SYP - IS Project Manager – November 2020

Role: IS Project Manager – November 2020

Department: Information Services

Location: Nunnery Square, Sheffield and Melton, Humberside

Salary: £30, 777- £35, 484 per annum

Hours: 37 Hours per Week

Contract Type: Temporary – 12 months

As the IS Project Manager you will be expected to manage from conception to implementation a large-scale project, as well as providing support to the Team Leader and other members of the Projects and Programmes Team. The key project, you will be primarily be working on, is the Humberside Melton2 Building Project.

You will coordinate IS staffing resources during the implementation of various IS applications, and systems. This will include managing and overseeing workshops, project-planning meetings, Attendance at Board meetings with senior officers and staff is a key part of the role.

You will also play a key role in managing the IS solution and technical design process, to ensure new systems and or services meet the required design standards, and are fit for purpose.

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, and too agreed quality standards.

It is anticipated that the individual taking up this post will have a good understanding of IS systems and procedures, and a good overall knowledge and understanding of Information Technology, and substantial Project Management experience in an IT related environment.

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Assist the Team Leader in assessing the impact of new requests of work for both the current business processes and existing IT systems, and new systems and or services that require IS implementations.

• Produce well-structured high quality project documentation to Prince II standards, providing briefing paperwork and reports such as risk and issues logs, action plans and detailed project plans for the respective Project Boards, senior management and other parties as appropriate.

• Write and present Project documentation containing a technical element in such a way as to make the information understandable to the target audience, enabling them to make informed decisions based on that information.

• Manage effectively 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. Ensuring the transition into service of new systems and or services is managed and approved.

• Undertake post-Project Implementation Reviews in conjunction with both the user and technical staff to assess if the anticipated business benefits are being realised.

• Contribute to the decision making process and make recommendations to the IS Management Team.

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

Skills and Experience Required:

• ITIL Foundation Qualification.
• Substantial experience of project planning and methodologies – Prince 2.
• Substantial experience of delivering IS Projects and overseeing a varied work portfolio
• High level of technical understanding and ability to work alongside technical team members.

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
• 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 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: Tuesday 15 December 2020 at 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 Richard Hutton on 0114 2196785. Please do not contact this number for an application form.

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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 current Line Manager. This should be sent via email to the Hiring Line Manager. Please ensure that the role title and the closing date are stated in the subject of your email.

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