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Business Design Lead – Police Staff – Change – Counter Terrorism Policing HQ

Contract type – Full Time, Permanent, Secondment

Location – London

Band – B

Salary – £59,301 – £72,254

Information about the Role

What is the opportunity?

At Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) our purpose is clear – to keep people safe from terrorism. To do this we are constantly evolving, developing new and innovative ways to counter the ever-shifting terrorist threat.

Central to this is our Business Design practice who combine strategy, organisation design, and management consulting expertise to help define the future shape of CTP and drive transformational change. The Business Design practice is growing and we’re looking for enthusiastic individuals with the right blend of critical thinking, creativity, insight, agility and enthusiasm to join this forward-thinking community of problem solvers.

We recognise a balance the importance of developing core skills for the role with individual goals. We’ll provide structured training and development programme as well as encouraging and supporting your personal development. Whilst we’ll work with you to further develop your core skills through a structured training and development programme, we’ll also encourage, support, and give you the time and space for personal development and growth.

As a community we embrace individuality and see our unique differences as key to realising both our individual potential, and our organisational purpose.

What is the job role and purpose?

As a Business Design Lead, you’ll leverage new technologies, varied datasets, and specialist operational knowledge to undertake detailed analyses and develop evidence-based solutions to some of CTP’s most complex challenges.

You will take a leading role in the development of the CTP Business Design Team, supporting your colleagues in harnessing and developing best practise, and consulting with the CTP Network to identify the right way to tackle problem solving opportunities.

You’ll collaborate and build relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders from across the public sector, playing a pivotal role in reacting and reshaping the country’s CT approach.

Key Tasks

The post holder will be required to do the following:

  • Lead on the definition of organisation problems using quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques, driving diagnostic and solution identification activity within a multi-disciplinary project team
  • Design and assure appropriate solutions to business challenges and determine the impact on CTP’s operating model
  • Manage senior stakeholders and translate complex organisational problems and solutions into simple compelling narratives that achieve broad business consensus
  • Develop and manage commercial relationships to ensure that contractor resource can be leveraged to meet the demands of CTP change demand
  • Lead on maturing the business design practice, expanding your own and others’ skillsets, providing assurance, and developing new approaches
  • Task manage teams of resources on projects and programmers
  • Line Manage Business Design Analysis and Junior Business Design Analysts

Apply and submit your application before the closing date of 26/08/2026 at 23:55hrs.

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