Role: Office Manager (Beaconport)
District/Department: Crime Services
Location: Europa View, Sheffield
Salary: £38,169 - £43,668
Hours: 37
Contract Type: Temporary – 12 months.
The Office Manager will be integral in supporting Operation Beaconport, investigations selected nationally for further review into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse between 2010-2025.
The role ensures investigations are conducted to the highest of standards, in order to safeguard victims and to ensure that reasonable lines of enquiry are pursued to bring offenders to Justice. The office manager shall provide that investigative oversight and level of quality assurance.
Key responsibilities:
- Maintain the efficient running of the investigation, ensure adequate staffing and resources.
- Quality assure documents entering the investigation, ensure actions are raised and allocated accordingly.
- In the absence of higher management, brief, task, and provide technical supervision and on Investigations.
- Participate in management meetings advising higher management on the current state of the enquiry and ensure actions required are conducted.
- Chair meetings when appropriate.
- Deputise in the role of Investigation Team Manager and Receiver/Reader as appropriate.
- Have responsibility for overtime budgets and finances.
- Supervise and mentor staff within the team to ensure tasks are completed satisfactorily.
- Where the HOLMES system is utilised, the role will carry out Office Manager functions within the MIR as set out in MIRSAP.
Carry out any other duties commensurate with the purpose and grading of the post that may from time to time be determined.
Skills and experience:
Previous Supervisory experience
Experience of managing PIP2 investigations
Computer Literate
Must be able to successfully complete the HOLMES training course.
Excellent communications skills both written and oral and knowledge of the Criminal Justice System
Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.
For more detailed information relating to the role, skills, and experience for this role, please click here to view the role profile.
South Yorkshire Police’s overarching aim is to deliver an excellent police service to support safer communities. The public’s assessment of our excellence is influenced by the level of trust and confidence in us, as an organisation and as individuals. In comparison to the general public, police officers and police staff are held to a higher standards of behaviour and accountability. In applying to join the police, applicants are accepting of these higher standards and understand the implications on their right to privacy.
South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:
At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.
Smarter ways of Working:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.
There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.
This role has been evaluated as a Fixed role.
Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.
Contact details:
For further information about the role, please email Detective Superintendent, Eleanor Welsh Eleanor.Welsh@southyorkshire.police.uk or Detective Chief Inspector, Thomas Woodward thomas.woodward@southyorkshire.police.uk
Closing Date: 24th August 2026
Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.
Candidate Information:
Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.
It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.
If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.
Internal Candidates:
This vacancy is temporary therefore; you must have the support of your current Line Manager to apply. If you are a permanent member of staff, this would be classed as a secondment opportunity. If you are on a fixed term contract, you must contact the Recruitment Team before applying.
Please ensure that you and your current line manager complete the attached consent form. Please email the completed form to the hiring line manager, with the role title and the closing date stated in the subject of your email.
Without support, your application will not be considered any further.
Documents to Review:
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For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here
For Secondment Approval - Please Click Here
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