SYP - Programme & Business Analyst

Role: Programme & Business Analyst

Department: Information Services

Location:  Nunnery Square, Sheffield / Melton, Hull

Salary: Band E - £29,289 - £33,771

Hours: 37

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until April 2020

Details of role:

This post provides an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of IS Projects.  Working closely with IS staff and project team members, external suppliers and relevant IS Lead Officers to ensure that projects are implemented on time and within budget constraints, ensuring that system/application implementations  meet both forces business needs.

Role Purpose:

The post holder will work as part of a Team to analyse, plan and manage the implementation of Information Technology aspects across STP and HP in line with IS Strategies and business requirements. 

Key Responsibilities:

• The post holder will assist the Team Leader in assessing the impact of business change requests on both the current business processes and existing IT systems.
• The post holder will produce well-structured high quality project documentation to Prince II standards, providing briefing paperwork and other reports for the respective Project Boards, senior management and other parties as appropriate.
• Project documentation containing a technical element to be written and presented in such a way as to make the information understandable to the target audience, enabling them to make informed decisions based on that information.
• The post holder will effectively manage the IS resourcing, technical planning, procurement and implementation of IT aspects of force development projects from initial conception and planning to implementation and subsequent monitoring.
• Ensures that agreed quality standards, budgets and timescales are adhered to and best practice project management principles and techniques are adopted throughout the project lifecycle.
• The post holder will undertake post Project Implementation Reviews in conjunction with both the user and technical staff to assess if the anticipated business benefits are being realised.
• The post holder will also be expected to contribute in the decision making process and make recommendations to the IS Management Team.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Richard Hutton on 0114 2196785.

Skills and experience

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

Further information:

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.

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Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive polices 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 has been identified for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance and 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:

Sunday, 31st March 2019 

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