Strategic Design Lead

7 months ago


London, United Kingdom Counter Terrorism Policing Full time

**Job Title**: Strategic Design Lead - Band B - Strategy, Performance, and Planning - Counter Terrorism Policing HQ

**Salary**: £50,897 to £62,015 plus a location allowance of £1,721. You will receive £50,897 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £62,015 will be via incremental progression.

**Location**:Across London

**Job Summary**

Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) operates in a dynamic operational environment, responding to continually evolving threats to UK national security. This role sits in the headquarters Strategy, Planning and Performance Pillar (SPP), reporting directly to the Head of Strategic Planning who oversees all business planning, strategic design, and assurance activities for the organisation nationally.

Here, your main task will be to lead a small team of Business Analysts to deliver services from our Strategic Design Authority (SDA). These include producing high-level designs for business change, design assurance, developing CTP’s business architecture and providing advice on best practice to practitioners across the organisation.

The SDA is responsible for the initiation of key business change initiatives, you will engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, present the case for change, and develop conceptual design options. As part of the SDA, you’ll also provide assurance of in-flight projects and programmes across the full change lifecycle, ensuring their alignment with CTP’s strategic direction, business architecture and operational environment. As the CT environment is constantly changing, you’ll keep a close eye on the security landscape too, assessing the impact of new events or threats as they emerge.

**Key Tasks**
- Lead early-stage design activity for priority business change initiatives, ensuring design coherence with CTP strategy, business architecture and operational environment.
- Lead on the review and assurance of in-flight business change activity.
- Engage with stakeholders across CTP, government, and private sector partners in relation to ongoing strategic design activity.
- As required, support the wider Strategic Planning function with strategy and business planning activities.
- Manage and develop a small team of Business Analysts, with responsibility for their continuous professional development and tasking.
- Support the Head of Strategic Planning with developing the team’s future direction and service offering for CTP.

**How to Apply**

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**Salary**: £50,897.00-£62,015.00 per year

Work Location: In person



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