Project Manager - Counter Terrorism Policing

Closing date: 01 June 2025 23:59 PM

Salary: £54,879 – £58,455 ▪ Grade: 9

For this role, we are looking for the successful candidate to work 3 days totalling to 21hrs 54 mins per week. The days will be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The above salary is the full time equivalent.

Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) is a collaboration of UK police forces working with the UK intelligence community to help protect the public and our national security by preventing, deterring and investigating terrorist activity.

The role

Are you a dynamic individual with a passion for delivering positive change and improvement to service delivery?

We are looking for an efficient and self-motivated individual to join our Strategy and Direction team managing organisational change and improvements that provide benefits to the CTU’s mission and strategy.

The role holder will be responsible for the day to day running and delivery of allocated WM CTU business change and improvement projects, resulting in the successful delivery of the required business benefits.

This will involve the design, planning, co-ordination, facilitation and monitoring and reporting of change projects; developing the capability required to embed service improvement tools and techniques.

Responsibilities

To define and agree priorities for business requirements for West Midlands CTU, recommend appropriate solutions and prepare specifications required for those solutions. Obtain Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) and/or Project Owner acceptance of proposals to meet their needs.
To actively engage with the Project Owner, SRO and other stakeholders during the course of a project and communicate effectively on project deliverables to ensure they are well received by the recipients of the change and that the project is successfully delivered and benefits realised.
To apply relevant project, change and improvement standards in order to ensure that projects and initiatives are defined, governed and managed in a consistent manner across the organisation.
To implement agreed solutions, ensuring compliance with the Force’s and CTP’s design principles, in accordance with Project and Change Management standards and methodologies.
Work within an allotted budget and monitor spends, make appropriate adjustments within agreed limits in order to see the project through to successful conclusion.
To manage the work and priorities of the Project Team throughout the project lifecycle, defining appropriate products, standards and timescales, to ensure that the project delivers quality products to time and within budget.
To advise Project Boards, resolve issues and recommend corrective action as appropriate so that projects are sustained and implemented, working within the agreed decision-making process/project governance arrangements.
To prepare project, change and improvement documentation, using the agreed methodologies, associated toolkits and guidance. Setting out the objectives, plan, costs and performance measures to ensure that work is carried out in a timely and effective manner and to meet budgets and deadlines where applicable.
If appropriate, to prepare invitations to tender and manage the tender process through to successful completion to ensure that WMP gets value for money and services/resources secured are relevant and represent good practice.
Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs.
Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department.
Carry out any other team duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.
The posts are dependent on the preferred candidate being successfully vetted.

Skills and competencies

Essential

Managing transformation projects.
Managing multiple work-streams.
Proactive change management and delivery of service change.
Project, Change Management and Improvement methodologies, techniques and tools.
Project Management, Change Management and Improvement.
Problem solving and analytical skills.
Risk and Issue management.
Ability to prioritise and manage conflicts (people and tasks).
Networking, engagement, persuasion, influencing and communications skills.
Written, oral and presentations skills.
Ability to show tact and diplomacy managing sensitive issues in a discreet manner.
Strategically aware with the ability to see the ‘bigger picture’ but able to translate and describe in detailed plan form.
Excellent leadership and people management skills.
Ability to build effective collaborative relationships with a wide range of professionals within and around West Midlands Police.
Coaching and mentoring skills.
Ability to understand the strategic aims and objectives of the organisation and be able to work at a strategic level with Chief Officers and other senior members of staff
Strong numerical and verbal critical reasoning ability in order to think strategically, logically and clearly, and to take rational decisions and decisive action under pressure.
Ability to analyse both qualitative and quantitative information.
Ability to identify the wider implications of any change and the inter-dependencies between different initiatives.
Possesses a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Experienced and competent in the use of MS Office applications.

Desirable

Experience of managing projects within a public sector environment.
Managing multi-skilled teams operating in a matrix management environment
Managing senior stakeholders including SROs, Executive Teams.
Excellent commercial acumen.
Ability to lead multi-disciplinary and multi-agency groups to achieve the optimum outcome for all parties.
Ability to set plans at a strategic level incorporating aggressive timescales and manage to successful completion.

Security Clearance

⚠ This post requires British nationality (some dual nationalities may be ineligible) and Enhanced Security Check clearance with the willingness to undergo Developed Vetting when in post. You will need to undergo additional security clearance checks, with the offer of employment being conditional on obtaining all of the necessary security clearances.

There are limitations on travelling to a small number of countries once in post.

Diversity & Inclusion

We maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities, whilst protecting them from harm.

Counter Terrorism Policing is always working to build upon our diverse workforce to reflect the country we serve. An inclusive culture enables us to do things differently, working in ways that meet individuals’ needs, flexing working patterns to ensure work-life balance is healthy so that we deliver the best for the organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

Advertisement Closing Date

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if the maximum volume of applications has been reached. Candidates with unsubmitted applications will not be informed prior to the advert closing.

Please do not attach a CV/covering letter as these will not be used during the application process.