SYP - Benefits Realisation Officer – June 2022

Role: Benefits Realisation Officer

Department: Business Change & Innovation

Location:  Carbrook, Sheffield

Hybrid working:  A combination of home and office working

Salary: £31,425 - £36,231

Hours: 37 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Business Change and Innovation Team here at South Yorkshire Police as a Benefits Realisation Officer.

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 Benefits Realisation Officer you will be a key player on the team. By identifying, baselining and evaluating benefits, you will provide the Force with the evidence it needs to understand whether the changes we have made are delivering the benefits we wanted to achieve.

You will have a crucial role working with stakeholders. You will support senior stakeholders through the benefits realisation process and ensure wider stakeholders experience as much improvement as possible from the changes we make.

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/1NVUnk6RPXs

Skills and experience:

Essential Criteria for the role:

• Knowledge and experience of project planning and methodologies including PRINCE2
• Knowledge and experience of strategy and planning
• Previous experience in a project management environment with an understanding of benefits management.
• Previous experience of the development and implementation of management information by the use of cost benefit analysis methods.
• Experience of working, communicating and engaging with both internal and external stakeholders at a Senior level
• Educated to Degree Level in an appropriate subject matter area or equivalent

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
• Hybrid working - A combination of home and office 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 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.

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 area, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Closing Date:

Thursday, 7 July 2022 at 23:55

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

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Hannah Hope on hannah.hope@southyorks.pnn.police.uk or 07464 986270.  Please do not contact Hannah for an application form.

Further Information:

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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/

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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