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:

• Day-to-day management of assigned personnel, providing direction and cohesion to team members to deliver results in line with time, cost and quality and expected benefits.
• 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.
• Act as a senior point of contact for key programme/project stakeholders to provide guidance and recommendations to address critical risks and issues.
• Support the senior Strategy and Transformation leadership team in the establishment and maintenance of appropriate structures, controls, governance and reporting to support delivery in line with intended outcomes.
• Support the implementation of 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 whilst keeping up to date with best practices and actively seeking to continually optimise delivery in line with An Garda Síochána's strategic plan.
• Support the evolution of the benefits realisation framework, through close collaboration with relevant leads to define, track, and evaluate benefits at relevant stages of programme or project delivery (i.e. from pre-planning to post-deployment stages).
• Engage and collaborate with key stakeholders across the organisation to develop and embed An Garda Síochána's innovation strategy, along with leading engagements and putting structures in place to support the development and fostering of a culture of innovation across the organisation.
• Monitor resource utilisation across the Strategy and Transformation portfolio to support decision making on resource allocation and prioritisation.
• Support 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.
• Ensure that monthly information is provided to the senior Strategy and Transformation leadership team to enable effective financial management and planning.
• Carry out such other duties and responsibilities as are assigned from time to time by the line manager or Executive Director of Strategy and Transformation.
• 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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Closing date for all completed online application forms is 3:00 PM, Tuesday 2^nd September 2025.