Senior Project Manager West Coast Collaboration Secondment


Posted on 30th Jul 2025

Senior Project Manager West Coast Collaboration Secondment

ALL APPLICATIONS NEED TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE EXTERNAL LINK. Any applications submitted via Oleeo will not be progressed.

West Coast Collaboration is a collaboration of Merseyside/ Cheshire/ North Wales and Dyfed Pwys Police Forces who provide the provision of a Single Niche Platform .

Job Purpose:

To be responsible for the planning, monitoring and co-ordinating the delivery of multiple projects relating to West Coast Collaboration ensuring that a consistent approach is applied across the forces involved and compliance with
S22a Collaboration agreement.

 

Knowledge and Experience:

The post holder will possess significant experience in programme and project management and possess relevant project management qualifications. A good understanding of Managing Success Programmes (MSP) and agile project management methods and experience in utilising these to bring multi organisational change is a key attribute.


A proven track record of managing projects which have been delivered on time and budget, to specification and quality through the project lifecycle is required.


Strong leadership skills that demonstrate the ability to lead and drive organisational change across collaborating forces.


Demonstrable interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence, build support and translate complex information and messages to stakeholders at all levels.


Experience of producing, maintaining and managing appropriate levels of project documentation including business case reports, detailed project plans and reporting on business benefits realised.


The Postholder must be flexible and adaptable, with the resilience to be able to continuously analyse, problem solve and re-evaluate ways of working throughout the lifecycle of projects.


Substantial knowledge and experience is required of IT centric projects and business change and an awareness of robotic process automation.


Proven risk/issue management experience is required to ensure existing or potential barriers are managed or removed in order to progress collaborative opportunities and deliver successful project outcomes.

Applications must have Home Force support, the level of support required must comply with local Force policy e.g. whether support required at ACC level and HR Support. Before starting an application, applicants must download the secondment support form, ensure it is completed in full and then upload to your application. 

Applicants will be prompted and applications will not proceed until this has been completed

 

Please use the attached JDQ and Leadership Framework when completing your 1000 - word supporting evidence 

Please apply using this link: Senior Project Manager West Coast Collaboration Secondment - Merseyside Police Careers

Approval must be sought from HR for all applications for out of force/external secondments. Therefore, if you are planning on applying for this secondment please fully complete the Secondment Authorisation Form and send to Workforce Planning (workforce.planning@cheshire.police.uk).

Failure to do so may result in your application not being progressed. Please DO NOT apply through Oleeo.

Please send authorisation forms, with Line Manager and Superintendent/ Head of Department approval to Workforce Planning at least 3 working days before the closing date. Workforce Planning will then review eligibility.

Please be advised that following a successful application, final release will be subject to approval by the Deputy Chief Constable. HR reserve the right to withdraw any application that has not been granted approval.

Police Staff are required to relinquish their substantive post if the secondment duration is expected to be over one year. Please Officers are required to relinquish their substantive post if the secondment duration is expected to be over 6 months. Please see the secondment policy for further information.


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