Vacancy Information
Division / Department - Change Delivery
Grade - Grade G
Status - Full Time or Happy to Talk Flexible Working
Contract Type - Fixed Term Contract
Salary Grade Range - £33,128 - £39,149
Working Hours - 36.0 Hours per Week
Shift Allowance - No
Politically Restricted - No
Location - Surrey Police Headquarters, Guildford
The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
Chief Constables' Message
We really welcome your interest in joining our Police Force. It is a privilege to lead the teams in Surrey Police and Sussex Police who continuously work selflessly and tirelessly in order to keep people in our counties safe.
We are looking for talented and inspirational people who put the needs of the public at the heart of everything that they do and who want to make a difference. If you feel you are that person then we want to hear from you.
We wish you all the very best with your application.
Chief Constable Tim De Meyer & Chief Constable Jo Shiner
The Role & Key Responsibilities
The Role
We have an exciting Business Analysis career development opportunity in the Joint Surrey Police & Sussex Police Change Delivery Department to help us deliver our mission ‘Enabling Successful Change.’
This role will primarily be focussed on supporting the delivery of the Surrey Police Operation Solve Programme. This is an extensive review of numerous areas of the policing model and involves the delivery to implementation of a range of business change and technology-enabled projects aimed to improve current and enhance future public service provision.
You may already be a Business Analyst or similar but applications will be considered from individuals who are able to demonstrate capability and have proven potential but as yet have little or no experience of performing a business analysis role or maybe already work in policing and are looking for a new career direction. There may be further opportunities on other programmes and at other locations in future. We are open to secondments from internal candidates or partner agencies.
You will be provided with training to BCS Business Analysis Certification and beyond, as well as coached by a very supportive team to complete a portfolio leading to promotion to the next grade.
Key Responsibilities
Working under direction of Programme and Project Managers, you will play a key part in shaping the programme.
Day-to-day duties and key responsibilities:
1. Managing tasks and schedules of programmes, projects and workstreams, ensuring their successful delivery
2. Collaborating with stakeholders to translate business needs into requirements and help them define deliverable goals and document them in a clear and concise manner
3. Support the development of scorecards, dashboards, tracking frameworks and reports using tools such as Excel, Power BI, or Tableau
4. Solutions development and recommendations evaluation of different options, assessing their feasibility and impact, and recommending the best course of action within the value for money Policing framework
5. Identify and analyse risks and issues from research and best practice elsewhere (both within policing and other organisations) to business areas, projects and change programmes providing mitigating or corrective actions
6. Undertake analysis to understand business challenges, identify root causes of problems, trends, highlighting, documenting and recommending areas for system and business process improvements where reengineering can deliver more efficient working practices and/or transform the way in which we work
7. Collaborate with teams to understand data needs and deliver insights
8. Perform data analysis to consider the impact of change on areas such as demand, shift patterns, performance, costs, people, skills, training, travel time, benefits, risks and opportunities
9. Capture and analyse data/information and present analysis to stakeholders in ways that is meaningful to, and easily understood by stakeholders, enabling them to make evidence-based business decisions
10. Gather and analyse relevant financial information, evaluating options by providing a cost/benefit analysis to support effective spend of public funds
Skills & Experience
11. Able to demonstrate capability and/or work experience in defining continuous improvements and involvement in successful change
12. Excellent communication and engagement skills with the ability to form and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including developing collaborative approaches within an organisation
13. Excellent analytical, mathematical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail and the ability to think laterally and identify innovative solutions and/or process improvements
14. Highly customer focussed with a good understanding of the organisation’s goals and objectives and an excellent team worker with a commitment to deliver results.
15. Proficient in MS Office Suite (Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and Word) and can demonstrate competency in using these applications
16. Ability to demonstrate high levels of integrity and professionalism, whilst dealing with confidential and sensitive information and working under pressure to tight deadlines
Why Work With Us?
Policing is an exciting 24/7 business and we all have commitments outside work. We’re invested in supporting people to balance their life with work and we encourage flexible working. We are open to conversations about job shares and part time working. We encourage agile working, giving you the opportunity to manage your own diary and work wherever you give the best service to the public. This may include flexi-time and home working.
We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits;
17. career progression
18. contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
19. generous annual leave allowance
20. discounts for everyday spend
21. on-site gyms and a range of sports clubs
22. generous and supportive parental leave
23. financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
24. discounted contributory healthcare scheme
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Further Information
This role is within a unit where Surrey Police and Sussex Police work in collaboration, whilst remaining two separate legal entities/employers with different terms and conditions.
Both Surrey Police staff and Sussex Police staff are employed in this unit on their own force terms and conditions.
Successful candidates may be appointed on the terms and conditions of employment of either Surrey Police or Sussex Police, depending on organisational requirements. A discussion will be held with the successful candidate to confirm the details of location, salary, allowances and hours.
Department - Change Delivery
Grade - Surrey Police Grade G linked to Grade H
Status - Full Time or Happy to Talk Flexible Working
Contract Type – 2-year Fixed Term Contract with hybrid working
Salary - Surrey Police Grade G range £33,128 - £39,149 plus £4,000 p.a. market supplement plus training and career development, Grade H (for exceptional candidates) range £38,064 - £45,058 plus £4,000 p.a. market supplement plus training and career development
Please note that Task completion will be part of the recruitment process