Performance Review Adviser, JRN 10857

Role:

Salary: Band 8, £33,039 – £37,584 pro rata (£16,519.50 – £18,792 per annum)

Location: Agile, Middle Engine Lane Police Station and homeworking

Hours/Contract: Permanent, Part time – 18.5 hours per week. Please note the working pattern can be agreed to suit the individual within core hours 8am – 4pm (Monday – Friday)

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.

As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.

Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.

Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.

Learn about our full benefits package

The role

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 Corporate Development Department as a Performance Review Adviser.

Our Corporate Development Department is at the forefront of developing the Performance Framework across Northumbria Police. We provide performance data and insight to executive and operational levels to support delivery of the Force’s strategic objectives.

What you’ll do

Provide relevant analysis and advice in the use of performance management systems to senior management and wider stakeholders in order to support the strategic direction of the Force and contribute to the continuous performance improvement of the Force.

• Build and maintain relationships with a wide range of internal and external customers, in order to provide professional and specialist advice and guidance, interpreting statistics, identifying contextual data and advising on the development of local performance indicators in order for Force Managers to effectively monitor performance.
• Undertake research and analysis, and produce reports, and presentations and present findings, both in written form and at meetings, providing clear objectives and recommendations in order to inform decision making. Provide accurate and up to date data for internal and external customers including senior managers, the police authority and the Home Office.

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description

What you’ll bring

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in providing specialist professional guidance and services concerning statistical analysis and research methods in order to fulfil the Force’s performance management objectives, including:

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify themes, trends and issues.
Advanced technical competencies in a range of analytical software (e.g. Microsoft Excel, BI products) to design and build user friendly, informative performance products to inform decision making and performance discussions High level of planning and organising.
• Excellent data-led problem solving skills with the ability to identify areas of risk and improvement.
• Experience in accessing, interrogating and utilising multiple data sources and systems.
• Proven, outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Able to present information effectively and with impact.
• Experience of working in a fast paced, performance environment.

We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact David Garrigan, Corporate Performance Manager by email at David.garrigan@northumbria.police.uk

What we offer

• 26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays
• NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave• Flexi time – allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs
• Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
• Agile working – option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force
• Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
• Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts
• Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers• Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
• We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support
Access to gyms in some stations
• Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
• Cycle to work scheme

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Performance Review Adviser with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re ing for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview and a data exercise. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

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 Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance and medical information.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6month probation period with us where you will be unable to for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.