NPAS (XP352) Project Co-ordinator **External**

West Yorkshire Police; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Flexi-time scheme

Cycle to work

Employee assistance service

National travel

Job summary

West Yorkshire Police, NPAS HQ (Wakefield), advertises a full-time Project Co-ordinator role in the NPAS Projects Team. You will assist in delivering major change, maintain project plans, and support meetings with timely documentation and tracking across national, regional, and local levels.

The role requires travel across England and Wales, a professional project management qualification, and experience in multi-discipline project delivery. 37 hours weekly.

Qualifications

• We require demonstrable experience in a project delivery function.
• Experience with large multi-discipline projects and delivery teams.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels and lead as a contributor.
• Strong documentation and cost-control skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the Project Manager in delivering major change within NPAS.
• Maintain project plans and resource schedules using planning software.
• Monitor progress and prepare timely reports for stakeholders.
• Identify issues and recommend remedial action to the Project Manager.

Skills

Project delivery experience

Stakeholder engagement

People leadership

Effective communication

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Cost control knowledge

Education

Professional project management qualification (APM/Prince2/PMP)

Job description

THE FOLLOWING VACANCY HAS BEEN ADVERTISED EXTERNALLY

NPAS Project Co-ordinator
National Police Air Service
NPAS HQ (Wakefield)
1 Full-time permanent post (37 hours)

CLOSING DATE 29th November 2026

We are recruiting for a Project Co-ordinator to join the NPAS Projects Team in the successful and timely delivery of projects within our major change portfolio. This is a permanent, full-time role with national travel being a requirement of the role.

The benefits

• Starting salary £40,383 per annum, rising to £42,612
• Generous annual leave allowance of 29 days per year, rising to 34 days after 5 years, plus statutory bank holidays.
• Flexi-time scheme based on a standard working day of 7 hours 24 minutes and a 37-hour week
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service – accessible 24/7 and providing counselling and financial advice for you and your immediate relatives.,
• Cycle to work scheme

The role

As a Project Co-ordinator, you will assist the Project Manager in delivering significant major change and helping to shape the future direction of NPAS. You will be responsible for coordinating the maintenance of all project plan activity, using computerised planning and tracking software to produce accurate resource plans and undertake project progress monitoring and reporting. You will also identify potential issues and recommend remedial action as appropriate to the Project Manager. You will also organise and attend project meetings in order to provide a support and facilitation service ensuring that necessary documentation is prepared and circulated within required timescales

The Team delivers a wide and varied change portfolio, from inception through the development of robust, evidenced-based business cases to implementation using a range of project management tools and techniques.

In the role of Project Co-ordinator, you will work on projects at a national, regional, and local level. Our projects cover all areas of Police Aviation, including aircraft modification, radio communications, estate infrastructure as well as ‘proof of concept’ evaluation of new technologies and working practices.

This role will involve some travel throughout England and Wales as and when required.

What will you need?

We are looking for people who have demonstratable and evidenced experience of working within a project delivery function. You will also have:

• A professional qualification in project management such as APM, Prince2, PMP or equivalent experience
• Experience of working and being part of a delivery team delivering large multi discipline projects
• Ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders at all levels
• People leadership skills and a strong track record of working as a key contributor within a project delivery team
• Experience of dealing with complex problems and creating solutions
• Strong influencing and communication skills
• Strong collaborative skills, team player as well as demonstrating an ability to work individually
• Good understanding of cost control and preparation of formal business documentation

The post is suitable for job share.

West Yorkshire Police is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) is proud to serve all communities across England and Wales. We are committed to building a service that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds, females, and those with disabilities who are currently under-represented within West Yorkshire Police and NPAS. Disability is not necessarily a bar to application or success in this role and all applications are assessed individually. By addressing and improving our representation we can better reflect all the communities we strive to serve. Please contact our Resourcing team if you have any questions relating to this, or you wish to discuss reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process or beyond into role. All applications will be fairly and rigorously assessed by West Yorkshire Police / NPAS.

Applicants should be aware that it is not always possible to carry out adequate vetting checks on persons who have not been resident within the UK for the last five years. Therefore, where this applies, applicants may be refused because it was not possible to vet them to the appropriate standard.