Business Delivery Programme Manager
Job Title: Business Delivery Programme Manager
Salary: The starting salary is £80,260, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £77,332 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £89,320 Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: London and Hybrid (60% of your time you will work from a Met location, of which at least one day a week will be at your base location in Sydenham)
About the Role
As Business Delivery Programme Manager you will support the Deputy Director Programme Delivery on a day-to-day basis to drive the delivery of the New Met for London Plan across the organisation. This is a fast paced role in an incredibly rewarding part of the MPS, the Transformation Directorate.
The role will require you to work closely with, and alongside, project delivery professionals and operational policing colleagues to help deliver significant change across the organisation. You will be key in helping the Deputy Director Programme Delivery and Deputy Director Business Change to unblock issues preventing progress within our projects and supporting interventions to put projects back on track by using your proven hands-on delivery knowledge and experience in complex programme management delivery environments.
The role will provide you with a range of opportunities and experiences, it will require you to manage competing short-term deadlines at pace while managing the demand and deployment of skilled resources to ensure projects are set up for success.
As Business Delivery Programme Manager you will act on behalf of the Deputy Director Programme Delivery to deal with issues using judgement and experience to resolve day-to-day problems. You will need to balance competing priorities and use attention to detail to identify risks and manage or escalate those effectively. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with little oversight or direction. You will create strong relationships across the Programme Delivery cohort to help identify and mitigate issues, and work effectively with corporate structures and teams to manage and share information effectively.
Working closely with the Deputy Director Programme Delivery (who will line manage this position), you will use judgement and understanding of programme methodologies to clarify the need for specialist change support when requests are received, to identify best resource resolutions, and manage the utilisation and deployment of resources. You will also support in setting the career pathways, professional training and in identifying the learning and adaption needed to drive continuous improvement in the MPS professional capability. You will be required to deputise for the Deputy Direct Programme Delivery or represent their position at meetings.
To succeed, you will be a motivated self-starter, with proven experience of working in a complex delivery environment, and be comfortable working at pace in a large multi-disciplined organisation. You will be equipped with the interpersonal skills needed to build positive relationships, and influence, negotiate and challenge successfully across a range of internal and external stakeholders and partners. As the work of the Directorate is dynamic, you will provide a range of services including hands on delivery support, strategic advice and assuring change delivery across the portfolio. You will need to be adaptable to change, and be happy that elements of your role may change over time.
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 show evidence of how you match the skills and experience required for this role. (This must be a maximum of 2 sides of A4 page only). Your CV should be concise, setting out your career history, key responsibilities and achievements relevant to the role. Please ensure you provide reasons for any gaps within the last two years (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 23rd March 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 1-2 weeks after the vacancy has closed.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will depend on panel members availability.