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The College of Policing is the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. They work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Their mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.
The College offers a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers' network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.
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Responsibilities:
- Maintain good relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers, to gather data and keep them fully informed of programme/project progress.
- Work with PMO Co-ordinator and Project Improvement Managers and others to prepare realistic project plans, track activities against the plans and provide regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate, updating the plans as needed.
- Identify, assess and highlight risks and issues to the success of the project, escalating to Project Improvement Managers and others as appropriate.
- Monitor costs, timescales, quality and resources used and change control requests, and highlight to the Project Improvement Managers and others where these deviate from agreed tolerances.
- Provide input to quality Gateway reviews and ensures the processes run to College standards and version control of all documents is maintained.
- Monitor supplier performance data, highlighting and investigating problems and tracking services improvement actions when needed.
- Track the identified benefits and outcomes for their programme/ projects, highlighting any areas of concern to Project Improvement Managers.
- Work with the Project Improvement Managers in formally closing their own programme/projects, recording and logging lessons learned and forwarding actions to appropriate parties.
- Support the development of good practice by researching good practice in project t management and business improvement, highlighting areas for improvement.
Benefits
The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):
- Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
- Continued professional development and structured career paths
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Flexi-time (for certain grades)
- A range of flexible working arrangements
- Benenden Healthcare
- National Dental Plan
- Discounts for on-line shopping
- Free employee support line
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Rewards and recognition scheme
We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.
For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing
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Selection process details
Eligibility:
Vacancy reference: CEO6278 6297
This role is available to 31 March 2024 as a fixed term appointment to all applicants, or as a secondment opportunity to:
- colleagues employed directly by the College or the Civil Service. Please note you will be required to obtain the written support of your line manager prior to submitting your application. Temporary promotion is available.
- serving police staff at the equivalent rank of Sergeant who have their chief officer's approval. Chief Officer’s approval must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC. Approval for a secondment must accompany an application.
Central service conditions may apply for police staff.
Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application or via email to recruitment@college.police.uk.
For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the “Secondments into the College” page.
Whilst this fixed term contract is offered on the understanding that it will only last as long as the stated contract length, there could be a possibility that it could be extended or made permanent should circumstances allow.
How to apply and contact information:
For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.
We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.
We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a “blind” shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.
The College is committed to support the Greening Government Commitment and reducing our Environmental impact. We have a dynamic Environmental Management Plan in place which encompasses various objectives, including our pledge to reduce business travel. To support our green agenda we have, in phase one, installed Electric Vehicle Charging Points at our sites in Ryton (12 points) and Harperley Hall (4 points) alongside two at our Harrogate office. We encourage employees to become an Environment Champion to help with promoting and delivering our Environmental Management Plan. Our One Step Greener approach encourages all College staff to make small changes to create a better future for everyone.
Please note that in order to work for the College of Policing you must have the Right to Work in the UK with indefinite leave to remain. In addition, you will also be required to provide an address history in the UK for the preceding 3 years.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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