SYP - Tech Project Manager - March 2023

Role: Tech Project Manager                       

Department: Business Change and Innovation – Tech Enabled Change Team

Location: Carbrook – Force HQ, Sheffield             

Salary: £32,409 – £37,074                            

Hours:   37 Hours Per Week        

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Purpose:

South Yorkshire Police’s Business Change and Innovation Department provides both strategic and operational support to the force, to deliver successful and lasting change.

In this role, you will work collaboratively as part of a team, which brings together their different specialisms to design, develop, implement, and evaluate a range of change projects and programmes, ultimately supporting the Force to achieve excellence in service delivery.

As Project Manager you will be a key player on the team. You will lead the planning, monitoring and execution of our change projects. You will ensure stakeholders are fully engaged and involved in the entire change journey and keep the project team motivated and on track.

Providing support to different departments and services in the Force as the Department does, means you can expect to enjoy a real variety in your work and the opportunity to work with staff and officers from the across the organisation, as well as our partners.

To find out more about the role of the Benefits Realisation Officer and what it’s like to work in South Yorkshire Police’s Business Change and Innovation Department, you can watch this short video:

https://youtu.be/Cxv06-6eZto

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and be involved with projects. Direct, research, analyse and produce reports formulating appropriate recommendations and action plans within agreed parameters.
• Identify opportunities for effectiveness and smarter ways of working for the force.
• Produce well-structured high quality project documentation to Prince 2 standards.
• Provide briefing papers and other reports for the respective Project Boards, Senior Management and key stakeholders.
• Produce project documentation in such a way as to make the information understandable to the o Is Resources rix manages IS itarget audience, enabling them to make informed decisions based on that information.
• Effectively manage resources, technical planning, procurement, and implementation of force development projects. From initial conception and planning to implementation and subsequent monitoring.
• Ensure that agreed quality standards, budgets and timescales are adhered to, and best practice project management principles and techniques are adopted throughout the project lifecycle.
• Critically evaluate and adapt service delivery to meet the changing needs of customers ensuring effective liaison and establish open communication channels.
• Liaise with other practitioners and specialist functions in developing innovative, timely and cost-effective best practice solutions that can be implemented across the force.
• Participate in the decision-making process and make recommendations on a range of issues on a regular basis, to the Management Team.
• Provide advice and guidance to support groups and staff
• Work with specialist teams/suppliers where appropriate across multiple sites, holding regular team meetings and monitoring performance.
• Act as a technical expert on specialised and related projects, ensuring they meet the relevant national guidelines and strategies.
• May be required to work outside normal working hours and travel around and outside of the force area.
• Performs such other duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.

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.
• Knowledge of Business Analysis techniques and methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience of business models and continuous improvement models.
• Knowledge and experience of stakeholder engagement and communication.

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

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 hybrid working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

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 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:

SYP is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.  

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:

Please find attached information sheet on South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values. The force has a particular focus on three areas, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

Closing Date:

Friday 14th April 2023 at 23:55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Oliver Murphy on Oliver.Murphy@southyorkshire.police.uk. 

Diversity & Inclusion:

Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It’s really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills.  We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role.  We strongly encourage and welcome expressions of interest from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required.  These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.

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