Project Manager

Role: Project Manager

Department: Business Change & Innovation (BC&I)

Location: Carbrook Sheffield

Salary: 38169 - 43668

Hours: 37

Contract Type: Permanent

In this role you will work as part of a team to analyse plan and manage the implementation of change across South Yorkshire Police in line with the forces key strategies and business requirements.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and be involved with projects. Direct research analyse and produce reports formulating appropriate recommendations and action plans within agreed parameters.
• Identify opportunities for effectiveness and smarter ways of working for the force.
• Produce well-structured high quality project documentation to Prince 2 standards.
• Provide briefing papers and other reports for the respective Project Boards Senior Management and key stakeholders.
• Produce project documentation in such a way as to make the information understandable to the o Is Resources rix manages IS itarget audience enabling them to make informed decisions based on that information.
• Effectively manage resources technical planning procurement and implementation of force development projects. From initial conception and planning to implementation and subsequent monitoring.
• Ensure that agreed quality standards budgets and timescales are adhered to and best practice project management principles and techniques are adopted throughout the project lifecycle.
• Critically evaluate and adapt service delivery to meet the changing needs of customers ensuring effective liaison and establish open communication channels.
• Liaise with other practitioners and specialist functions in developing innovative timely and cost-effective best practice solutions that can be implemented across the force.
• Participate in the decision-making process and make recommendations on a range of issues on a regular basis to the Management Team.
• Provide advice and guidance to support groups and staff.
• Work with specialist teams/suppliers where appropriate across multiple sites holding regular team meetings and monitoring performance.
• Act as a technical expert on specialised and related projects ensuring they meet the relevant national guidelines and strategies.

Skills and experience:

• Educated to Degree Level in an appropriate subject matter area or equivalent work experience
• Knowledge and experience of project planning and methodologies - PRINCE2 practitioner.
• Knowledge and experience of strategy and planning.
• Knowledge of Business Analysis techniques and methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience of business models and continuous improvement models.
• Knowledge and experience of stakeholder engagement and communication.

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.

For more detailed information relating to the role skills and experience for this role pleaseclick here to view the role profile.

What we offer:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance some of which are listed below:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity paternity and adoption leave
• Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness Integrity & Trust
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card Company Shop Cycle to work scheme
• Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 ()
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

South Yorkshire Polices overarching aim is to deliver an excellent police service to support safer communities. The publics assessment of our excellence is influenced by the level of trust and confidence in us as an organisation and as comparison to the general public police officers and police staff are held to a higher standards of behaviour and applying to join the police applicants are accepting of these higher standards and understand the implications on their right to privacy.

South Yorkshire Polices Key Values:

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness Integrity & Trust the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location whether that be a SYP building or from home.

For further information about the role please contact: Darren Vandrewala by email

Closing Date: 17th May 2026

Closing dates are not normally extended other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Candidate Information:

Please note that should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references medical clearance vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve in order for us to provide the best service utilising a range of backgrounds experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer please contact our dedicated team on

In addition we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Documents to Review:

For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here

For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here

For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here

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