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Job Summary:
The civilian workforce of over 9,500 Army Civil Servants and 2,400 Locally Employed Civilians provides crucial support to the Army in the delivery of its outputs. Our people support operations across the globe and work hard to protect the United Kingdom through collaborative working that touches all aspects of life in the UK. Forming a "whole force" approach, we pride ourselves on being an organisation that offers diversity, challenge and reward.
This role sits in the Activity and Resource Planning (A&RP) Team which is within the Equipment Department Field Army, we provide equipment support to All Front Line Commands for Land Managed Capabilities.
The A&RP Team collaboratively bring together and report Land Capability, in depth planned activity covering the next 3 years (Broken down to Kilometres travelled/ Hours Run and Rounds Fired). This mainly addresses the Vehicle Support Team portfolio covering Armoured Tracks, Protected Mobility, and the Operational Support Vehicles Programme (Support to wider Land portfolio capabilities are envisaged if appropriate to the A&RP Methodology).
The activity forecasting and demand planning process allows the Army to better handle the resources required to deliver planned activity, communicating activity changes to DE&S on a frequent basis, to an agreed planning rhythm.
A&RP is designed to enable the Army to generate a single, shared, integrated, agreed and affordable plan for the provision of materiel (Capital Spares (CS) and Raw Materials and Consumables (RMC)) in support of delivering Force Elements at Readiness and contingency. The Army must lead this demand and supply relationship with DE&S with, whilst ensuring commanders flexibility to conduct effective training.
The A&RP process is owned by the Field Army HQ staff, however, involves partners from across the Land Equipment Enterprise, including: DE&S, Field Army HQ, other Front Line Commands using Land equipment utilised by the Army and wider Strategic Suppliers.
The Army prides itself on treating our people as our greatest asset by harnessing skills and maximising talent. Getting the best from our people is a key value shared across the organisation, and we believe that a Civil Service career supporting the Army offers a unique blend of challenge and variety not found anywhere else.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description:
An exciting opportunity has arisen as a Performance Analyst. You will be collaboratively working across multiple departments, monitoring actual vehicle performance against planned activity requirements. This is an excellent opportunity to gain further understanding of the wider Defence Departments, engaging activity/capability focal points across All Front-Line Commands and Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S).
Key responsibilities of a Performance Analyst:
* Work in a fast-paced Team, adopting a customer focused approach, implementing the Activity and Resource Planning process.
* Demonstrate good engagement skills including the ability to develop excellent working relationships with a diverse range of partners, ensuring that a robust Activity Forecast is produced and supported (Enabling a Holding to Account process to be undertaken).
* You will provide support to the development of a coherent, realistic, and affordable Equipment and Commodities Programme to the A&RP portfolio.
* Be responsible for the performance analysis of VST capabilities under, Armoured Tracks, Protected Mobility and Operational Support Vehicles, in line with the A&RP Battle Rhythm.
* Help stakeholders measure and assess outcomes (for example, what good looks like and how it will be measured).
* Help to plan and ensure project delivery.
* Find opportunities to collaboratively share information with wider stakeholders (Front Line Commands, DE&S Delivery Teams, community (i.e: HQ FA / FA HQ), colleagues and others.
* Work independently, but know to seek guidance when necessary.
* Be adaptable in applying analysis techniques to new contexts, especially when acting as the sole representative for performance analysts on a project.
* Create a performance measurement framework for a project with the wider team, including identifying reporting requirements, advising on procurement, implementation and validation of tools to deliver against these requirements.
* Be responsible for the accuracy and quality of data and analysis, and how they are used.
* Be engaged with, and actively contribute to, the performance analysis community.
* Line Management responsibilities.
The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.
Other benefits for Army civil servants include:
- 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years' service
- Highly competitive pension scheme
- Personal and professional development of skills
- Alternative working patterns for many roles
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
- 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
- Learning and Development
We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.
A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
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Essential skills required:
* We are seeking a highly motivated, methodical individual with excellent collaboration skills and determination to improve performance.
* A good understanding of Microsoft applications, exceptional excel skills for simplification of data manipulation and reporting.
* Keen to improve knowledge base of planning tools and identification of improvements seeking enhancements for all partners - Come and make a difference for front end support.
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
At application stage you will be assessed against your CV and the following behaviours:
* Communicating & Influencing
* Changing and Improving.
Applications will be sifted using the Behaviours and CV that have been chosen for this campaign, but in the event of a high number of applications, a sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour 'Changing and Improving'
At interview stage you will be assessed against the following:
* Your CV
* Technical - We'll assess your experience against the Performance Analyst Skills - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework. Data analyst - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework The technical questions asked at interview will be aligned to the DDAT skills.
* Behaviours
o Communicating & Influencing
o Changing and Improving
o Delivering at Pace
o Working Together
Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed and will be held in person. We endeavour to keep to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.