Post Title: Senior Project Manager (Online Crime Centre) X 2 Posts
Contract type: FTC until 31st March 2029
Rank/grade: F
Salary: Starting Salary £53,760 + £7,160 London Weighting, £200 LW supplement + £5,000 Market Force Supplement
Directorate/department: Corporate Services – Change Portfolio Office
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: Guildhall Yard East – Travel to Home Office and NCA sites may be required.
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 Police Staff Member you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the city.
Hybrid working - This Police Staff role adheres to Corporation of London’s hybrid working policy, which requires a 60% office attendance rate. The specifics of this will be discussed locally with your hiring manager if you’re successful for the role.
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.
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 Online Crime Centre (OCC) is a new multi-agency public-private partnership capability targeting crime committed online. By combining law enforcement and industry expertise, the OCC will identify, prevent, disrupt and block online criminal activity and its enabling infrastructure.
About the role
As a senior project manager, you will be expected to successfully manage and deliver a varying nature of projects and programmes on behalf of the City of London Police. We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic, and strong individuals with a drive to deliver on time and in budget, ably supported by a team of Project Managers, Business Analysts and Project Co-ordinators. 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 be:
- Take responsibility for the development of staff, providing leadership, advice, support, and develop individuals to establish a highly performing team.
- Supervise teams of Project Managers, Co-ordinators and Business Analysts to drive the successful delivery of change.
- Ensure implementation of the project life cycle and utilise management products and frameworks for all projects in their area, as defined by the Portfolio-arm.
- Be responsible for the preparation, implementation, and review of project plans according to PPM standards on behalf of the SRO/Project Executive and in conjunction with stakeholders, for own area of work and the programme of work for all Change Portfolio Team Members employed by City of London Corporation and contract staff.
- Have primary responsibility for ensuring that the projects in the portfolio produce the required products within the specified tolerances of time, cost, quality whilst managing the scope and risk to achieve the benefits.
Requirements
Your application will be scored against the criteria listed below for shortlisting. Please ensure that you reference your ability, knowledge and experience against these points in your application.
- A recognised and current qualification in Project and Programme Management to a practitioner level from a body such as APMG is essential. These could be Management of Successful Programmes (MSP), Praxis, Prince 2, or similar qualifications.
- Experience and certifications in any of the following (or other recognised accreditation in the same field) are highly desirable: Change Management, Portfolio, Programme and Project
Offices (APMG - P30); Management of Risk (M_o_R); Management of Value (MoV));
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) or an equivalent degree/ qualification.
- Extensive experience of successful delivery working within a senior project and programme management environment.
- Extended knowledge of, or direct experience in, applying programme and project management approaches such as MSP and PRINCE2.
- Significant experience in managing complex projects, within a dynamic environment, & use of formal system(s).
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK. Due to security vetting requirements for this being MV/SC, applicants must have continuously resided in the UK for the 5 years immediately preceding their application. Unfortunately, we are unable to progress applications that do not meet this requirement.
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge align with the points listed above in the ‘Requirements Section.’
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.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT and Copilot, is permitted to review and edit application responses for spelling, grammar, and clarity. However, all responses must accurately reflect your own skills, knowledge, and experience and must not be generated by AI or contain plagiarised content. Applications found to include plagiarism or AI-generated content will be withdrawn.
The closing date for applications is the 9th October 2026 @ 23:59
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, anticipated to be held week commencing 19th October 2026.
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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:
- 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 annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 34 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
