About the job
Job summary
The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 12,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army. As such using data to aid understanding of our workforce is vital.
Based in Montgomery House, Aldershot, Regional Command’s Cadets branch enables, supports and directs the Army’s cadets; an organisation of around for 90,000 cadets, volunteer instructors and their officers. The Cadets provide an insight into Army career pathways, increase awareness of the Army’s achievements and give young people the social skills and personal characteristics needed by them to achieve lifelong success. A recent study published by the University of Northampton shows that the activities provided by Cadet Forces in schools can help to develop young people’s self-confidence, teamwork, leadership and resilience, with school cadets also having better attendance and academic achievement. Adult volunteers who deliver the cadet experience also detailed their own positive experiences, including how volunteering helps them widen their own skill set and further connect with pupils.
You will be working within a mixed team of military, other civil servants and contractors to directly enable and support the delivery of an exciting and attractive cadet syllabus and experience.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
The Business Manager is responsible for the effective administration of all corporate business & resource activity across the Army’s cadet forces. The post involves work and liaison across the other Regional Command (RC) branches and with the RFCA (Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associates). There is travel opportunity, flexible working is possible, though there are weekly key meetings you would be expected to attend in person. Your desk is in a modern, open plan office, as part of a whole force Cadet Branch team of civil service, military and contract staff.
Key responsibilities:
* Be the desk officer for drafting and implementing the Army Cadet resource plan and providing direction and guidance on corporate management policy and regulations.
* Work as the primary liaison officer between Cadet branch and Regional Command’s Civil Secretariat for all financial matters and focal point for low value Contract, Purchasing and Finance approvals.
* Analyse and evaluate business cases to ensure that they comply with government acquisition policy and financial regularity & propriety directives prior to their submission to the Civil Secretary and General Officer Commanding’s office for review and consideration.
* Work closely with our Arm’s Length Bodies and other Defence agencies to ensure that the correct infrastructure resourcing priorities are set for over 1,700 community cadet training detachments and 55 regional training centres.
* Confirm that the contractor led Army Cadet Management Information System (Cadet Digital) team use their Ministry of Defence resource efficiently, economically and appropriately when securing leading edge digital capability for the Army’s cadets.
* Travel when directed to brief our regional resource managers and unit logistics staff at any of our 10 sites located across the UK.
* Manage the Volunteer Allowance for Adult Volunteers appointed to the National Appointed List (NAL).
* Manage the annual allocation on Westminster/cadet MIS (Management Information System) of Volunteer Allowance for all ten Joint Military Commands.
Once in the role, you will be required to complete the following courses, if not already additional to any mandated training:
* CP&F for approval and manager.
* Tail Spend competency.
* MOD Financial Skills Foundation Certificate (DLE)
* CP&F Approver (DLE)
* Awareness of finance in government (CSL online)
* Doing the right thing: regularity, propriety and ethics (CSL online)
* The commercial journey (CSL online)
* Finance skills for all 1: financial planning and control (part 1) (CSL online)
* Finance skills for all 2: financial planning and control (part 2) (CSL online)
* Introduction to managing government general grants (CSL online)
* Finance skills for all 7: Investment appraisal (CSL online)
* Data Quality (CSL online)
* Data Visualisation 101 (CSL online)
* Data Visualisation 201: Getting your message across (CSL online)
* Westminster Fundamentals.
Person specification
Essential skills required:
* You are a confident, self-motivated individual who is a great teammate, hardworking and able to manage a complex and varied workload.
* You enjoy leading a mixed team and have strong people skills. This will enable you to successfully work with other people across the Branch, RC and other organisations at different grades, ranks and experience.
* You can quickly adapt to changing priorities and be flexible in your approach to your responsibilities.
* You will be adept at collating and analysing information from a variety of sources, and at communicating (in word and on paper) it in the best way to influence others.
Desirable skills:
* Experience with Microsoft Office applications, especially MS Excel.
* Experience of project or programme management.
* Experience of business management.
* Experience of drafting business cases.
* Experience of financial planning, budgeting and screening.
* Interest in pursuing further professional development.
* A driving licence is advantageous for visits where public transport is difficult.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Making Effective Decisions
* Communicating and Influencing
* Delivering at Pace
* Seeing the Big Picture
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
* Making Effective Decisions
BenefitsAlongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
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
Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 26th August 2025For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below. #J-18808-Ljbffr