Productivity and Collaboration Manager
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Job Title: Productivity and Collaboration Manager
Salary: £58,460 to £62,614 plus a Location allowance of £1,721. You will receive £58,460 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £62,614 will be via incremental progression.
Location: Bow
The Metropolitan Police Service has a user base of 50,000 officers and staff who access our technology solutions daily. To support them in delivering the Met's mission of More Trust, Less Crime, and Higher Standards, we're looking for a Productivity and Collaboration Manager to lead on the governance, secure adoption, and usage of the Met's Microsoft 365 capabilities. The successful candidate will play a central role in the Met's ability to successfully implement and deliver the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity and collaboration tools.
We are looking for a professional who can take ownership of reviewing and revising the Met's Microsoft 365 governance model and associated documentation. In this role, you will propose, create and update spot-on policies and guidelines about using Microsoft 365. We expect you to drive the introduction of new features and tools based on business demands collaborating closely with the IT Security teams on all aspects of our Microsoft 365 solution. You will also be the single point of contact for all internal and external audits relating to Microsoft 365. Therefore, you must feel comfortable working in a silo and as part of the broader team.
To be successful in this role, you'll need to employ a blend of technical and soft skills. As well as being an expert in Microsoft 365 technologies (particularly Productivity and Collaboration Tools, Power Platform and Office Online), you will be required to influence wider teams and senior leadership. Using your excellent communication skills coupled with experience in conflict and issue resolution in challenging situations, the key to success in this role is the ability to be a strong collaborator, facilitator and negotiator.
We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate the following skills on their CV and Statement of Suitability.
- Expert-level experience with Microsoft Products
- Strong experience in designing and revising a Governance framework
- Strong communication skills, such as influencing, negotiation, collaboration and facilitating
- Experience working with 3rd party organisations
- An understanding of Technology Audits
Now is a great time to join the Met and be part of the solution, making London safer for all. Our ambition is to have a diverse team representative of all the cultures of London; we recruit people who understand and reflect the diverse communities we engage with daily.
We offer a competitive package that includes a basic salary, access to a Civil Service pension, excellent annual leave entitlement and flexible working arrangements. We provide excellent career and professional development and have recently implemented a market-leading Learning Management Platform to aid you with your learning ambitions. We'll support your progress if you're looking to advance your skills.
Please click on the below link to view an online candidate information pack that will you give you an insight into the Met, the competency framework we use which shapes our daily work behaviours, the application process and a host of other information, that will help inform and support your application:
https://sscl-innovation.com/MPScandidatepack/
Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement and online application form. Your personal statement should outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 4th April 2023.
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
Essential Criteria:
- Evidence of Inclusive Behaviour.
Knowledge
- Detailed knowledge of Microsoft 365 technologies, particularly Productivity and Collaboration, Power platform and Office Online
- Understanding of Service Management
- Understanding of product governance and roadmaps
- Understanding of security management
- Detailed understanding of supplier service management
- Ideally familiarity with Met governance structures
Skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, including teamwork, collaboration, facilitation, negotiation and achieving results by influencing others
- Effective conflict and issue resolution skills
- Ability to influence wider Team and Senior Management in challenging situations
- Strong all-round communication skills, able to present to large and small groups alike
Experience
- 5+ years of governing Microsoft 365 adoption and usage in a commercial IT environment
- SharePoint on premises/online, MS Teams and OneDrive for business
- Exchange online, Intune, Azure, Active Directory and PowerPlatform
- Information Security and Data Protection
- Financials, business cases and IT contracts
- Driving business demands, mapping them on the available tools or towards announced roadmaps
- Experience of Performance Management and KPI delivery
- Experience of delivering in a multi supplier projects and programmes contract
- Experience of working within a public sector environment and public sector governance
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.