SYP - Performance Review Officer

Role: Performance Review Officer

Department: Performance & Governance

Location: Carbrook – Force HQ, Sheffield 

Salary: £29,289 - £33,771 (Pro-Rota) 

Hours: 22 Hours per Week (Maximum)

Contract: Permanent

Details of role:

In this dynamic role, the successful candidate will work within the Performance Management Unit, dealing with all aspects of performance measurement and reporting. The candidate will deliver timely performance products, focussing on the data quality and statistical analysis required to best inform and contextualise appropriate decision-making throughout the organisation.

The role includes the need to proactively interrogate a wide range of data sources to meet statutory and associated data requirements, making recommendations to continuously improve data collection, data quality and statistical analysis, identifying business knowledge gaps, formulating recommendations. The candidate will be expected to deal with queries from external customers such as Home Office, HMICFRS, SY Police and Crime Commissioner, and internally the Senior Leadership Team and thematic leads as appropriate, and support the delivery of the force Performance Management Framework.

Working closely with colleagues within the areas of Business Change, Intelligence Analysis, and Governance, the candidate must have an interest in developing an evidence base for understanding and a strong organisational memory. Developing effective working relationships with a wide range of internal and external customers and presenting to audiences at the appropriate level are key to successful delivery within this role. 

Role Purpose:

Assist the Performance Review Manager with all aspects of performance measurement and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure completion of statutory returns and maintain audit trails to the required standards for the audit commission process.
• Use descriptive and inferential statistics in the analysis of performance and management information. This will include analysis of patterns, trends and thematic issues through the application of parametric and non-parametric statistics.
  • Undertake contextual analysis of data providing analytical support to:
    • Districts & Departments
    • Operational policing
    • Audit and inspection
    • Support partnership work
    • Strategic meetings
• Proactively liaise with Districts and Departments to support their performance requirements.
• Support the Internal Inspection of processes (within HMIC & Strategic Delivery Team).
• Arrange, attend and contribute to meetings, prepare relevant materials, arrange training/coaching.
• Assist Districts and Departments on the delivery of key performance measures and assist the Report Unit in the production of performance reports by advising on appropriate outcome based measures.
  • Participate in the performance management framework, which will include conducting data analysis to establish appropriate information and maintaining an audit trail.
  • Liaise with data providers and users at various levels both throughout the organisation and externally.
  • Utilise performance and survey results to inform the planning and inspection process.
  • Participate in meetings.
  • Be responsible for the day-to-day supervision and work within PMU
  • Represent and deputise for the Performance Review Manager when required.

Skills and experience:

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

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please Tania Percy on 0114 2963240.

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 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.

Further information:

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Closing Date:

Tuesday, 23rd April 2019

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