Business Coordinator

Contract type: Permanent

Rank/grade: D

Salary: Starting Salary £36,040+ £6,710 London Weighting *pay award pending*

Directorate/department: Corporate Service Department (CSD) – Digital and Technology Services

Vetting level required: MV/SC (Find out more: )

Location: Guildhall Yard East – Hybrid Working

This role is open to all Police Staff who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, regardless of current grade.

The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.

Who are we?

As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there's so much going on.

City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a staff member you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the City.

The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.

The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities and long-term conditions, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.

About the team

The Digital and Technology Service is a small, focused team providing professional advice and guidance to the City of London Police in relation to the deployment, management and use of technology services and solutions.

The service is an essential enabler, setting the technical strategy for the Force and ensuring that key digital and technology solutions, upon which the Force relies, are maintained and operational to high and resilient standards.

About the role

City of London Police is looking for an organised, proactive, and enthusiastic Business Coordinator to work within its Digital Technology Service. A key role within the service, you will work closely with colleagues across the Force, the City of London Corporation, external partners and suppliers. You will play an essential part in ensuring that the Force's digital & technology services and solutions enable the Force to protect the public and prevent, detect and deter crime on a local and national level.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be:

• Managing the financial process for the Digital and Technology service in partnership with the Force's finance service and key suppliers. Act as the main point of contact on behalf of the service with finance colleagues, ensuring that the service manages its budget effectively.
• Monitoring the quality of service being provided by, and to, the Digital and Technology service across both internal and external suppliers. Challenge where agreed performance has not been achieved and work with colleagues to agree activities to fix performance issues.
• Developing and maintaining a risk management framework process for compliance with IT audits; and the follow up and completion of IT Audit actions. Managing and monitoring the IT Risk Register for the City of London Police, evaluating the overall information technology risk and reporting on the actual, mitigated and residual risk.

For more information, please review the Job Description.

Requirements

For this role, we need you to have experience of:

• Significant budget management capability, showing demonstrable experience of preparing and managing a departmental annual budget, using financial modelling effectively and costing both regular and new projects and activities.
• Knowledge of best practice risk management and governance frameworks, methodologies and emerging practice especially in a digital and technology context.
• Strong understanding of the principles underpinning effective performance management.
• Experience supporting the management of digital and technology services within a complex organisation.
• Significant experience of undertaking statistical analysis and producing reports based on this analysis, and proposing solutions to complex performance, financial and risk issues.

This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK and have resided in the UK for more than 5 years prior to application – this is a requirement for the security clearance and checks needed for this role.

If you would like to discuss the role please contact: Phil Pettit -

Selection Process

As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrate your ability to meet the person specification of the role.

The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.

Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered. We will shortlist applicants based on the 5 points listed under the 'requirements' section above. In your application form please refer to these 5 points specifically when detailing how your experience, skills and knowledge align with the person specification and job requirements.

The closing date for applications is Friday 14th November 2025 @ 12 midday.

Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, to be held Week commencing Monday 24th of November 2025.

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Benefits:

A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it's vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.

The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.

The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:

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• Access to Blue Light Card scheme - Welcome to Blue Light Card
• Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
• Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
• 29 days' annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 34 days with continuous service.
• Season Ticket Loans
• Cycle to Work Scheme