Head of Business Services
Job Title: Head of Business Services
Salary: The starting salary is £57,301, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.
The salary is broken down as £54,460 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £66,356. Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Holborn
The Directorate of Legal Services are the largest in-house police legal team in the country providing a range of legal advice and support to the whole of the Met and National Police Chief Council (NPCC). We undertake a vast range of work from civil litigation and commercial to operational policing and family disclosure advice.
The Business Services Team is made up of around 26 people who collectively have responsibility for providing business support to the rest of the Directorate of Legal Services delivering a range of services including finance, staffing, professional standards, business continuity, performance, administration and business support. It is the operational backbone of this large, and growing, in-house legal team.
The post-holder will have a broad remit demanding diverse skills mix ranging from finance, facilities and people management.
The team of around 26 people benefit from having deep subject matter expertise across all areas, with responsibility for delivering:
- Finance: Payment transactions, budgeting and forecasting
- HR: Staffing, professional standards, management of the staff survey action plan and recruitment activity
- Business development: corporate business and risk management reporting
- IT: management for a DLS bespoke IT system
- Change: implementing MPS and DLS driven change programmes
- Corporate: Performance, Allocations, FOIs, Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Accommodation, administrative support services.
This is a leadership and management role with responsibility for ensuring that the team has the right capacity, capability and culture to succeed. The role has responsibility for:
- Developing line management capability to ensure that work is delivered at the most appropriate level within the team(s).
- Performance and improving data reporting (qualitative, quantitative and insight) to support the Senior Leadership Team and Extended Leadership Team decision making and monitoring/assuring finance and case management services.
- Embedding a change programme within administrative services to ensure that the right support is delivered to our lawyer and professional services team.
- Development of a continuous improvement culture within the Directorate to identify lessons learned and take action in response.
- Delivery of an IT Programme of work (2 years min) developing IT solutions to improve case management, knowledge sharing and financial reporting.
How to apply
Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, and online application form. Please provide a CV and evidence against the following competencies, (350 words maximum per competency) which are based on the knowledge, skills and experience set out in the job description and the competencies in the Competency and Values Framework (CVF).
- We take ownership – Level 3
- We are collaborative – Level 3
- We support, deliver and inspire – Level 3
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on the 27th of December 2024.
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 the 6th of January 2025.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 20th and the 21st of January 2025.