Airwave Assistant Project Manager

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 Digital Policing Team as an Airwave Assistant Change Project Manager.

You will assist the Change Project Manager to manage all aspects of the ICCS (Integrated Communications Control System) or Airwave project delivery across the full lifecycle, from business case, through initiation and implementation to benefits realisation, helping ensure the project delivers to time, cost and quality tolerances, standards and reporting requirements.

What you'll do

- Lead projects or workstreams in line with experience, following the Force's programme management approach and supporting effective delivery through robust planning, risk, issue, and stakeholder management.
- Deputise for Change Project Managers as required, ensuring projects remain on track, resourcing issues are managed, and key risks or issues are escalated appropriately.
- Support the development and maintenance of project documentation to drive workforce engagement, manage change effectively, and deliver sustainable improvements.
- Develop relationships with vendors and third-party suppliers as required, ensuring 3rd party products are optimised and embedded into business areas.
- Support process reviews and facilitate meetings and improvement workshops to evaluate services, processes, and the use of technology to improve service delivery., We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, working together to improve the lives of disabled employees. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. In cases of very high application volumes, we may prioritise those who most closely meet the criteria, applying the same fair approach for all candidates.

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 careers@northumbria.police.uk 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, we'll ask you to complete a 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.

Experience working in project teams to deliver defined outcomes within a matrix management environment.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of Airwave critical voice services and systems (ICCS, Airwave devices and accessories).
- Understanding of project planning and delivery, including monitoring and evaluation, with experience planning tasks and allocating resources to achieve key milestones within agreed time, cost, and quality tolerances.
- Able to set out logical arguments clearly, adapting language, form and message to meet the needs of different people / audiences.
- Well developed planning, organisational, and people management skills, with experience managing project resources, deputising for a Project Manager where required, and working collaboratively to motivate teams and deliver project objectives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing and managing project communications and engagement plans, building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and the confidence to challenge constructively and negotiate positive outcomes., Disability Confident
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