Project Manager
Post Title: Project Manager
Contract type: FTC (2 X 24 months FTC & 1 X 12 months FTC)
Rank/grade: E
Salary: £40,910 per annum, plus £6,710 London Weighting Allowance plus a market force supplement of £5,000 per annum
Directorate/department: Corporate Services/Change Portfolio
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: Guildhall Yard East
This role is open to all Police Staff / external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person spec, regardless of current grade.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a staff member you will be helping to make the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the city.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities and long-term conditions, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
About the team
The Change Portfolio Office has the exciting yet challenging role of overseeing programmes, projects and change initiatives that make up the City of London Police’s portfolio of change, these vary greatly from technology, organisational design to national projects and programmes. We are focused on delivering change to meet the future needs of the business and to achieve the ambitions of our Policing Plan. Key to the successful delivery of this portfolio is the ability to deploy extensive change and project management skills, professionalising the team and driving a culture of continuous improvement across the force. The team has two arms, Programme Delivery and Change Portfolio.
The Change Portfolio Team has been recently restructured to refocus on organisational priorities, solidify its approach to future planning and design and implement effective change, benefits and innovation management. The team is 10-strong, consisting of Project Co-Ordinators, Business Analysts, a Portfolio Manager and a Benefits and Change Manager, all overseen by the Head of Change Portfolio. The team is based in the Guildhall, City of London (hybrid working is available 3-days office / 2-days agile based on full-time).
About the role
Following a restructure of our Change Portfolio Office, we have opportunities for driven, committed, and experienced business-focused Project Managers, delivering varied projects across the organisation on behalf of the Change Portfolio Office. The Project Managers will uphold best practice in project management methodology and help inform the project management strategy for the Force. Experience in policing or public sector is desirable but not essential, but experience of delivering change in a complex environment is.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Have the authority to run the project on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the Project Board within the constraints laid down by them.
- Have primary responsibility for ensuring that the project produces the required products within the specified tolerances of time, cost, quality whilst managing the scope and risk to achieve the benefits.
- Be able to demonstrate compliance with corporate project management, governance, financial and procurement requirements in line with the Project Procedure and Gateway Approval Processes.
- Where necessary, facilitate the start-up activity of projects to define scope, goals and deliverables.
- Prepare baseline management products in conjunction with Project Assurance which are agreed by the board including the project brief, plans and authorisation of work packages.
Requirements
For this role, we need you to have experience of:
- Recognised and current qualification in Project methodologies to practitioner level.
- Experience and certifications in any of the following (or other recognised accreditation in the same field) are highly desirable: Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Management of Risk (M_o_R); Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
- Experience of working with senior management and stakeholders in large organisations including planning and facilitating stakeholder engagement, collecting and analysing feedback and keeping stakeholders informed of results.
- Experience of managing concurrent projects including the effective planning and management of project staff and other resources.
- Effective oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively to a variety of audiences.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to discuss the role, please contact: brett.mckenna@cityoflondon.police.uk
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrate your ability to meet the person specification of the role.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is 22nd May 2025.
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, anticipated to be held week commencing 2nd June 2025.
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Benefits:
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
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- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
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