Efficiency & Savings Consultant -
Scope of Work: Force-wide Efficiency & Savings Identification Consultancy 1. Purpose of Engagement Staffordshire Police requires a short, targeted consultancy engagement to identify cashable efficiency savings and productivity-led cost avoidance opportunities across all Commands and business areas. The work will support the identification of:
- £9m of savings deliverable in the next financial year, and • £20m of savings over the following four years,
while protecting frontline policing capability and taking full account of transformation activity already underway.
2. Scope of Activities
Workstream Key Activities Outputs Financial & Operating Baseline Review Force-wide financial position, cost base, and MTFP - Understand current operating models and resource
Indentify key cost drivers and;
Agreed Force-wide cost and operating baseline
Cashable Efficiency Identification Identify opportunities for cashable efficiency savings across all business areas
Longlist of cashable efficiency savings
Focus on non-officer workforce, processes, contracts, estates, ICT, and ways of working
Ensure police officer numbers remain ringfenced
Productivity & Cost Avoidance Opportunities Identify productivity improvements that reduce future cost growth or demand
Productivity and cost-avoidance opportunity set
Identify capital investments required to deliver future efficiency savings, minimise technical debt, and avoid downstream operational, maintenance, risk, and change-related costs
Future Investments
Assess opportunities for reinvestment rather than officer reduction
Best Practice & Benchmarking Align productivity gains to operational priorities
Best practice insights and benchmarking evidence
Bring proven approaches from other areas of UK policing - Benchmark Staffordshire Police against comparable forces where appropriate
Identify transferable models and lessons learned
Integration with Existing Programmes Take account of work already in progress (e.g. ERP, admin review, digital change)
Integrated and de-duplicated savings pipeline
Avoid duplication and double counting of savings
Identify interdependencies and sequencing requirements
Savings Quantification & Phasing Quantify savings values and confidence levels
Fully costed, phased savings plan
Phase savings into Year 1 (£9m) and Years 2 4 (£20m)
Identify costs of change and investment requirements
Options Appraisal & Delivery Planning Assess speed and complexity of delivery for each option
Prioritised multi year savings programme
Identify benefits, risks, and internal/external dependencies
Group opportunities into coherent delivery packages
Leadership Decision Support Prepare concise, decision-focused materials
Executive options paper and presentation
Present findings, options, and trade-offs to senior leaders
Support agreement on preferred approach
Key Deliverables
- Force-wide cost and operating baseline
- Longlist and prioritised shortlist of savings opportunities
- Quantified savings plan (£9m Year 1; £20m over 4 years)
- Assessment of delivery speed, complexity, risks, and dependencies
- Multi-year savings and productivity programme
- Visual Road map
4. Timescale
- Short, intensive engagement, typically 6 10 weeks, subject to data availability and stakeholder access.