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Ceremonial events. The Notting Hill Carnival. New Year's Eve. The Met Police keep the public safe at these and many other events throughout the year. As an Operations Manager, you'll provide technical and operational assistance for special events and operations, directly supporting our team. It's a varied, unique role where no two days are the same.

Your main task will be to support the senior manager and to specify and deliver a range of logistical, engineering and surveying solutions, working with a team of internal specialists and a wide supply chain. It will be your responsibility to ensure that all operational support, engineering, building and logistical solutions are fit-for-purpose, safe, and meet statutory and legislative requirements while providing value for money.

When you're not busy creating solutions, you'll be planning, drafting documentation, ordering works, supervising on-site and acting as a liaison and authorising payments to contractors. You'll also be part of the response to major incidents, attending crime scenes and deploying crowd control barriers.

To join us, you'll need a qualification in either Building Surveying or Mechanical/Electrical Engineering along with knowledge of relevant legislation including the Health & Safety at Work Act. However, it's just as important that you have excellent networking skills, with the ability to build up a list of contacts, including everyone from builders to scaffolders.

A quick thinker, you'll bring a hands-on approach, with the ability to manage a variety of building and engineering works personally if needed. This could include the design and manufacture of specialist bespoke items at short notice.

Although you'll be based at Lambeth HQ, your work could take you outside London, outside normal working hours. It's therefore important that you're a qualified driver, who is flexible and prepared to carry an on-call pager/Mobile telephone for an on-call rota. This role comes with a working pattern that flexes with the demands of the work.

In return for your efforts, you can expect a competitive salary, a Civil Service pension, excellent career development, and a role that's fulfilling every day.