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Project Delivery Professionals - You don’t need experience in Defence to help us protect the nation. Everything the UK’s armed forces do is enabled by teams of Project Delivery Professionals, taking care of every detail. They bring different experience from different backgrounds to one shared mission - to help protect, defend, and support everyday life across the UK and beyond. Wherever you’ve gained your project delivery skills and expertise, you can make it your mission too. You’ll be part of a diverse community of professionals, collaborating with other government departments to deliver projects of extraordinary variety. From every item of basic equipment, to living quarters, training facilities and systems upgrades, to the most complex, cutting-edge technology imaginable, each new project brings unique possibilities and challenges. And we’ll ensure you’re equipped to rise to every new challenge, with a range of training and development opportunities

Navy Command Headquarters (NCHQ) is the nerve centre of the Royal Navy. It supports operations around the globe and provides the ships, people, aircraft, and equipment to deliver the UK’s defence policy. Civil Servants and Armed Forces personnel work together in a wealth of interesting and challenging jobs in different disciplines.

The postholder will be part of the Project Delivery Performance team - one of three teams within the newly formed Performance Group. The Performance Group plays a crucial role at the centre of Navy Command with the mission to drive and cohere delivery effort in alignment with organisational priorities. Our key objectives are to: provide business intelligence to senior leaders, manage the Portfolio of Navy’s major projects and programmes; co-ordinate transformation activities; deploy project delivery specialists to priority areas; and champion the Project Delivery Profession within Navy. The Project Delivery Performance Team is responsible for deploying Project Delivery resource into programmes within the Navy Major Projects Portfolio; workforce planning across the Performance Group and wider command for Project Delivery and acting as the champion for Project Delivery within Navy.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

Responsibilities

The roles will have specific responsibilities for elements of the following:

• Assist the Support Officer (HEO) with drafting, reviewing, implementing, and maintaining PD documentation for ‘initiate’ and ‘back to green’ G/D/NMPP projects, which is aligned to appropriate management strategy, in accordance with project delivery principles.
• Co-ordinating the maintenance, review and distribution of documentation relating to Boards and related project delivery governance e.g., Agendas / Terms of Reference (TORs) / Records of Actions & Decisions (RoADs), Attendee Registers, etc.
• Assist the Support Officer (HEO) with the schedule management strategies, including coordinating processes relating to identification, recording and management of key project milestones, including resources, risks, issues, benefits, assumptions, and dependencies; arranging workshops with key stakeholders as required.
• Assist the Support Officer (HEO) with the risk management strategies, including coordinating processes relating to the identification, recording and assessment of risks and issues, including scheduling workshops with key stakeholders, risk owners and risk plan owners.
• Assist the Support Officer (HEO) with benefit and dependencies management strategies, including assisting with the monitoring and evaluation of benefits realisation, scheduling workshops, and maintaining records as appropriate. Asist with identifying, recording, and maintaining dependencies. Ensure that these are monitored and maintained accordingly.
• Assist the Support Officer (HEO) with project delivery-related management information, in accordance with required formats and timescales inc. Project Online (POL).

Additional role specific Terms of Reference are available through the recruiting line manager.

Our civil servants work alongside their military colleagues in jobs that matter; jobs which have a direct impact on the quality of the operational capabilities the Royal Navy deliver. Roles can offer superb job happiness and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within the Department and across the wider Civil Service.

Essential

• Experience or qualification in IT skills (Computer literate)
• Experience or qualification in software products (Microsoft Office Products, MS Teams or equivalent)

Desirable

• Experience of working within a portfolio / programme / project delivery environment
• A qualification held covering the following subject matter portfolio, programme, or project management from one of the below awarding bodies (or equivalent):
• Managing Successful Programmes
• Association of Project Management
• Agile

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

As a civil servant in Royal Navy, you will be part of a modernised, transformed, and forward-looking organisation with inclusive work environment policies, excellent career prospects, and a job that makes a difference. The Royal Navy prides itself on being an encouraging employer and where possible supports flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.

Other benefits for Navy Command civil servants include:

• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• A very competitive pension scheme
• Personal & professional development
• Alternative working patterns for many roles
• Access to a confidential, professional support service
• Discount schemes
• Bicycle / season ticket loans
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year

Our headquarters in Portsmouth also offers an impressive range of on-site facilities including a gymnasium, tennis courts, and other sporting facilities, a children’s nursery, a bistro restaurant, a shop, and plenty of car parking spaces.

In Navy Command 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 an apprenticeship as part of your role. Apprenticeships normally last between 12 months - 3 years, depending on the level of the apprenticeship. Anyone can undertake an Apprenticeship and everyone, regardless of age, can benefit from developing their skills in an accredited way.

Successful candidates can discuss their development options with their manager when in post.

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 by 31st December 2022. 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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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: [email protected]

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

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 www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Please note: Interview travel expenses will not be reimbursed.

Job contact :

Name :
Karen Dillon-Shallard
Email :
[email protected]
Telephone :
03001558048

Recruitment team :

Email :
[email protected]