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Department: Business Change & Innovation

Location: Force HQ, Carbrook, Sheffield (Hybrid)

Salary: £24,552 - £26,958 (Band C)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Temporary until 31st March 2025

Role Purpose:

You will work as part of the Project Management office team to plan, coordinate and support the implementation of change aspects across South Yorkshire Police in line with strategies and business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake business administrative, procurement and finance administrative tasks in support of the identified work-stream as required, such as arranging and participating in meetings, preparing minutes, updating and publishing documentation.
• Actively assist in the day to day delivery of planning and monitoring in all aspects of the work programme to ensure progress is in accordance with the delivery of desired outcomes.
• Work as part of the designated team, assisting colleagues within and across teams and from external agencies/partners and suppliers.
• Provide specialist business and project support advice and knowledge.
• Contribute in decision making and support the PMO Manager.
• Support project activities such as workshops (including facilitation), attending meetings etc.
• Monitor key activities on the projects such as action plans, risk registers etc. Highlight any changes to the PMO and Project Managers.
• Performs such other duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.
• May be required to work outside normal working hours and travel around and outside of the force area.

Skills and experience:

Essential:

• Knowledge and experience of project planning and methodologies - Prince II.
• Ability to collate information and assimilate into a report.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Previous experience of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Power point.
• Knowledge and experience of business models and continuous improvement models.

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to 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 hybrid working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

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:

SYP is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:

Please find attached information sheet on South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values. The force has a particular focus on three areas, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

Closing Date:

Wednesday 1st March 2023 @ 23:55

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

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Jemma Priest on [email protected]

Diversity & Inclusion:

Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority officers.

It’s really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome expressions of interest from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on [email protected]

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required. These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.