Alliance Project Officer

Devon and Cornwall Police; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gym access

Blue Light Card discounts

Free onsite parking

Pension scheme

Flexible/Hybrid working

Career development

Job summary

Devon and Cornwall Police is seeking an Alliance Project Officer to support the Programme Management Office across multiple projects and change activities. The role is hybrid, based at Exeter or Winfrith, with training provided and career progression opportunities.

Permanent full-time (37 hours) with a flexible pattern, including flexitime and potential part-time arrangements. Competitive salary (£27,204 rising to £29,859) plus excellent benefits and a Government Pension scheme.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and teamworking skills.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to analyse information and produce clear reports and presentations.
• Confidence working with a range of stakeholders.
• Experience working in a project environment would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies such as PRINCE2 Agile would be advantageous, although training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Delivering a range of project support services across multiple projects and programmes through the PMO tasking model.
• Supporting Project Managers and wider change partners in delivering projects and change initiatives.
• Maintaining project plans, documentation, logs, and records.
• Coordinating meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagement activities, including recording actions and decisions.
• Preparing reports, presentations, briefing papers and governance documentation.
• Undertaking research, analysis and reporting to support project delivery and decision-making.
• Supporting the management of project risks, issues, actions, and dependencies.
• Supporting project communications and administration, including Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.
• Translating and maintaining process maps and diagrams (training provided).
• Hybrid and flexible working, including flexitime.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Administrative skills

Microsoft Office

Report writing

Stakeholder management

Project experience

PRINCE2 Agile knowledge

Job description

Salary: £27,204 rising to £29,859 per annum + Excellent Benefits including Government Pension

Location: Hybrid Working/Police Headquarters, Exeter OR Police Headquarters, Winfrith

Hours per week: This role is 37 hours per week. However, we welcome applications from individuals wishing to work on a part-time basis and we are willing to consider flexible working patterns subject to business need.

About the role

Alliance Project Officer

Grade 4 – Dorset and Devon & Cornwall – Hybrid Flexible Working

This is currently a Permanent full-time (37 hours) position

Who are we?

The police have a large number of non-police officer roles, and when you work with us, you join our police family, and are empowered, supported and encouraged to achieve your full potential.

This Project Officer role sits within the Alliance Business Change Department, a team comprising of a variety of roles bursting with a wealth of knowledge and experience, and delivering a diverse portfolio of multi-million-pound projects and change activity across the counties of Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Police. These range from technology implementations and infrastructure improvements to organisational redesign, service transformation, and evolution into the modern world of robotic process automation.

As a Project Officer within our Programme Management Office (PMO), you will provide flexible support across a wide range of projects, programmes and business change activity, offering exposure to a broad variety of work and stakeholders across the organisation. The PMO provides governance, reporting, stakeholder engagement, project controls, and best practice support across the change portfolio. Full training, mentoring and development opportunities will be provided.

Main Responsibilities

• Delivering a range of project support services across multiple projects and programmes through the PMO tasking model.
• Supporting Project Managers and wider change partners in delivering projects and change initiatives.
• Maintaining project plans, documentation, logs, and records.
• Coordinating meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagement activities, including recording actions and decisions.
• Preparing reports, presentations, briefing papers and governance documentation.
• Undertaking research, analysis and reporting to support project delivery and decision-making.
• Supporting the management of project risks, issues, actions, and dependencies.
• Supporting project communications and administration, including Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.
• Translating and maintaining process maps and diagrams (training provided).
• Hybrid and flexible working, including flexitime.
• Ongoing training, development, and career progression opportunities.
• Wellbeing support services and Occupational Health provision.
• Access to gym facilities and Blue Light Card discounts.
• Free parking and on-site catering facilities.
• Paid annual leave, sickness allowance, and pension scheme.
• Access to staff pool/hire vehicles for business travel.

This department boasts a great deal of flexibility, with a hybrid-working approach – being based at either Dorset Police HQ Winfrith or Devon & Cornwall Police HQ Exeter, but including home working where appropriate, alongside flexible hours and a flexitime scheme, whereby any additional hours worked can be claimed back in lieu.

What we are looking for

We are an inclusive organisation where everyone can grow and welcome the variety of experience, knowledge, and skills that diversity brings. So however, you identify and whatever your age, background, and circumstances, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come to work every day. Applicants for either full or part time will be considered.

Whilst the role profile stipulates formal qualifications/ experience, please do not let these put you off applying as it is much more important to find the right candidate for the role through suitable qualities and transferrable skills and we do provide training:

• Excellent communication and teamworking skills.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to analyse information and produce clear reports and presentations.
• Confidence working with a range of stakeholders.
• Experience working in a project environment would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies such as PRINCE2 Agile would be advantageous, although training will be provided.

The successful applicant will be subject to vetting and referencing checks prior to commencing employment. Interview questions will be aligned to the Competency and Values Framework (CVF) identified within the role profile and will assess how candidates demonstrate the values and competencies required for success in the role.

What you get if you join us

• A competitive salary with yearly increments.
• 25 days a year leave entitlement, with an increase to 30 days after 5 years continuous employment, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time workers).
• Access to heavily subsidised gym membership that will provide you access to police site gyms throughout the counties.
• Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme for discounts and services (requires a one off payment of £5).
• Company sick pay.
• Job related equipment, as required.
• Free onsite parking at many police sites throughout the counties.
• Access to Group insurance scheme (via salary sacrifice scheme).
• Support networks, free Employees Assistance Programme, Occupational Health and wellbeing services.
• Development and training opportunities.
• Supportive and flexible training plan, including regular check-ins throughout your initial period of joining us to ensure you are up to speed with the role and getting the support you need.
• Flexitime, with the ability to undertake your hours flexibly and in line with business need.
• Hybrid working, with the ability to work remotely at times throughout the working week (once signed off the training plan).

Hiring Line Manager: Kelly-Ann Kingham- Alliance Demand and Resourcing Manager

Email: [e-mail]