Job Opportunity - Director of Corporate Services

19 May 2025

The Ulster-Scots Agency are looking for a highly motivated and innovative individual to join the team and lead our Corporate Services directorate.

About You

As Director of Corporate Services, you will be joining a highly passionate and dedicated team who will make you feel very welcome from day one, and will offer you the best support to enable you to achieve your full potential here. 

With a strong focus on continuous improvement of all our internal systems, processes, policies, and procedures, you will oversee all the support functions within the Agency, including Finance, HR, IT, and Admin Support.

You will develop a strong working relationship in particular with internal and external auditors, our sponsor departments, and co-ordinate preparation of our Corporate and Business Plans. 

As we are part of a North/South Implementation Body, you will also ensure appropriate compliance with the regulatory requirements of both jurisdictions.

You will perform a key role in supporting the Agency’s Chief Executive/ Accounting Officer and in providing professional advice to the Agency’s Board and Audit and Risk Committee. 

If you have experience in all the areas mentioned above and can satisfy the eligibility criteria below, you could be the perfect new addition to our team.

About Us 

Our vision here at the Ulster-Scots Agency is that Ulster-Scots should flourish as a rich, vibrant, and growing culture with a global legacy that is recognised at home and abroad. 

Our mission is to inspire, educate, and empower people to understand and enjoy their Ulster-Scots identity, to foster kinship with those beyond Ulster that share our identity, and to enhance friendship across Ulster with those whose primary identity is not Ulster-Scots; and all this while working to continuously improve our governance, financial performance and customer focus. 

At the Ulster-Scots Agency our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a valued colleague within our small team, you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture which has a strong focus on learning and development, having achieved and retained Investors in People status for a number of years. 

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions 
• Pension scheme
• Hybrid and Flexible working opportunities
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities 
• Support for health & mental wellbeing 
• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days upon completion of 5 years' service), plus 12 public holidays. 

To request an application pack and/or obtain further information about the role, please contact Paula Knowles at pknowles@ulsterscotsagency.org.uk or via telephone 028 9023 1113.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Monday 2nd June 2025.

For further information about our Agency and the work we do, please visit our website.

Requirements

To be eligible to apply you must:

• Be able to demonstrate the Right to Work in the UK (we do not offer sponsorship)
• Hold current membership of a relevant Accounting Body
• Hold a degree level qualification in a relevant discipline, eg. Accountancy or Business, plus two years’ minimum experience (gained within the last 5 years) working at, or reporting directly to, executive board level on matters relating to the management of financial affairs of the organisation.

OR

• Have five years’ minimum experience (gained within the last 8 years) working at, or reporting directly to, executive board level on matters relating to the management of financial affairs of the organisation.