Requirements Consultant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police
West Midlands Police
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Grade: 7


Salary:
£37,953 - £43,254


Closing Date:


Employee Type:
Permanent / Full Time


Location:
Lloyd House

The IT & Digital department is responsible for the force's adoption and use of information and digital technology.

The department consists of three core functions as follows:

  • Architecture Management (responsible for identifying and selecting the right technologies for the force)
  • Delivery Management (responsible for delivering and implementing the right technologies for the force)
  • Service Management (responsible for managing and maintaining all live, operational technology for the force)


The Delivery Management function is responsible for the implementation/delivery of all new and enhanced Information Technology or Digital Technology solutions in line with force requirements.


Working within the Delivery Management function, the Requirements Consultant will work with stakeholders across the Force to formally document technical requirements.

The scope of the role includes eliciting IT requirements prior to their handover to the development teams, and tracking requirements throughout the project life cycle.

The requirement support role will also facilitate IT input into mandates and business cases progressed via the commissioning process.


Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure that full IT and Digital requirements are captured and agreed and fully understood, reflecting all aspects of the delivery;
  • Support the tracking of requirements throughout the project lifecycle and provide status updates where relevant;
  • Act as a point of contact for technical requirements and provide guidance;
  • Drive clear and professional communication between the Force, vendors, and the IT & Digital Business Link function;
  • Define and use templates and tools to ensure consistency across the function;
  • Agree time frames, priority and scope with the requestor for requirements gathering;
  • Support requirements management evaluations and ensure that lessons learnt are recorded in the knowledge management exchange.

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to confidently interact and empathise with all levels of staff;
  • Comprehensive understanding of Business and IT Requirements Gathering, with strong requirements gathering and problemsolving skills;
  • Excellent technical design skills with the flexibility to use a variety of supporting technologies and to be innovative;
  • The ability to work under pressure and be capable of balancing competing demands and priorities;
  • Proven track record in understanding the need of customers/users.

Desirable

  • An understanding of Business Relationship Management;
  • An understanding of the Project Delivery Lifecycle;
  • An understanding of the ITIL framework;
  • An appreciation of architectural frameworks (e.g. TOGAF).

Vetting:


Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.


Medical:


Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.

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