Metropolitan Police Service

Salary: The role will attract a salary in the range of £104,000 to £130,000 depending on the strength of job related skills, knowledge and experience.

Location: This role is based at New Scotland Yard, London. There is potential to work from various Met sites including Sydenham and Kilburn. You will be expected to be in London 4-5 days per week.

As Director of Transformation you will be the most senior transformation leader for the Met. You will be required to lead and deliver transformation across the Metropolitan Police Service focusing on the delivery of the New Met for London (NMfL) plan, delivering across the projects and programmes underpinning that plan, to achieve the Commissioner’s vision.

For this role you will need to have extensive proven experience leading change and transformation within large, complex organisations (preferably with significant engagement in public sector initiatives) and a forward thinking resilient leadership style.

Reporting to the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, this role will drive business change, efficiency and benefits realisation, whilst influencing and engaging with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

As a key member of the extended executive leadership team, you will need to have a proven ability to direct, manage, priorise and sequence a large portfolio of projects and programmes. You will be expert in navigating complex political dynamics and offering constructive challenges in high-pressure situations. Your regular horizon scanning will enable you to anticipate future risks and issues – managing these alongside resource constraints. You will work closely with enabling functions to problem solve, integrate and collaborate – to deliver most effectively and efficiently. You’ll provide visible and symbolic leadership for the Transformation Directorate and the Strategy and Transformation Group as a whole: role modelling MPS values and behaviours.

Essential requirements

The successful candidate must:
• Be educated to degree level/equivalent.
• Have significant experience of leading change and transformation (including programme and project management, business change, and prioritisation) within a large, complex public sector organisation
• Have experience of directing, managing, prioritising and sequencing a large portfolio of projects, driving coordination, vision, benefits realisation and efficiency.
• Have proven ability to build strong relationships, effectively engage stakeholders and negotiate favourable outcomes.
• Have a demonstrable track record as a decisive and resilient leader, capable of managing highly complex options; analysing and making tough and effective decisions under pressure.
• Knowledge of Policing is desirable but not essential.

Please note that this role will be subject to security vetting.

Full Job Description will be available in the Candidate Pack.

How to apply:

This is an outstanding opportunity to play a significant role within this unique organisation. Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Metropolitan Police Service on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference GBPHA. Alternatively, telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by 23:55 on Sunday 18th August 2024.

Further information can be found here

The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. Applications are encouraged from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. Applications from ethnic minority groups and females are particularly welcome.

As a Disability Confident committed employer, the Met has committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realis their aspirations.