Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies are at the forefront of police collaboration, leading the way in improving decision making, governance, change, and performance. Our Portfolio Management Office (PMO) is responsible for managing change, ensuring alignment to organisational priorities, enabling oversight of future planning and organisational capacity, enabling the successful delivery of change and innovation / transformation thus delivering an effective service to the public, partners, and workforce. Within the PMO, the Strategic Change team consists of Business Analysts, Project Managers and Business Planning and Change Managers who work collaboratively to deliver analysis and change for the organisation.
We have two vacant Project Manager posts, one permanent and one as a 12-month fixed term contract. The roles offer hybrid working from home and/or office based either at PHQ Suffolk or OCC Wymondham with occasional travel to constabulary sites across Suffolk or Norfolk. We are looking for people who share our values of caring, inclusive, courageous and learning.
Essential Criteria
- Significant experience in project managing the full lifecycle of major organisational projects, with a track record of timely and successful implementation.
- Recognised professional qualification in project management such as Prince2 at practitioner level or equivalent (e.g. APM accredited).
- Demonstrate excellent problem solving skills.
- Well developed oral and written communication skills (including business case, report writing and presentation skills) for effective communication to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Well developed influencing and negotiation skills with proven interpersonal skills to deal with conflicting positions and a resistance to proposals/change.
- Proven organisational ability which demonstrates effective planning, management, prioritisation and sequencing of workload of self and others with minimal supervision.
- Experience of managing budgets across a spectrum of projects, including capital and revenue budgets.
- Basic keyboard skills and a proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications Word, Excel, Visio and Project.
Desirable Criteria
- Demonstrate knowledge of the issues facing Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies at a local, regional and national level
- Experience of delivering projects which have required contract negotiation / management plus the on-going supplier management.
- Experience of managing change in both the public and private sectors.
Please confirm on your application which vacancy you are applying for either the permanent role or 12 month Fixed Term.
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