Location of Role: Harlow

Advert Closing Date: 07/02/2023

Salary Range: £49,602.00 to £64,884.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Secondment/fixed-term

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

Weekend/Evening Working: No

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Business Operations Manager for the Athena Management Organisation.

This is an exciting and challenging role that requires the successful candidate to Co-ordinate the management of operational delivery throughout the Athena Management Organisation, including deputising for the Programme Director, supplier management, shaping and implementation of the system, ensuring that all work meets the 9 Athena forces strategic agendas and deliver high quality services that support policing plans and objectives.

You will plan and co-ordinate Athena Service Delivery across the consortium, establishing performance standards, determine priorities, develop working partnerships with key stakeholders, external suppliers and contractors, plan appropriate deployment of resources and provide for effective monitoring and evaluation, in order to ensure that the optimum service is provided to customers.

You will establish, assess and manage risks, issues and threats to performance within Service Delivery activities, addressing and advising on tactical vulnerabilities and ensuring appropriate and informed decisions are taken in relation to threats and vulnerabilities. As well as acting as the subject matter expert for Athena in order to provide advice and guidance to governance boards, all senior stakeholders, in support of strategic decision making.

The Business Operations Manager directs and manages the Athena Management Organisation staff, providing leadership, promoting effective communication, undertaking recruitment, overseeing staff appraisals, development processes, health and welfare and training, in order to maximise individual and team performance, ensuring that staff contribute effectively towards the organisations business aims.

Smarter Working/Agile Working:
Kent - The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work, including the potential to work from home for those who would like to. In the event that home working is agreed for the successful candidate, there will be a requirement to regularly attend a designated ‘Team Zone’ location on average one or two days a week, as agreed with the line manager. Currently the designated Team Zone for this role is located at Harlow Police Station.

Essex - Successful applicants for this role will be defined as a Home based Agile Worker - Works predominately (80% or more) at home only working in the office when required to do so. The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work, including home working. The extent of flexibility will be agreed through individual assessment with the line manager to assess operational requirements and individual’s suitability for home working. In the event that home working is agreed for the successful candidate, there will be a requirement to regularly attend the contractual workplace.

Please evidence the following essential and desirable criteria within your application. Your application is shortlisted on the content provided within the 'reason for application' section. Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible as insufficient information may mean that you do not meet the shortlisting criteria.

Essential :
Operational IT service delivery

Supplier Management

Stakeholder Management

Assess and Manage Risks

Managing people

Desirable :
Change management

Interpreting Contracts

For further information regarding the role please contact Anthony Austin on anthony.austin@kent.police.uk

Kent Police and Essex Police have separate salary grading systems therefore the salary for this position will be dependent on which home office force you are appointed to. This will be discussed with the successful applicant before a final offer is made.

Your application is shortlisted on the content provided within the 'reason for application' section, which is limited to 9000 characters. Within your answer please refer to the criteria stated in this job advert and include any experience, skills and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for the role. Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible as insufficient information may mean that you do not meet the shortlisting criteria.

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to British Citizens, members of the EC or other states in the European Economic Area. If you are a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national, you must be a resident in the UK free of restrictions and with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. All applicants must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.

Essex Police is a Disability Condifent Leader, we:
have subjected our Disability Confident self-assessment to an external challenge and validation

are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.

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