Resource and Performance Analyst

These are designated home working roles but if the post holder prefers, they can be based at one of our sites in either Ryton-on-Dunsmore (CV8 3EN), Durham (DL15 8DS) or Harrogate (HG3 1UF), with hybrid working opportunities also available.

This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.

About us:

We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level. 

Although we’re a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles. 

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Resource and Performance Analyst

The selected candidate will join the College of Policing’s Corporate Development Unit, supporting colleagues across the organisation to collate, analyse and report data that helps us better understand our resource commitments, track the early and long-term impact our work is having, and effectively manage risks and issues that might otherwise challenge delivery. The Corporate Development Unit is a relatively new team within the College; we are enthusiastic and flexible in our approach to supporting colleagues and each other, and passionate about the critical role we play in supporting policing nationally. You will have knowledge and experience of data management, corporate performance and risk management, and highly proficient skills in data collation, analysis, presentation and reporting. You will bring the resilience, focus and leadership skills necessary to identify and deliver improvements across our data infrastructure and be able to work constructively and collaboratively with colleagues at all levels, exerting positive influence in your day-to-day role to really make a difference.  In return, we will support you to develop your corporate career in an organisation with excellent development opportunities and significant national influence.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Design, develop and maintain up-to-date resource capacity plan for the College, working with Finance, HR and across portfolios to enable College-wide resourcing and deployment decisions which are based on a thorough understanding of capacity and demand.
• Identify and provide analytical support required to produce routine performance analysis that identifies trends and issues affecting performance, highlighting successes and areas of risk. Ensure performance analysis is completed in a timely way to inform the suite of performance reporting products and metrics being developed by the Performance and CI team.
• Use capacity data to design and routinely produce a range of management information products (MI) for TCDG (e.g. capacity dashboards). Design and co-ordinate preparation of quarterly performance reports on portfolio delivery for Exec/Board – using agreed outcome measures in scopes as dashboard metrics 

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Exceptional numerical reasoning, attention to detail and accuracy .
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications – Excellence in Excel
• Ability to design and produce concise and accessible MI summaries that get across key messages clearly to facilitate decision making e.g. data dashboards, visualisations etc. Knowledge and experience in the use of Power Bi would be an advantage 

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

Alongside your salary of £31,673, College of Policing contributes
£8,551 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The College is a great place to work. We’re passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):

• Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
• Continued professional development and structured career paths
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Flexi-time (for certain grades)
• A range of flexible working arrangements
• Benenden Healthcare
• National Dental Plan
• Discounts for on-line shopping
• Free employee support line
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Rewards and recognition scheme 

We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all. 

For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing

Open to UK nationals only.

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Job contact :

• Name : College of Policing HR Recruitment
• Email : recruitment@college.police.uk
• Telephone : 07717652992

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@college.police.uk