
[email protected] or 0141 242 5575
[email protected] or 0141 242 5421.

The Scottish Government is a diverse and inclusive workplace and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via
[email protected]

As part of any recruitment process, Scottish Government and associated public bodies collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants and applicants for public appointments.

Personal information you provide in the recruitment process will be made available to Scottish Government and our additional data processors.

Regulation Analyst
Scottish Government

www.gov.scot
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Nicola Sturgeon
$25 to $50 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
1885
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