Regional Change Project Manager - FTC / Secondment to cover Maternity Leave (CTPSE)

Thames Valley Police; Newbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

Annual leave entitlement

Flexible working

Job summary

Thames Valley Police is seeking a Business Change Project Manager on a fixed term contract or secondment (up to 12 months) to lead transformational programmes across force-wide, regional and partnerships. You will own projects from concept to benefits realisation, ensuring delivery on time, within budget and governed to high standards.

The role requires proactive leadership, Prince2 qualification or willingness to gain, and the ability to work across diverse stakeholders within the UK.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering business change projects from initiation through to completion.
• Strong programme and project planning skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver business change projects across multiple workstreams.
• Develop robust project plans, manage dependencies and drive delivery.
• Build and lead cross-functional project teams.
• Manage budgets, resources, risks and issues.
• Engage stakeholders at all levels, including senior leaders and partners.
• Establish governance structures and report progress to boards and sponsors.
• Support adoption and embedding of organisational change.
• Represent projects at force, regional and national forums as required.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Governance

PRINCE2

Job description

We have a rare opportunity for a talented Business Change Project Manager to lead the delivery of transformational projects across force-wide, regional and partnership programmes. This position is offered on a Fixed Term Contract (FTC) or secondment basis of up to 12 months to provide maternity leave cover. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of public services by driving meaningful business change that impacts thousands of colleagues and the communities we serve. As a Business Change Project Manager, you'll take ownership of projects from concept through to implementation and benefits realisation. You'll be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of governance.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Leading and delivering business change projects across multiple workstreams.
• Developing robust project plans, managing dependencies and driving delivery.
• Building and leading cross-functional project teams.
• Managing budgets, resources, risks and issues.
• Engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior leaders and external partners.
• Establishing effective governance structures and reporting progress to project boards and sponsors.
• Supporting the successful adoption and embedding of organisational change.
• Representing projects at force, regional and national forums where required.

To be successful in this post, you'll be a confident and proactive project professional with a proven track record of delivering successful business change initiatives.

We're Particularly Interested In Candidates Who Can Demonstrate

• Significant experience managing business change projects from initiation through to completion.
• Strong programme and project planning skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams.
• Budget management and resource planning expertise.
• The ability to influence, negotiate and build productive relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.
• A PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification (or equivalent) or a willingness to work towards gaining it.

This post requires occasional travel across the South East region and the UK. As such, the successful candidate will require a full UK driving licence.

Due to the nature of our work, security is of paramount importance to us and therefore it will be necessary to pass and maintain vetting level SC together with a number of enhanced security checks. In order to achieve this, you must be a British National and have resided in the UK for the past five years. Exemptions may apply for overseas or other diplomatic service (with HM Government), and those studying abroad. Please be aware that if successful there are limitations on travelling to a small number of countries once in post. You can find more information about security vetting here.

The leadership within CTPSE and SEROCU are actively committed to embedding and sustaining an inclusive culture that recognises and champions the diversity of our people, and promotes equity and equality so that everyone can succeed at work. The region is delivering this commitment through a long term strategy that takes a holistic and intersectional approach to wellbeing & inclusion. Our strategy is underpinned by the five strategic objectives;

• Inclusive Culture – We will create, embed, and continually develop an inclusive culture for our people.
• Engaged & Involved – We will ensure our people are engaged, involved, and listened to.
• Wellbeing – We will prioritise the wellbeing of our people.
• Representation – We will attract, recruit, retain and develop a diverse workforce.
• Inclusive by Design – We will ensure that inclusion is a core principle of our policies, products, and decisions.

We welcome applications from those interested in part time and flexible working, and encourage applications from our under represented communities.

Our people say that benefits include a good work/life balance, a supportive and welcoming place to work and excellent terms including a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement.

IMPORTANT: If you are a permanent member of TVP staff applying for this role, please note it will be offered on a secondment basis. Important: All secondments must be supported in writing by your Line Manager and Head of Department/Commander or Deputy. If the secondment is not supported then a strong business rationale must be sent to [e-mail] quoting the reference number for the role. Please attach written approval from your line manager and Head of Department in your application. If the secondment is not supported then the role may be offered on a fixed term contract basis, but this has implications including loss of continuous service protections. In certain circumstances, the same arrangement may be available to staff from other police forces. Applicants should consult their HR team to confirm whether their application will be supported on a secondment basis. Police staff who are employed with Hampshire Police are requested to please submit an AD277b alongside their application. This form is not available on the force’s standard forms library. It can be found on the HR Portal. Please contact [e-mail] if you have any queries relating to this.

Shift allowance, on-call or other job related allowances from your previous role will not be protected unless they are attached to the new role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive a high volume of applications.