Assurance and Standards Lead

METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE-1; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job description

Counter Terrorism Policing Assurance and Standards - Assurance and Standards Lead

Salary: The starting salary is £59,839, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.

The salary is broken down as £56,911 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £69,342 plus a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: London (with hybrid working)

For Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP), delivering projects is not just about delivering improvements. It's about keeping millions of people safe across the UK. Our Assurance and Standards Team supports a portfolio of projects and programmes that will help better protect our country. The Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) Assurance and Standards Team has an exciting opportunity to help deliver our portfolio of change across the CTP network.

Joining our Assurance and Standards team, we're looking for Assurance Leads to help deliver our critical role in supporting the development and assurance of both business cases and projects/programmes, whilst maintaining a strong control environment.

We are looking for a proactive and enthusiastic team member with strong knowledge and experience of Change Assurance or a comprehensive background delivering change/transformation. As an Assurance Lead, you will be responsible for leadership of application of the Assurance Strategy, providing day-to-day support and guidance on both Business cases and Assurance across the P3O environment ensuring alignment to the Assurance Strategy.

The AST Lead will be responsible for providing independent assurance of Projects, Programmes and the wider Portfolio, and will report directly to the Head of Assurance and Standards. This includes ensuring that Projects and Programmes are viable at initiation and continue to remain viable throughout the lifecycle from a leadership, quality, financial, information management, risk, governance, benefits, and resource management perspective; and they adhere to the standards set across the Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (CTPHQ) portfolio and align to wider UK Government best practice.

You will have a varied role, where no two days are the same. You will join the team with a good understanding of Assurance, Business Cases and Project/programme delivery, but you will have opportunities and support to grow and develop your skills further to become a specialist in your field. You will work as part of a busy team, supporting the Head of Assurance and Standards by working closely with our change network and stakeholders.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience of senior leadership within a complex change environment; Proven experience of involvement in complex transformation;
• Experience of delivering and/or assuring High Risk, Highly complex programmes;
• A willingness to become an IPA (NISTA) accredited Review Team Leader;
• Experience of facilitating and mediating senior groups, balancing conflicting opinions, building consensus as necessary;
• Experience of significantly contributing to a CoE service and related virtual, collaborative team - with a clear practical understanding of the inter-relationship between the PPM, business design, change management and assurance disciplines;
• Knowledge or experience of HMT Business Cases.

This role will require briefings to senior leadership internally and externally with partner agencies and Government. Clear evidence of highly effective, responsive and impactful communication skills, where both written and verbal engagement has shaped senior management responses.

You might have some experience:

• Previous experience of working in government, a security agency or policing;
• Training/qualifications related to audit or quality assurance are highly desirable;
• Accredited Cabinet Office Gateway Review Team Member or Leader;
• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate some of these skills and is willing to learn and achieve these objectives.

Click the apply now button below and start your career. Applications will be via a detailed CV and Personal Statement. These should outline how your training, skills, qualifications and experience fit with the job description, why you want the role and what you can bring. Evidence in relation to technical competence is assessed based on all materials provided (CV and Personal Statement). Please note, we also assess applications based on the Competency and Values Framework (CVF) College of Policing.

Completed applications must be submitted by 30 April 2025.