Chief Executive Officer – Infected Blood Compensation Authority Full Time

In recognition of the hurt caused by the infected blood scandal and highlighted by the Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI), the government has accepted the moral case for a compensation scheme to pay compensation to those infected and affected.

The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) will ensure payment is made in recognition of the wrongs experienced by those who have been infected by HIV, Hepatitis B or C, as well as those who love and care for them. They have been frustrated and distressed by the delays in achieving proper recognition, and we must help put this right.

Please note this is not a Cabinet Office Role.

IBCA employees will be public servants. If successful in this role you will be appointed directly into IBCA, on IBCA terms and conditions as a public servant.

For more information please see the attached candidate pack.

Job description

The Chief Executive leads the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA), an Arm’s-Length Body (ALB) established to assess and pay compensation and ongoing support payments to the victims of the infected blood scandal.

This role entails providing inspirational leadership to a large, multi-disciplinary workforce, acting as the Accounting Officer for £11.8 billion of compensation spend, and ensuring the successful and timely delivery of the scheme with accountability to the public and Parliament.

The post-holder is responsible for the rapid development, effective operation, and eventual timely closure of the authority, navigating significant organisational tensions such as balancing speed of payment with resource stewardship, sensitive treatment of victims with fraud minimisation, and ensuring both quality of employees and optimal cost-effective closure.

Context and Current Issues

IBCA operates within a uniquely challenging and highly sensitive environment. Established in response to the Infected Blood Inquiry, the Authority is tasked with building and running a compensation scheme that is equitable, legal, value for money, and resistant to fraud, under immense public scrutiny.

The role demands unprecedented speed in the full establishment of an ALB while simultaneously delivering compensation payments. This requires navigating continuous challenge and scrutiny from a highly engaged community and responding to Ministerial expectations for faster compensation payments.

For more information on the role’s please see the attached candidate pack.

Person specification

It is important in your CV and supporting statement, you provide evidence of the professional skills, breadth of experience and personal qualities for this post.

Essentail Criteria:

• Demonstrable experience in providing inspirational leadership to large, multi-disciplinary workforces, ideally within a high-profile and scrutinised environment.
• Proven ability to rapidly establish a new organisation or significant program, including the ability to consider and implement a strategic target operating model, developing digital services and operational policy, and managing high-value, high-volume case management.
• Extensive experience in financial stewardship and accountability for significant public funds.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiating skills, capable of building trust and relationships with diverse stakeholders, including politicians, media, and vulnerable communities, often from a position of historical distrust.
• A strong track record of recruiting, retaining, and developing a skilled workforce, coupled with the ability to manage employee engagement in demanding and sensitive environments.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £145,000, Cabinet Office contributes £42,006 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process, via the link at the top of this page. This should be completed no later than 23:55 on 22 September 2025. If you have any technical issues with submitting your application please contact:

Devon.Coates-Leaning@gatenbysanderson.com

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
• A Statement of Suitability (no longer than 1500 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification. Please click here for further information: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/how-to-write-your-ps/.
• A conflict of interest form (provided upon application)
• A diversity and monitoring form (provided upon application)

Failure to complete all sections of the online application form (CV and Statement of Suitability) will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.

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