Planning and Performance Manager

Planning and Performance Manager

Reference : PN00392A

Salary : £56,797 ~ £64,903

Grade : 5

Contract type : Permanent, Full Time

Contract details :

Application closing date: Sunday 9 March 2025 – 23:59.

Interview date: W/C 24 March 2025.

About the role

Are you passionate about making a real impact through business planning and performance management?

Do you enjoy working in a dynamic environment where your insights can shape decision-making at the highest level? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) is the organisation through which the Mayor of London exercises his role as the Police and Crime Commissioner for London and is led by the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. MOPAC undertakes a broad range of statutory duties and works closely with the Mayor of London, Deputy Mayor and Metropolitan Police Service to deliver the priorities that will create safer London communities.

We’re looking for a Planning and Performance Manager to join our Corporate Services Directorate. This is a crucial role, helping to ensure we work efficiently, stay focused on our priorities, and deliver the best possible outcomes for London’s communities.

What you’ll be doing

As part of this role, you will be at the centre of MOPAC’s business planning and corporate performance work, ensuring processes run smoothly and effectively. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Shaping and improving business planning processes, ensuring alignment with the Police and Crime Plan, corporate performance measures, and risk management processes.
• Developing and monitoring corporate KPIs to track progress and drive improvement.
• Leading on corporate performance reporting, ensuring senior leaders have the insights they need to make informed decisions.
• Managing a small, multidisciplinary Policy and Projects Team, ensuring resources are deployed effectively and flexibly to meet business needs across MOPAC.

Why join us?

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly established, collaborative, and dynamic team at the heart of MOPAC. You’ll be working in a friendly and rewarding environment, helping to drive improvements across the organisation and ensuring we’re delivering on our priorities for London.

If you’re an experienced professional with a background in business planning and performance management – and you’re looking for a role where you can make a real difference – we’d love to hear from you.

If this sounds like you, then don’t hesitate to find out more about the role through the job description attached below and make an application to join an organisation focused on delivering for Londoners.

Want to find out what it’s like to work with MOPAC?

You can find out more about MOPAC by visiting our website.

If you have a question about the role please contact Naomi Oldroyd-Simpson by emailing Please do not send applications directly to them as MOPAC operates a blind recruitment process.

If your query is about the recruitment process, please contact HR via the email below instead.

Applying for the Role

Candidates wishing to apply must upload their CV accordingly, complete their personal profile and answer the supporting questions. Please ensure your answers clearly address the essential criteria and competency framework outlined in the attached job description.

Please note that you will not be able to go back and edit your application once you have pressed the submit button. We advise all candidates to make note of the supplementary questions and draft their answers outside of the recruitment portal.

MOPAC operates a blind recruitment process; therefore, please do not write any identifiable information (such as your name, pronouns or any personal information) within your supporting question answers or introductory statement.

We will not be using information from CVs for shortlisting scoring and candidates will only be assessed against our application criteria.

If we receive a large number of applications, we may choose to shortlist on the lead question, the first supplementary question.

We would also advise candidates to avoid using Chat GPT in preparing answers.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance submitting your application, please email

Political Restriction

Political Restriction: under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011), all MOPAC staff members will be politically restricted without the right to apply for an exemption.

Security Vetting Clearance

The successful candidates will be expected to undergo the necessary security vetting, which may take around eight weeks to complete. Applicants must possess the legal right to work in the UK and have resided in the UK continuously for at least the last three years.

Reward and Benefits

In addition to an excellent salary and civil service pension with 28.97% employer contribution, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 32.5 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan and flexible working arrangements.

Where are we based?

We have moved to a hybrid working model with office hubs at Union Street (near London Bridge) and Newlands Park (postcode SE26). On average, staff will work 1-2 days a week from an Office Hub, which may differ depending on the role requirements.

Got a query on the recruitment process?

If you have a question about the recruitment process, please get in touch with a member of the HR team via email at

We are a disability-confident employer. MOPAC guarantees an interview to any applicant that declares that they have a disability, providing they meet the minimum standards for the job role. These standards are defined in the job description and will often be listed as essential or desirable skills.

London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.