Project Manager, Organisational Development & Change

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National Police Chief Council HQ
10 Victoria Street, London, with flexibility to work remotely.
Band C
Full Time
36 hours per week
Fixed Term
12 Month

Job Title: Project Manager, Organisational Development & Change

Salary: £39,469 to £47,089 plus a Location allowance of £1,721. You will receive £39,469 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £47,089 will be via incremental progression.

Location: This role is based at 10 Victoria Street, London and/or with flexibility to work remotely. NPCC encourages applications from candidates living across the UK.

Contract – Fixed term until 31st March 2024 (with the potential for further extension subject to funding and performance). Met staff will be posted into this role.

 

Are you ready for a new challenge? Do you want to take your career to the next level? Are you looking for an opportunity to embrace your motivation and innovation for driving improvements in policing… then we have an exciting opportunity for you; please read on.

THE NATIONAL POLICE CHIEFS’ COUNCIL (NPCC)

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) brings UK police leaders together to set direction in policing and drive progress for the public.  It enables Chief Constables and their forces to work collectively and collaboratively to help policing coordinate operations, reform, improve and provide value for money.

Policing is operating in a time of global change and uncertainty, the public and our staff need a service which is responsive, able to tackle future challenges and embrace opportunity. The NPCC aims to support our operationally independent Chief Officers in their ambition to meet this need. We have been able to do this by adhering to the NPCC principles of coordination, collaboration and communication, through the strength of our policing network and effective partnership working.

NPCC STRATEGIC HUB ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE TEAM

The Organisational Development and Change (ODC) team has responsibility for driving continuous improvement across the NPCC, delivering projects of work, and giving advice and guidance to ensure development activity is in line with NPCC and wider policing strategies. The teamwork with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure the NPCC is able to support Chief Officers in the constantly evolving areas of national policing.

THE ROLE

We are seeking to recruit an experienced Project Manager, who will have responsibility for leading on multiple projects across the NPCC landscape. Working at the centre of policing, on the biggest issues for the service, this is an exciting and challenging role where you can make a real difference. You will be required to manage your own portfolio of work, and lead projects utilising your own initiative. You will be highly solutions focused and a skilled problem solver who utilises your excellent project management skills to deliver projects from inception to delivery, with the support of the ODC team. You will regularly manage complex, high profile, politically sensitive work where decisions and delivery have national implications with the potential to impact on the reputation of the whole police service. You will need excellent interpersonal skills to establish and maintain credibility and effective working relationships with police chiefs, senior stakeholders and other NPCC staff.

The successful candidate would be part of an innovative team and would need to have the following experience and skills:

  • Management of a project through its life cycle – planning, governance, reporting, benefits, resourcing and finance. Project design including the development of relevant initiation documentation (PID, business case or similar)
  • Project planning skills including the mapping of milestones deliverables and ongoing progress, using relevant project management products.
  • An understanding of benefits and experience of working with business area leads and SME’s to develop specific and measurable benefits.
  • Stakeholder mapping and management,
  • Development and articulation of risk and issues and working with respective SME’s to identify mitigation for those risks.
  • Provide project reporting in line with specific project requirements and cycles, ODC governance and assurance processes (eg. RAG, financial data, workforce data etc), benefit management and the implementation of priorities.
  • Identify interdependencies and dependencies with other projects and workstreams within NPCC and wider landscape and report them as appropriate.
  • Demonstrable experience of delivering change projects within a complex environment.
  • Demonstrable ability to apply project management principles and pragmatically within the organisational environment.
  • Proven ability to work on own initiative, leading projects through their lifecycle – inception to completion.
  • Ability to design, manage and facilitate workshops, to deliver clear outcomes.
  • Written communication: proven ability to analyse and collate information to produce effective, clear, concise products and reports.
  • Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels establishing credibility and influencing stakeholders.
  • Engaging and maintaining relationships with stakeholders to ensure effective project delivery and represent the NPCC and Strategic Hub.
  • Act as a point of contact for advice and guidance on NPCC organisational development and change.
  • Undertake other activities and changing demands of the ODC team commensurate with the post as may be required for the effective delivery of NPCC change projects.
  • Be flexible in terms of working location and be prepared to work temporarily at other locations and be prepared to travel when required.
  • Experience and understanding of working in a confidential and/or politically sensitive environment

What we offer (to name a few):

  • Good insight into the strategic priorities of the NPCC and UK policing
  • Opportunity for development and to broaden your experience at a senior, national level
  • Opportunities to undertake engagement with a range of stakeholders across policing and government
  • Flexible and remote working

This is an exciting opportunity within NPCC, within a fast-paced environment and an ever-growing organisation. Should you want to know more about the role, we would strongly encourage you contact Claire Murray – Senior Manager, Organisational Change and Development via claire.murray@npcc.police.uk.

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 and online application form.

Completed applications must be submitted by 2nd 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.

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ESSENTIAL FOR THE ROLE

  • A Project/Programme management qualification (PRINCE2, MSP, Agile or similar) is an essential requirement for this role. 


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Occasional national travel may be required. Travel expenses will be paid if location allowance is not being received, or when travel falls outside of the home to work journey. NPCC will pay for overnight accommodation if required.

The Metropolitan Police manage HR for NPCC recruitment.

The following competencies will be tested against during sift:
  • We are collaborative at level 2
  • We take ownership at level 3
  • We analyse critically at level 3

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.

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