Strategy & Transformation Senior Manager

Role: Strategy & Transformation Senior Manager (Assistant Principal Officer Level)
Client: An Garda Síochána
Locations: Ashtown Gate, Dublin 15
Salary: Starting from: €81,475
Application: GetGot Application form only - https://staffline.getgotjobs.ie/

As part of the Strategy and Transformation senior management team, the role holder will work in the delivery and implementation of An Garda Síochána's transformation and reform strategy.

As appropriate to the relevant pillar, key responsibilities may include:

• Effective day-to-day management of assigned personnel, providing leadership direction, development and mentoring to team members, to deliver results in line with time, cost and quality and expected benefits, aligned to the strategic direction of the organisation

• Drive the development and implementation of organisation wide frameworks, approaches and standards, related to the relevant pillar, for e.g. strategic prioritisation within Strategy Planning & Prioritisation, benefits realisation within Innovation & Continuous Improvement, project management within Transformation Delivery, or portfolio management within Portfolio Management & Reporting.
• Lead planning, delivery and risk management for specific areas of work, as relevant to the pillar, e.g. projects and programmes within Transformation Delivery, initiatives within Innovation & Continuous Improvement, or key deliverables within Strategy, Planning & Prioritisation or Portfolio Management & Reporting, to deliver strategic imperatives.
• Implement sustainable solutions through involvement in key areas, as relevant to individual pillars such as; research and horizon scanning, strategic planning, service design, operating model design, lean process improvement, analytics and business analysis, change management, benefits realisation, innovation, project and programme management, portfolio management, governance and risk management and communications.
• Collaborate and engage with key stakeholders across the organisation to build consensus and ensure delivery of results and expected benefits. Work across enabling functions to ensure alignment and orientation towards expected outcomes.
• Review and assess emerging demands and analyse, evaluate and prioritise these against alignment to strategic imperatives and available resources.
• Translate complex data and information into succinct, clear messaging and communications for leadership decision-making.
• Drive a culture of strong, transparency through robust governance and oversight, managing and reporting on risks, issues and dependencies across the portfolio, to provide visibility to senior leadership on barriers to overcome and solutions to address these.
• Monitor team and deliverable performance, resource utilisation, and other relevant metrics, ensuring that timely reporting is provided to the Strategy and Transformation senior leadership team to enable effective financial management and planning
• Develop perspectives on the latest developments and best practice in relevant areas of Strategy and Transformation, or within police services and other public bodies. This will involve developing, updating, and rolling out appropriate methodologies and actively seeking to continually optimise delivery in line with An Garda Síochána's strategic plan.
• Lead the progression of core capabilities consistently across the team by an ongoing focus on professional development, keeping up to date with best practices and actively seeking to continually improve delivery.
• Lead all HR aspects regarding the day-to-day running of the teams, ensuring full compliance with employment legislation and civil service HR policy, overseeing recruitment, training, and performance of staff.

Essential Criteria

A qualification at minimum level 8 in the National Framework of Qualifications (Honours Bachelor Degree level) in a related subject.

Experience

Applicants must be able to demonstrate by providing personal and specific examples on their

application form that they have:

• A minimum of 3 years' experience working in a project/change/portfolio management or continuous improvement role with a proven track record of successfully managing and delivering across a range of projects or programmes.
• Experience of effectively managing and reporting risks and issues to deliver expected benefits and results on time, cost and quality, in line with key stakeholders' expectations.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to analyse and synthesise large amounts of information (qualitative and quantitative) and present required information clearly and concisely to a wide audience both verbally and in written communication, to enable informed decision making.
• Experience of leading/managing change within an organisation and a demonstrated commitment to driving innovation.
• Experience of managing and developing a team of 5+ staff, including the capacity to work effectively and collaboratively within teams to develop solutions and deliver results, along with building and fostering positive collaborative working relationships both internally and externally.
• The proven ability to deliver objectives, including the ability to make well informed decisions and work under pressure, and the capacity to work to tight deadlines.
• Experienced in programme and project management methodologies (PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2) or project management frameworks, (Agile, Sigma, Lean or PRINCE2, Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe), or Change Management frameworks (e.g. PROSCI, Change Management Institute, Kotter, ADKAR).

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CV's will not be accepted for this role. If you submit a CV or blank document, you will get an email with a link to complete the online application form.

Closing date for all completed online application forms is 3:00 PM, Monday 26^th January 2026.