SYP - Project Manager Business Analyst x3

Role: Project Manager Business Analyst x3

Department: Business Change & Innovation

Location: Carbrook – Force HQ, Sheffield

Term: Permanent x2 & Fixed Term Contract / Secondment – Ending March 2020 x1

Band: Band E

Salary: £28, 713 - £33, 108

Hours per week: 37 Hours per Week

See attachments for Summary of Main Duties & Person Specification

Working within the department of Business Change and Innovation and reporting to the Senior Project Manager.  The post holder will be responsible for, planning and managing the implementation of change across South Yorkshire Police in line with the force key strategies and business requirements. From start up through production of a business case into implementation and to closure.

You will deliver a range of customer focused services on behalf of the force ensuring performance and quality standards are achieved in accordance with customer needs.  

The successful candidate will be required to identify opportunities for effectiveness and smarter ways of working for the force.  They will be required to direct, research, analyse and produce reports, which are well structured, are of high quality and to Prince 2 standard.  

Individuals will be required to liaise with practitioners and specialist functions in developing innovative, timely and cost effective best practice solutions that can be implemented across the force.  The post holder will be required to participate in the decision-making process and make recommendations on a number of issues to the Business Change and Innovation Management Team. 

Applicants will be required to meet the specialist knowledge outlined in the person specification, including knowledge and experience of project planning and methodologies, ideally a Prince 2 practitioner.  In addition, experience is required in business analysis techniques.  There is an expectation that the preferred candidate will have experience of business and continuous improvement models and will be experienced in stakeholder engagement and communication.  

For more information regarding the role responsibilities, please see the Summary of Main Duties & for a breakdown of the essential criteria, please refer to the Person Specification. 

For further information about this post please, contact Kate Housley on Tel No. 07464 983 915. Please do not contact this number for an application form. 

FOR INTERNAL SECONDMENTS - To apply for this post as a secondment you must have the support of your Line Manager and Head of Department. This should be sent on a GEN2 / email that 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. 

Applicants must meet the minimum checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for all individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history period 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. 

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

Closing date: Wednesday, 23rd October 2018 

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