Manager, Business Engagement and Innovation

**South Australia Police**
**Job reference**: 651656
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Manager, Business Engagement and Innovation opportunity available for a MAS3 contract up to 2 years with South Australia Police.**

**ORGANISATION**

SAPOL’s vision is Safer Communities. All SAPOL employees are guided by Our Values of Service, Integrity, Courage, Leadership, Collaboration and Respect. SAPOL is an organisation with a proud history and an exciting vision for the future.

**ROLE**

Are you a multi-skilled manager that thrives on setting up new functions that influence the whole of the business engagement capability?

We are looking for an outstanding communicator and leader with proven experience developing business cases, to setup a new business partnering domain. You will be motivated by building relationships across the organisation that influences the technology pipeline of projects that provide real benefit to the organisation, now and into the future.

You will be in the box seat to establish best practices for business engagement across an organisation that is primed and ready, and you will actively engage with leaders across SAPOL to understand goals and opportunities to leverage technology.

You will have a broad set of skills including financial acumen and business know-how that will help SAPOL business functions come up with business cases, working in conjunction with the architecture team and solution design.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead and build a team that is focused on improving the effectiveness of SAPOL’s operational policing through innovative technology.

**SUCCESS**
- Extensive experience leading, motivating and managing a high performing team in the development, delivery and evaluation of critical business partnering and engagement functions and programs including setting and managing key performance indicators.
- Extensive experience strategically planning and leading an organisations approach to innovation to drive continuous improvement in ICT technology solutions, systems and adoption including setting up and performance managing an innovation team in an IT Department.
- Demonstrated experience in interpreting technology strategy, identifying customer needs, developing service strategies, and providing quality customer centric services in either a public or private sector environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, as well as collaboratively in a team, within broad policy guidelines, exercise significant levels of independent judgement and delegated authority to determine goals and priorities within the framework of the corporate objectives of SAPOL and ensure that the required standards of service and quality are met within tight timeframes.
- Demonstrate extensive experience in leading and managing teams including the performance and development of staff, determining priorities and strategies, setting goals, monitoring and reporting against plans and achieving agreed outcomes.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical ICT concepts and explain technology solutions in business terms to a wide range of audiences, and to developing documentation to a high standard.
- Proven ability for strategic, analytical, and innovative thought and action, and the ability to think laterally when analysing and identifying business solutions, problem solving and responding to changing demands and situations.

**SALARY**

MAS3 $127,859 per annum.

**BENEFITS**

This is a great opportunity to join a large SA Government department that is going through a transformational change period and investing in ICT as a driver of business excellence.

**CALL TO ACTION**

Special Conditions please refer to the Position Information Document.

**Application Instructions**

Applicants must submit a covering letter (two pages) addressing the essential minimum requirements of the role outlined in the Position Information Document, a current resume and the contact information of three referees including your current line manager.
- South Australia Police is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion._
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and people with disability are strongly encouraged to apply._
- The South Australian public sector supports flexible ways of working including part-time working arrangements wherever reasonably possible. The sector is diverse and desires to increase in diversity and to create opportunities for more South Australians._

**Applications close**: 07/03/2025 5:00 PM