Job title: Service Manager - Core Systems
Job type: Perm
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Emergency Services
Salary type: Annual
Salary: Negotiable
Job published: 09-07-2025
Job ID: 43955

Job Description

Role:                   Service Manager (Core Systems) - Policing

Location:          Hybrid (Gloucestershire a few days each month and WFH)

Salary:               £54,879 + Excellent pensions and other Employee Benefits

 

Key Skills: Service Manager, ITIL, Project Management, Business Systems / Applications management

 

Why Apply:  

This is an interesting, newly created role to manage the embedding of the new Core Applications environment services and the subsequent effective management of the services in a Policing setting.

 

The Role:   Support the embedding of the new Core Systems / Applications environment and all the Applications integrations and inter-dependencies.  Then be accountable for ensuring stability and availability of the Applications as they deliver critical information services in a fast paced, policing environment.

 

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate: 

  • Strong Service Management / ITIL skills and experience. Able to demonstrate experience of taking ownership for the delivery of critical services / systems availability.
  • Experience of being responsible for availability of Business Applications environments and ideally, experience of embedding new Business Application environments would be highly advantageous
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Strong GDPR / DP awareness
  • Strong project management skills
  • Any experience in either policing or Government environments in a similar role would be beneficial but not essential.
  • Willingness to work from the Gloucester office as and when required.