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West Midlands Police
Role Description
JOB TITLE:
Benefits Realisation
Manager
REPORTING TO:
Change Portfolio &
relationship Manager
DEPARTMENT:
Business Transformation
GRADE:
MB1 (£44,985 - £51,243)
DATE:
09/03/15
1. MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE
The Benefits Realisation Manager will work across the entire WMP change portfolio and lead colleagues
to achieve successful benefits realisation. This will involve the management and coordination of
benefits realisation, engagement and communication activities across multiple departments and
business functions to support a seamless transition to achieve the strategic aims of West Midlands
Police.
2. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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Develop and manage the WMP Benefits Management Strategy and ensure that it continues to
be fit for purpose
Continuously improve the definition of benefit realisation policies and tactical benefit
management procedures within WMP. This will include processes for defining, evaluating,
monitoring and assuring benefits across the portfolio
Define and manage the organisation’s benefit map against investment outcomes, profiles,
interdependencies and realisation plans
Provide assurance to the project commissioning process that all projects consist of benefits
which are realistic, achievable and align to WMP’s strategic objectives
Support the organisation’s decision making process by analysing benefit options and predicting
future costs / return on investment / value for money
Continuously monitor and report portfolio, programme and project benefit realisation plans to
ensure progress against benefit review schedules and to analyse variances and initiate
corrective actions
Identify dis-benefits and risks which may impact on the strategic and tactical aims of WMP and
ensure mitigating actions and approaches are identified and managed
Ensure benefit owners are in place and the benefits are profiled, communicated, understood
and being managed. This will include ensuring processes are in place to manage benefits
realisation post project delivery
Ensure benefits are delivered effectively by establishing and maintaining working relationships
with SROs, business change managers, project/programme managers and other key
stakeholders
Ensure all staff responsible for benefits delivery are appropriately trained and mentored in the
agreed benefits management processes
Improve the organisational understanding and knowledge of benefits management via
continual professional development inputs
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Maintain industry standard professional and technical knowledge around benefits management
and assimilate trends and analysis methods from other organisations
Any other duties commensurate with the role and band/grade
3. COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE
Knowledge & Experience (including qualifications)
Essential
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Demonstrable experience in a benefits management environment
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a relevant field
Experience in managing financial spread sheets and accountancy principles
Experience of the development/implementation of benefits management strategies,
techniques, processes and tools
Demonstrable experience of cost benefit analysis methods, benefit mapping and benefit
profiling tools
Proven record of pro-active senior stakeholder engagement and working directly with executive
teams, Senior Responsible Owners and corporate finance
Recent experience of the development and implementation of management information
processes and products related to benefits realisation
Application of structured business improvement techniques to identify business benefits
Experience in challenging existing practises to support the organisation to continuously deliver
benefits
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Recent financial accountancy experience
BRM qualification
Project management tools
Skills
Essential
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Proven ability to understand and articulate the strategic aims and objectives of the organisation
Strong numerical and verbal critical reasoning
Strong financial accountancy skills in terms of defining and projecting future benefits and
associated costs
Analytical skills in both qualitative and quantitative benefits information
Work to a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
Mentoring and coaching skills, particularly with project managers and other practitioners in the
benefits management processes
Experienced and competent in the use of MS Office applications (specifically Word, Excel and
PowerPoint)
Demonstrate a personal commitment to own professional development
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Desirable
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Financial accountant
Contacts (Internal and External)
Internal
External
Command Team
Strategic Programme Board Members
HQ Departmental Management
Programme and Project Managers
Business Change Managers
Programme Management Office (PMO)
Team members
Senior Responsible Owners (SRO)
Stakeholders
Finance
Contracts and Procurement
Internal Audit
WMOPCC
Legal Services
IS SMT
ICT SMT
ICT Team Managers and Team Members
Private and 3rd sector partners
Suppliers
College of Policing (COP)
Criminal Justice Agencies
Recruitment specialists
Budgetary Responsibility
None direct
Special Conditions
The post holder will be contracted to work 36.5 hours per week but will need to be flexible to meet the
demands of the post and may have to work outside normal core hours.
The post holder will need to have the ability to travel to different locations across the region, as
required
Direct Reports
The post will have no direct line management responsibility but will need to work alongside and
influence the Project and Programme Managers, the PMO, the Design Authority and the Business
Change Managers and SROs.
Will also need to work closely within the Design Authority function and also with Corporate Finance.
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