SYP - Project Manager

Role: Project Manager

Department: Violence Reduction Unit

Location: Shepcote Lane Police Station, Sheffield

Salary: Band E - £30, 024 - £34, 617

Hours: 37 Hours per Week

Contract Type: Temporary – 12 Months

Role Purpose:

The South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit are recruiting for an experienced project manager to join our busy team. The project manager will be responsible for managing multiple strands of work, ensuring that team members and partner organisations remain on track and are held to account. The duties of the successful post holder will include managing, coordinating, implementing and reporting on projects funded by VRU, ensuring that initiatives are delivered to time, cost, quality and that any risks and issues are effectively managed.

The post holder will also support the unit in the delivery of the area profile and response strategy.

The successful post holder will work county wide, and will be expected to develop constructive working relationships and communication links with partners across the system in South Yorkshire.

Skills and experience:

• Educated to Degree Level in an appropriate subject matter area or equivalent work experience.
• Knowledge and experience of project planning and methodologies - PRINCE2 practitioner
• Knowledge and experience of strategy and planning
• Experience in Business Analysis techniques and methodologies e.g. project plans, project status reports etc.
• Knowledge and experience of business models and continuous improvement models
• Knowledge and experience of stakeholder engagement and communication

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service ( accessible 24/7)

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 3 years / 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

All tattoos and piercings must be in line with South Yorkshire Police’s Appearance and Standards policy. Tattoos visible on your face, neck, hands or head are not permitted. Any tattoos which could be deemed inappropriate or cause offence will also not be accepted. If you have tattoos, you will need to make a declaration at the time of application.

Closing Date:

Thursday, 23rd January 2020 @ 23:55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made with the HR Manager, Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Rachel Staniforth on 0114 296 4222. Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Further Information:

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For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Diversity & Inclusion:

South Yorkshire Police welcome applications from under-represented communities. For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page:

https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/join-team-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

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Internal Secondments:

To apply for this post as a secondment you must have the support of your Line Manager. This should be sent via email to Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk. Please ensure that in the subject of the email contains the Job title and closing date of the role.

Without support, your application will not be considered any further.