PS/465/BCH - Policy and Performance Officer - Criminal Justice & Custody

Police Staff
Criminal Justice & Custody
Hertfordshire Constabulary
Headquarters, WGC, Herts
Policy & Performance Team
Permanent
(B) SO1 (C) Scale 6 (H) A4
(B) £30,195 - £31,995 (C) £25,566 - £27,339 (H) £24,759 - £31,995
Full Time
No
**Please note that this vacancy has now closed and is available to redeployees only; it will not be checked on a regular basis by the recruitment team. It is therefore essential that if you apply for this role, you e-mail BCHCareers@herts.pnn.police.uk to notify us that you have submitted an application. We will then process it for shortlisting. If you do not notify us by e-mail that you have submitted an application, it will not be picked up. Please also ensure that you notify your allocated Change Advisor of any redeployee applications that you have submitted.
Redeployees who apply will be given priority over any other internal applicants for permanent roles up until the point that an offer has been accepted either verbally or in writing.
If a role is not filled by an internal candidate and is advertised externally, redeployees will continue to get priority over external applicants until a successful candidate has received a final offer of employment.**

Working alongside another Performance Officer who is based in Kempston, Bedfordshire and a Performance Manager based at Hertfordshire Constabulary HQ, you will contribute to achieving the vision, purpose and values of Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Constabularies in the delivery of its objectives through the provision of required Performance Management information relating to the delivery of departmental aims and objectives. This will involve the accurate interpretation, analysis and presentation of management information for the Performance Manager to present to senior managers enabling them to make informed decisions in order to support intelligence led policing.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

- To undertake management information projects and tasks as required by the Senior Management Team (SMT) in line with national and local Criminal Justice System (CJS) initiatives and to assist in the delivery and implementation of these initiatives.

- To develop, implement and maintain the performance framework for CJ across BCH; working in partnership with CJS agencies and partners to identify key performance areas and target deadlines; and to ensure that performance is effectively reviewed across the local CJS and that lessons are learned and taken forward.

- To research, prepare, analyse and present management information and data from a wide variety of sources using evaluation and change management techniques, to produce reports and statistical commentaries, identify trends and implications. It will be necessary to link research to the data obtained and make informed judgements regarding trends and patterns in order to identify and implement local efficiency and effectiveness improvements. This will be done in partnership with CJS agencies and partners, on both a regular and ad hoc basis.

- To develop, implement and maintain the performance framework for CJ across BCH; working in partnership with CJS agencies and partners to identify key performance areas and target deadlines; and to ensure that performance is effectively reviewed across the local CJS and that lessons are learned and taken forward.

It is essential that you will be resilient, flexible and innovative to the challenges in which we continue to operate including changes in demand, technology and within a continuing period of austerity whilst being cognisant of the opportunities such challenges can bring.

For the purposes of the application you will be expected to provide evidence against the four personal qualities below and the entry requirements:

- We analyse critically
- We take ownership
- We are innovative and open-minded
- We are collaborative

There is a word count limit of 500 words per section

The evidence provided within your application should convey relevant skills and experience based on the key responsibilities, entry requirements and competencies as outlined in the role profile and how they will support the future development of BCH Criminal Justice & Custody.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Paul Goodwin (BCH CJ & Custody Performance Manager) on 01707 355899 or email Paul.Goodwin@herts.pnn.police.uk.

* All applications must be submitted through our online recruitment website by clicking the apply button below.

** Please note, if you are an internal candidate you will remain with your home force.

*** Please note that this advert will be live to redeployees throughout the recruitment of this advert. Any redeployee that applies will only need to evidence against the minimum entry requirements of the role profile. To do this if you are a redeployee, write ‘Redeployee’ in the other competency boxes and just complete your evidence against the minimum entry requirements in the relevant box. Redeployees will take priority over other candidates at any point during the recruitment process up until a final offer is produced and you will be notified if this happens.
1 November 2019

This opportunity is closed to applications.