SYP - Director of Resources

Director of Resources – South Yorkshire Police

Location – Carbrook House, Sheffield

Salary – £95,745 to £105,324

About the role

As the UK’s 29th most inclusive employer, we truly value the voice of our people. We are incredibly proud to be the UK’s most improved Force, but we don’t want to stop there. We aim to be graded as an ‘outstanding’ Force by 2021 and this role is key to achieving this ambition.

The Director of Resources is a critical senior leadership role, which drives performance and strategy in six enabling departments, to deliver an effective and efficient customer-focused service to a growing staff base of circa 5,200. As an integral member of the Senior Command’s collective leadership team, you will role model the vision, goals and values of the Force. You will lead and manage your portfolio to enable quality delivery to the communities of South Yorkshire and support SYP’s strategic vision of tackling crime and anti-social behaviour, protecting vulnerable people and enabling fair treatment.

Leading, developing, maintaining and coordinating our financial, physical and people resources, you will facilitate achievement of our ambitions to be an outstanding Force. In this pivotal role you will develop our long-term sustainable approach to the delivery of Commercial Services ensuring value for money, with a portfolio including: Corporate Finance, Regional Procurement, People & Organisational Development, Business Change & Innovation alongside collaborated functions with the Fire Service of Estates and Vehicle Fleet Management.

Our ideal candidate will be/ have experience of:

• Educated to at least graduate level with considerable applied leadership experience and extensive business exposure.
• Leading multidisciplinary teams in a complex environment.
• Delivering large-scale change management and business transformation projects.
• Strong commercial understanding with experience of managing entire budgets at a senior organizational level.
• Supporting, coaching and influencing your team, senior colleagues and peers.
• Effective change leadership, planning and negotiation skills.
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship management skills.
• Able to communicate a compelling vision to key stakeholders internally and externally to achieve operational outcomes.
• Business acumen from creating a commercial environment where the management of cost and customer satisfaction is paramount.
• Proven ability to manage a challenging workload and plan for the future.
• Previous experience of leading professional staff and optimizing performance.

For further details please see 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
• 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 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:

Sunday 29 November 2020 at 23:55

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

Further Information:

Interviews have been scheduled to take place in December 2020.

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/

How to apply

To apply for this post please submit a CV and a covering letter to Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk before the closing date. Please ensure you include the name of the role and the closing date in the subject field of your email.