Walter's Ash, South East England, HP14 4UE
Job Summary
Are you an organised, self-starter, with scheduling and/or planning experience looking to develop your skills in a new role? We may have the perfect opportunity for you!
UK Space Command is the Defence lead for space operations, space workforce, and space capability. A Joint Command staffed by personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, Civil Service, contractors and alongside our allies and partners, we are at the forefront of activity to make space safe, secure, and sustainable for all generations.
Key to realising our ambitions is an effective project planning function which supports the development and delivery of leading-edge space equipment and change programmes across a range of delivery methods!
As the planning and scheduling lead within the Portfolio Office, you work with colleagues across all functions to assure our change initiatives have realistic and resourced plans, ensuring an achievable portfolio plan by which to demonstrate progress against the Defence Space Strategy.
This role offers the opportunity to further develop your existing project delivery experience and knowledge, whilst championing the use of appropriate technology and methodology in an exciting yet encouraging environment!
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. We operate a hybrid working environment and the expectation is that you will attend site around two-three times a week according to business need/team. Initially, you will be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourself with the site, the team and the position you will be working on in more detail.
Job Description
In this role, your day to day could consist of:
* Supporting capability building, and working with project leads to ensure that plans and schedules are realistic and achievable, alongside identifying options to optimise delivery.
* Managing the portfolio delivery plan and its critical path, monitoring progress, and recognising/tracking inter-dependencies across change initiatives.
* Collaborating with the portfolio analyst and risk manager to analyse information highlighting progress, slippage and areas of risk and opportunity to the portfolio board.
* Motivating, engaging and empowering your team (1 x HEO Risk Manager) to deliver their contribution to Defence outputs; supporting and encouraging their learning and development.
In this role, your day to day could consist of:
* Supporting capability building, and working with project leads to ensure that plans and schedules are realistic and achievable, alongside identifying options to optimise delivery.
* Managing the portfolio delivery plan and its critical path, monitoring progress, and recognising/tracking inter-dependencies across change initiatives.
* Collaborating with the portfolio analyst and risk manager to analyse information highlighting progress, slippage and areas of risk and opportunity to the portfolio board.
* Motivating, engaging and empowering your team (1 x HEO Risk Manager) to deliver their contribution to Defence outputs; supporting and encouraging their learning and development.
Person specification
Essential Skills And Experience
* Project Performance and Controls: Experience and solid understanding of formal performance and control methodologies.
* Schedule Management: Knowledge and experience of developing, producing and maintaining schedules that take account of dependencies, resource requirements and constraints in order to enable the efficient realisation of benefits.
* Stakeholder Engagement: Experience of effective collaboration with project and programme teams, including the provision of expert advice to create Programme plans and with internal and external stakeholders to report progress and performance against the portfolio level plan.
* Risk Management: Experience in identification of risks to the Schedule that may cause delays and raise issues that have resulted in a schedule delay to the appropriate level.
* Problem Solving: knowledge and skills with the ability to interpret data to form well thought out conclusions and recommendations
* Flexibility and Adaptability: An ability to work on several different activities and to work flexibly across these activities, offering support, as the need arises.
Desirable Skills And Experience
* MS Project Practitioner.
Qualifications
Must hold one of the following
MSP Practitioner,
PRINCE2 Practitioner,
Agile Project Management Practitioner,
APM Project Management Qualification,
APM Practitioner Qualification,
APMG International Project Planning and Control Practitioner,
PMI Project Management Professional
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Making Effective Decisions
* Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
* Project Delivery Profession – Technical Competence 4 - Planning
* Project Delivery Profession – Technical Competence 5 - Scheduling
Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
* Learning and development tailored to your role
* Onsite Gym / Parking / Café
* Location Allowance (This post attracts an additional High Wycombe Allowance (£2,000 P/A))
* Cycle to work scheme access
* Flexible Working arrangements
* A Civil Service pension
* A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
* 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
* In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The Queen’s birthday
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
* The post does not offer relocation expenses.
* Please note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
* The post does not offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
* An opportunity to be considered for Reward and Recognition - £250-£5000 per year.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
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/.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Application: As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
* Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
* Personal Statement (maximum 750 words). The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
Sift: The sift will be held on the CV and Personal Statement. Applications which do not demonstrate meeting the qualification requirement will automatically be sifted out.
Interview: If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (Civil Service Behaviours) and Technical Skills under the Project Delivery Capability Framework:
* Behaviour: Making Effective Decisions
* Behaviour. Communicating and Influencing
* Technical. Project Delivery Capability Framework 4. Planning
* Technical. Project Delivery Capability Framework 5. Scheduling
The interview will take place on MS Teams.
The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
* Name : Rachel Spicer, UK Space Command, Portfolio Office
* Email : rachel.spicer845@mod.gov.uk
* Telephone : 03001670583
Recruitment team
* Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk
Further information
Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk. #J-18808-Ljbffr