Salary: Band 12, £62,340 £67,245

Location: Forth Banks Police Station

Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Force Transformation Department as a Business Change Programme Manager.

As the Business Change Programme Manager, you will oversee the implementation of transformational change initiatives, assisting the designated Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) to guarantee the achievement of specified programme and project benefits.

Initially you will be responsible for overseeing the replacement of the Force records management system, a 40-year-old, in-house-developed system which supports the delivery of Policing services and helping to successfully embed the new system across the organisation.

You will identify and manage risks and dependencies, ensuring successful delivery of programmes within the agreed timelines.

What youll do

Ensure the successful delivery of programmes through focus on the consistent delivery of the project framework standards whilst considering external factors such as infrastructure planning and interfaces with other programmes.

Support the planning, design and delivery of programmes by proactively monitoring progress, resolving issues, and taking appropriate actions to ensure the successful mobilisation of projects within the programme framework.

Manage the project pipeline, prioritise and schedule projects, manage project resources and make recommendations to the Force Change Board.

Manage within programme governance arrangements to ensure that defined programme benefits are realised, risks and interdependencies are identified and managed, and programmes are delivered successfully within agreed timescales.

Maintaining, adapting and improving project governance protocols in conjunction with fellow Programme Managers to ensure ongoing effective delivery of projects, providing regular programme reports to show progress against key deliverables, highlighting any key risks and decisions required across projects.

Implement Communications and Engagement initiatives so that the Force understands any changes and their associated impacts and benefits.

What youll bring

• Project Management qualification or equivalent.
• Significant experience managing projects or programmes.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Experience of working within service / process improvement following LEAN methodology.
• Ability to manage a project or programme budget.
• Ability to coach and develop staff to achieve their potential in accordance with an identified career pathway.
  
  

We know its important for you to feel that youre not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Business Change Programme Manager with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role youre applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview which will take place week commencing 19 May 2025. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, well ask you to complete Management Vetting (MV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.