Posted: 5 June
The role
Efficiency & Savings Consultant Scope of Work: Force-wide Efficiency & Savings Identification Consultancy 1. Purpose of Engagement Staffordshire Police requires a short, targeted consultancy engagement to identify cashable efficiency savings and productivity-led cost avoidance opportunities across all Commands and business areas. The work will support the identification of: £9m of savings deliverable in the next financial year, and • £20m of savings over the following four years, while protecting frontline policing capability and taking full account of transformation activity already underway. 2. Scope of Activities Workstream Key Activities Outputs Financial & Operating Baseline Review Force-wide financial position, cost base, and MTFP - Understand current operating models and resource Indentify key cost drivers and; Agreed Force-wide cost and operating baseline Cashable Efficiency Identification Identify opportunities for cashable efficiency savings across all business areas Longlist of cashable efficiency savings Focus on non-officer workforce, processes, contracts, estates, ICT, and ways of working Ensure police officer numbers remain ringfenced Productivity & Cost Avoidance Opportunities Identify productivity improvements that reduce future cost growth or demand Productivity and cost-avoidance opportunity set Identify capital investments required to deliver future efficiency savings, minimise technical debt, and avoid downstream operational, maintenance, risk, and change-related costs Future Investments Assess opportunities for reinvestment rather than officer reduction Best Practice & Benchmarking Align productivity gains to operational priorities Best practice insights and benchmarking evidence Bring proven approaches from other areas of UK policing - Benchmark Staffordshire Police against comparable forces where appropriate Identify transferable models and lessons learned Integration with Existing Programmes Take account of work already in progress (e.g. ERP, admin review, digital change) Integrated and de-duplicated savings pipeline Avoid duplication and double counting of savings Identify interdependencies and sequencing requirements Savings Quantification & Phasing Quantify savings values and confidence levels Fully costed, phased savings plan Phase savings into Year 1 (£9m) and Years 2–4 (£20m) Identify costs of change and investment requirements Options Appraisal & Delivery Planning Assess speed and complexity of delivery for each option Prioritised multi year savings programme Identify benefits, risks, and internal/external dependencies Group opportunities into coherent delivery packages Leadership Decision Support Prepare concise, decision-focused materials Executive options paper and presentation Present findings, options, and trade-offs to senior leaders Support agreement on preferred approach Key Deliverables Force-wide cost and operating baseline Longlist and prioritised shortlist of savings opportunities Quantified savings plan (£9m Year 1; £20m over 4 years) Assessment of delivery speed, complexity, risks, and dependencies Multi-year savings and productivity programme Visual Road map 4. Timescale Short, intensive engagement, typically 6–10 weeks, subject to data availability and stakeholder access
