Fleet Support Manager (Secondment/Fixed Term Contract)
Secondment/Fixed Term Contract for 12 months with potential to extend.
In this new role, you will work to the Chief Superintendent Tasking and Resilience to achieve best value and service to the public from the Chiltern Transport Consortium (CTC) provision of owned fleet, hire vehicles and personal vehicle mileage claims. You will be responsible for enhancing and embedding processes and systems to improve fleet utilisation. You will play a key part in reducing overall cost, whilst supporting ongoing effort to improve safety through collision reduction and assist Thames Valley Police (TVP) through the fleet transition to alternative fuels.
The role impacts a large number of staff and officers across all areas of the organisation and you will be pivotal in the efficient, effective and ethical application of a circa £2.5m budget and the use and maintenance of a fleet of over a 1000 vehicles covering approximately 16 million miles a year.
You will need to have a strong service delivery background, and a proven ability to develop and maintain highly collaborative and effective working relationships. You will lead on financial and process analytical work and will require excellent communication and influencing skills to present findings and affect culture change and inform decision making. You will also need to act as TVP single point of contact and ‘intelligent customer’ in the relationship with CTC, providing assurance of the CTC responsibilities.
In the course of their work, candidates may be required to travel within the Thames Valley and Hampshire areas, and on occasion across the South East region.
If you are a permanent member of staff applying for this role, please note it will be offered on a secondment basis. Important: All secondments are assumed supported and that your line manager and Head of Department/Commander or Deputy are aware of your intention to apply. If the secondment is not supported then a strong business rationale must be sent to RecruitmentPoliceStaff@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting the reference number for the role.
Please note: Shift allowance, on-call or other job related allowances from the previous role will not be protected unless they are attached to the new role for the duration of the secondment.
As part of the Thames Valley Police family you will enjoy a fantastic range of benefits including 30 days annual leave per annum, pro-rata for part time (plus Bank Holidays), flexible working conditions, a wide range of lifestyle discounts, career development opportunities and have the option to join a local government pension scheme. To view a full list of our benefits, please click the below link.
If you have any queries please contact the Recruitment Team at RecruitmentPoliceStaff@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting reference 21395. We will endeavour to respond to your query as quickly as possible.
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The closing date for enquiries and receipt of completed applications is Sunday 12th May 2024.
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