Project Manager

METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job description

Project Manager - Band C - Change - Counter Terrorism Policing HQ

Salary: The starting salary is £47,060, which includes allowances totalling £2,928. The salary is broken down as £44,132 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £52,652. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: West Brompton

Job Summary

Working within the Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (CTPHQ), the Project Manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of specific projects and work packages within the national and/or London Counter Terrorism, Domestic Extremism and Protective Security (CT/DE & PS) change portfolio. The Project Manager will be directly accountable to and line managed by a Senior Project Manager, and work flexibly across the change portfolio, deployed on specific change project(s) as requested.

The purpose of this role is to provide day-to-day management and delivery of projects or workstreams across the change lifecycle to agreed parameters (time, cost, quality).

Key tasks/responsibilities

• Management of blended (staff and contractor) project or workstream teams.
• Maintenance of specific programme or project management products, putting in place and active management of appropriate project governance, project plans, risk and issue registers, tracking and monitoring updates, managing escalations and effective change control.
• Ensure allocated project(s) maintain a defined PPM maturity, as directed by the Portfolio Office.
• Develop Business Cases at appropriate points of the project lifecycle and then ownership and management of these cases through the multi stage CTPHQ governance process.
• Facilitate and coordinate workshops to assist in the development of programme and project management products.
• Create and maintain consistently high quality, accurate and relevant programme and project level governance products (e.g. delivery RAG, dependency logs, project plans, risks and issues register, benefits realisation plan, financial data, resource / workforce data). Manage programme and project Change Control Request (CCR) processes inline with portfolio office standards, ensuring that all change governance decisions and actions are proactively followed through effectively and audited appropriately.
• Lead a project team and maintain summary of Programme/Project resources including organisation charts and trackers. This could include managing suppliers and commercial arrangements to deliver project outputs. Establish and manage regular reporting cycles, ensuring highlight reports are submitted into the PMO or PfMO in accordance with reporting timelines and appropriate summary dashboards are prepared to enable effective decision making.
• Managing effective and efficient standards, practices and processes, ensuring that all parts of the reporting framework are managed in a consistent and controlled way, so that the deliverables needed by the Project / Programme Board are correct, timely and fit for purpose. Assist Senior Project Manage / Programme Manager with budget control.

How to apply

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 23:55 on 15^th May 2025.

Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence 2 weeks from closing date.

Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 3 weeks after hiring manager review.