Business Planning Lead

British Transport Police (BTP) are recruiting for a Business Planning Lead for a permanent contract. The role is paying £50,674.42 plus £3033.56 London Allowance per annum and will be based at our Force Headquarters, London. This role offers a blended approach of home and office-working.

BTP are the Guardians of the Railway with a bold and ambitious vision to be a world-leading police force that delivers a safe and reliable rail network for all. We are a national police force covering the rail network throughout Great Britain, including the London Underground, ensuring the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year.

As a Business Planning Lead, you will be required to:

• On behalf of the Force, provide direction and embed a clear golden thread from strategic priorities to service delivery; enabling services to deliver better outcomes for the communities we serve.
• Manage the delivery and governance of the key Strategic Hub outputs. Taking responsibility to ensure effective and efficient delivery within the designated timeframe: Force Management Statement, Capability Review, Policing Plan, Force Strategy and subsequent performance reporting.
• Work with colleagues in Finance, People and Culture and Transformation to drive a holistic and joined up business planning cycle which is in aligned across the organisation.
• Monitor and develop clear reporting on the Force’s progress against its Strategy and associated business plans, ensuring transparency for the Authority and police governing bodies such as HMICFRS.
• Build relationships and be able to work flexibility with a range of stakeholders across the Force and BTPA to embed awareness of the new process, more consistent ways of working and high quality outputs.

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

The successful Business Planning Lead will be required to evidence the following:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience
• Knowledge of organisational planning/business change within UK policing and commercial opportunities for Shared Services, Collaboration and Outsourcing
• Excellent verbal communication skills, with the ability to persuade and influence others and to manage expectations
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to draft reports and presentations with attention to detail
• Extremely numerate, technological capable and ability to apply analytical techniques to make decision
• Experience of managing multiple work streams at the same time, prioritising the key issues
• Experience of influencing, negotiating with, and providing challenge to management-level stakeholders
• Experience of collecting and analysing information, to form recommendations on organisation change and improvements
• Ability to present complex data and information in a concise and straightforward manner
• Evidence of strong personal drive, including high levels of resilience and determination and an ability to anticipate and overcome obstacles to deliver results and demonstrate evidence of the ability to make compound judgments and decisions and to challenge current thinking

If you are interested in applying to the role, then please click the "Apply" button below and complete an application form and submit a copy of your cover letter and CV.

The closing date and time for applications to be submitted is Monday 29th April 2024 at 12pm.

In return for your experience, we can offer you:

• £50,674.42 plus £3033.56 London Allowance per annum
• Yearly base salary increments (subject to satisfactory performance in previous PDR year)
• Working from home allowance available to purchase suitable equipment for blended & home working
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Family friendly policies including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
• Bespoke benefits platform and access to Blue Light Card
• Development opportunities including fully funded apprenticeships
• Employee assistance programme and dedicated wellbeing hub
• Excellent pension scheme

BTP is an employer who cares about the impact we have on the environment and the wider challenges of climate change, and as such we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and achieving Net Zero Carbon (NZC) through offsetting by 2035.

At BTP we are proud guardians of the railway and it is crucial that we represent the diverse communities we serve and protect. As ‘One BTP’ across the UK, we know that diversity, inclusion and belonging help us improve our decision making, foster creativity and drive innovation so all our people can thrive.

Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. So that we can become more diverse we encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, people who have a disability, those who are neurodiverse and persons who identify as LGBTQI+. We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted workshops or advice sessions.  If you have the skills, experience and values that here in BTP we pride ourselves on then we would welcome you to apply.

For more information on Positive Action please click here or email the team on PART-Recruitment@btp.police.uk

If you have any questions about the application process, please email our friendly and helpful team where we will be happy to help you:  RecruitmentTeam@btp.police.uk. If your question is in relation to equality or diversity then you can also contact our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team directly at: PART-Recruitment@btp.police.uk To reassure you, anything you ask us will be in the strictest confidence and will not form part of your application.

In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 5 years. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

BTP GPP Police Staff Pension Scheme is administered by Royal London and this is a group personal pension plan which is available to all police staff. It’s a defined contribution scheme, offering employees the flexibility to vary their pension contributions from 4.4% to 12% of their salary. For more information, visit the Royal London dedicated pension page or email us at Pension-Queries@btp.police.uk .Please note if you are an existing member of Police Staff in the RPS your pension will not be affected. 

Internal candidates must have completed their probation for their current substantive posting and can only apply in tenure if Head of Department approval is emailed to Recruitmentteam@btp.police.uk prior to the vacancy closing. Internal candidates must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance and that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date. A minimum rating of 3 (performing) or a rating of U (no rating) must have been achieved on the last reporting year PDR.