Equip Change and Release Manager (Fixed term contract/ Secondment)

Equip Interim Business Systems Team
Guildford, Kidlington
TVP ICT 4T
Band 4T, circa £40,534 - £44,059 per annum, plus benefits
Full Time - All roles are available for flexible working including job sharing and part-time unless there are legitimate operational / business reasons why this cannot be accommodated
Fixed Term

Secondment/ Fixed Term Contract (up to 12 months)


The role is within a tri-force team where Surrey Police, Sussex Police and Thames Valley Police work in collaboration, whilst continuing to be three separate legal entities/employers with different terms and conditions.

Surrey Police staff, Sussex Police staff and Thames Valley Police staff are employed within this team on their own force terms and conditions.

Successful candidates may be appointed on the terms and conditions of employment of either Surrey Police, Sussex Police or Thames Valley Police, depending on organisational requirements. A discussion will be held with the successful candidate to confirm the details of location, salary, allowance and hours.

The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range.


The Role

This role is being introduced as part of the wider temporary Equip Interim Business Systems Team. This is a temporary role to assist with the implementation of the Equip System across all three Forces, leading the transition of process changes and the embedding of these. Following this, the post holder will then be required to lead the initial service management of such processes, ensuring these are fit for purpose and meet the requirements of the wider business.

Key Responsibilities

The Change and Release Manager will act as both primary contact and management contact points for all Change and Release activities across Equip within the programme and then subsequently in a business as usual capacity, maintaining links with wider business and external change managers.

The post holder will plan all release activity associated with the Equip service, ensuring change and release processes are followed internally and externally and will be a key component of the of the Equip culture of Continuous Improvement.

Skill and experience

In order to be successful for the role, the applicant will have the ability to communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders, displaying technical and theoretical knowledge of ICT Service Management on a daily basis.

The post holder will have excellent knowledge of ICT Service Management tools such as ITIL and have a good knowledge of general ICT infrastructure and applications.

From a Service Management perspective, the successful applicant will also be required to challenge current ways of working between the Equip System and the wider Force, identify solution and take such changes forward, which may require influencing and negotiating with senior stakeholders and third parties.

Contact Details

Damon Mccarthy- Equip Tri-Force Strategic Data & BI Reporting Lead

Head of Performance and Reporting

Damon.Mccarthy@surrey.pnn.police.uk



Additional Information

There will be a requirement to travel and work across all three Forces. For the interim period, the team will initially be based at Guildford Police Station, however role holders will have the ability to work flexibly across Guildford, Lewes and Kidlington in line with activity requirements. Latterly, the base location will move to Kidlington in line with the TVP launch, which is estimated to take place at a later date post SY/SX launch. Therefore the post holder will need to be generally flexible in their working approach.


This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.

If you are an internal candidate looking to apply for this role, please ensure that you discuss your application with your line manager before submitting an application. If you are conditionally offered the role your attendance record and any reasonable adjustments already in place will be discussed with yourself and your current line manager. If you are successful in your application, you may be required to resign and transfer your employment, taking on the Terms & Conditions and pay scales of the Lead Force (if this is not your existing Home Force).


To Apply

The closing date for enquiries and receipt of completed applications is 16th March 2020. For more information and to apply for the role please click on:

https://www.lumesse-engage.com/policejobssurreyandsussex/internal/jobs/equip-change-and-release-manager-sysx-staff00935-3



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