Post Title: Cyber Griffin Project Manager
Contract type: FTC 12-month maternity cover
Rank/grade: E
Salary: Starting Salary £42,220 + £6,920 London Weighting
Directorate/department: Specialist Operations
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: 21 New Street, London.
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 StaffMember you will be helping to making 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 who are disabled, have long-term health conditions, and/or are neurodivergent, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
About the team
Cyber Griffin is a NCSC assured and CPD certified programme which makes up one arm of the City of London Police’s Cyber Crime Unit. Supported by the Corporation of London, Cyber Griffin protects businesses from cyber criminality and assists the Square Mile in offering world-leading security to the UK’s centre of business.
Currently offering 6 core PROTECT and PREPARE services, with the intention of launching more in FY 26/27, the programme has developed a threat-focused service model which helps to address key challenges facing the City of London: general security awareness, incident response and strategic planning. To date, Cyber Griffin have trained over 103,000 end users, conducted over 2,700 services and partnered with 1,600 companies.
About the role
This role will lead on the financial, data management, administrative, and project management responsibilities required to deliver Cyber Griffin’s strategic objectives. This post requires management of senior internal and external stakeholders, development and execution of the programme’s public communications strategy, completion of performance analysis, and strategic report writing.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be:
- Coordination of the programmes inbox and team calendar ensuring the dissemination and response to requests and that calendar conflicts are identified.
- Manage programme performance metrics using excel, power BI, SharePoint, and facilitate programme reporting to national policing through APMIS.
- Manage programme finances. This includes officer manager duties and yearly budget monitoring including all related CBIS responsibilities.
- Maintain the standard operating procedures (SOPs), the quality management system (QMS) and all related documentation the programme relies on to maintain its accredited statuses.
- Create and deliver the programme’s communication strategy through social media platforms.
Requirements
For this role, we need you to have experience of:
- Experience of or an aptitude to learn software applications specifically excel, power BI, SharePoint and APMIS.
- Strong reporting and communication skills to manage to internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong organisational and time management skills required maintain the programme’s schedule of deliveries, performance reviews, and financial reporting.
- Experience of personal data management i.e. CMA, GDPR and associated legislation.
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:
INSP Charlie Morrison – Charlie.morrison@cityoflondon.police.uk
Helen Thurtlesmith – Helen.thurtlesmith@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 Friday 13th March 2026 @ 12pm
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, anticipated to be held week commencing 23rd March 2026.
We strive to ensure all our information and services are accessible to and useable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way, would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, or have any other questions, please get in touch with HR via hrservices@cityoflondon.police.uk
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:
- LGPS Pension Scheme -Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme -Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- 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
- 29 days annual leave + bank holidays.
- Season Ticket Loans
