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Project Manager and Consultant

Job details
Posting date: 01 August 2024
Salary: £44,539 to £54,109 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 31 August 2024
Location: Guildford, Surrey
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week
Company: Sussex Police
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: SYSX EXEC00041

Summary

The Role & Key Responsibilities
From your first day with us you will be part of a policing family making a real difference.

It is our mission to identify and protect vulnerable people, prevent and respond to harm and keep people safe.

Salary Grade Range and Working Hours

Surrey Police £40,539 - £58,472 + £4,000 market supplement, 36.0 Hours per Week

Sussex Police £45,546- £50,109 + £4,000 market supplement, 37.0 Hours per Week

The Role:

We have fixed-term contract opportunities for experienced project management professionals to join the Joint Surrey & Sussex Police Change Delivery team, working alongside colleagues from across the police service on the delivery and implementation of a range of projects including:

Business process changes and organisational restructures in operational units and enabling services
Implementation of the strategic estate strategy
Technology-enabled changes.
The team support local, bilateral and regional change activity to ensure that the forces can provide efficient and cost-effective policing services.

Day-to-day duties and key responsibilities:

Managing or supporting delivery of one or more projects and be accountable for their successful delivery.
Coordinating time, budget, and resources, and delegating tasks across the project team.
Agreeing and monitoring key deliverables and milestones, establishing resource requirements, identifying and managing risks and reporting progress to stakeholders as required.
Provide a range of services including project management, authoritative advice, and consultancy to business leads across the organisation.
You may also undertake project health checks and Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs).
Skills & Experience
The ideal candidate gets things done, takes ownership and enjoys working with a range of people and innovative technology. More specifically you will:

have experience in successfully delivering projects in a business improvement context, maximising the benefits of technological innovation for operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.
be able to influence and build effective working relationships at all levels of the organisation and in particular the ability to provide credible advice to SROs and senior project stakeholders.
work on your own initiative and respond flexibly to rapidly changing demands when under pressure.
have well developed communication skills, both written and verbal, to produce clear and concise reports and presentations. You will also have strong attention to detail.
be a creative problem-solver, with strong commercial acumen, able to analyse and interpret data to devise and implement solutions that deliver value for money for police services.
Qualifications:

Educated to degree level or equivalent, or able to demonstrate experience as a project manager.
PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification or similar, and proven experience in project management.
Competence in MS Office Suite and Project.


Further Information
Interviews will be face to face, in Guildford or Lewes. The interview are planned to take place week commencing 16th September 2024.

Candidates who have been shortlisted for interview will be contacted in the first instance by email.

For an informal conversation, or for further information regarding the role, please contact Hanne Gouveia, hanne.gouveia@sussex.police.uk or Karly Stannard, karly.stannard@sussex.police.uk