Head of Corporate Services

Salary: National – circa £100,000, London – Circa £120,000

Are you looking for your next challenge and have extensive experience within corporate services?

Then look no further we have just the role for you!

We are looking for a Head of Corporate Services to join our team!

A bit about the job:

As the Head of Corporate Services in Aviva your primary responsibilities include ensuring contractual compliance, managing budgets, and maintaining the service level across the UK and Ireland. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, providing them with clear direction on services, (Hard & Soft FM services, Catering, Front of House reception / Concierge team, and others). Your role involves leading all aspects of financial resources, managing internal controls, managing third parties and service partners, and ensuring a high-quality professional service to our colleagues. Your ability to lead change, manage performance, and foster a dynamic approach to Corporate Services will be crucial in ensuring the efficiency, and overall functionality. You will form part of the wider CS&R Leadership team and will deputise for the function Director as required.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Driving and leading Corporate Services Teams and directing its resources to deliver business objectives
• Excellent leadership skills: direct management of team (c.5) and matrix management of a much larger group of Corporate Services Specialists and external suppliers
• Creative problem solving; bring expertise in customer-centric design and agile methodologies, so we can find novel solutions to problems and deliver both value and results at pace
• Experience of crafting an Operations strategy that matches forecast demand in a complex environment, across multiple business units and functions, satisfying all colleague needs whilst managing value and risk
• Flawless collaborator (stakeholder) management: ability to skilfully communicate plans to audiences of varying degrees of seniority and technical knowledge, and gain agreement on what must be done now vs what can be improved later

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• National salary circa £100,000, London salary circa £120,000, depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications,
• Bonus opportunity - 25% of annual salary actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Guv Johal a call on 0750 008 7919 or send an email to Guv.Johal@aviva.com.