Summary
As a Strategy and Planning Manager, you will be welcomed into a dynamic and inclusive Strategy team working on the IOPC's business planning process. The IOPC is on a journey to develop its culture, perspectives and ethos to support the organisation's core outcomes and this is your opportunity to enter into the varied world of IOPC Strategy allowing you to develop your mindset and approaches to contribute to improving the police complaints system in England and Wales.
Main Responsibilities:
* Managing the IOPC's annual business planning process, ensuring plans are affordable, deliverable and aligned to the organisation's strategy.
* Leading efficiency and investment planning across the organisation, ensuring the production of robust and deliverable plans for improving the efficiency of the organisation and identifying where the organisation wants to invest.
* Providing and maintaining a process for effectively managing in-year changes to agreed business plans.
* Leading in the Strategy and Planning team and managing the Strategy and Planning Officer(s).
* Supporting the planning and delivery of elements to improve the strategic maturity of the organisation.
* Maintain a sound understanding of the context in which the IOPC operates and ensure intelligence from its own work and work across the police complaints system informs planning activity.
* Interact with finance to produce annual budgets to ensure that annual plans are deliverable and appropriately resourced.
* Identify future financial pressures and investment opportunities that will affect our budget ensure resources are dedicated where needed through the in-year change process.
* Work collaboratively with the Performance team to ensure that measures are agreed as part of the Business Plan.
* Produce the IOPC's annual business plan documents, ensuring plans are effectively communicated to internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner.
* Continuously improve the planning processes to increase the organisation's strategic maturity, identifying innovative solutions to problems to ensure they continue to meet the needs of the business and follow best practice.
* Develop and maintain good relationships with senior managers and Directors to provide advice, challenge and guidance across all planning activity.
* Analyse information to provide support and advice to the DG, Management Board and Unitary Board to ensure plans are robust, deliverable and strategically aligned to enable them to make effective decisions.
* Deputise for the Strategy Unit Lead when necessary and provide support on the functioning of the Strategy Unit and the planning of activity to improve our strategic maturity.
* Act as a representative of the Strategy, Policy and Impact directorate, providing leadership and supporting engagement activity across the organisation as required.
Ideal Candidate
Essential Experience:
* Experience in leading business and financial planning processes.
* Ability to think strategically to see the bigger picture.
* Knowledge of strategic planning processes and models.
* Knowledge and experience of change control processes and ability to identify how to resource effectively.
* Developing and drafting strategic plans and maintaining effective relationships with a variety of internal stakeholders.
* Working collaboratively with key teams in these processes.
* Providing advice and challenge to and influencing more senior colleagues.
* Excellent administration and co-ordination skills.
* Staff management and team building.
Desirable:
* Knowledge of project methodology (Prince 2).
Package:
* 27.5 days paid annual leave (increasing with service to 32.5 days).
* Civil Service pension.
* PAM employee assistance programme.
* Access to Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) membership.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Learning and development tailored to your role.
* An environment with flexible working options.
Additional Information:
The IOPC does not participate in the UK Visa Sponsorship Scheme; therefore, candidates will have to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK if offered a role with us.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; therefore, a standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be carried out for the successful candidate during the pre-employment process.
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