About the job

Job summary

At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe – for today, and tomorrow.

We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of around 27%, to help work, work for you.

Job description

The Wildcat Delivery Team is looking for an experienced Business Manager to join the team based at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil.

The Wildcat Delivery Team is part of the Helicopter Operating Centre and is responsible for the in-service support and capability development of the Wildcat Helicopter.  Wildcat is operated by both the Royal Navy and the British Army and will be deployed around the world on operations for the next 22 years.  To ensure Wildcat remains available and operationally relevant the Delivery Team is developing the Wildcat’s military capability, managing its airworthiness and ensuring the sustainability of the platform.

As part of a diverse and inclusive workforce, you will find a community to belong to within the Wildcat Delivery Team as part of an employee network of like-minded individuals. We believe that, by celebrating different backgrounds and different perspectives, together we’ll achieve the extraordinary.

As the Business Management Lead, you will lead the business management team and service provision, providing expert advice and coordination of all Delivery Team activities, with line management responsibilities. You will sit as a key member of the Wildcat Management Board and will have experience of working in a role at senior or managerial level, ideally within a highly complex organisation and with experience of leading and implementing change. You will have demonstrable knowledge of business operations and have a good track record of managing people and delivering success. You will work in collaboration with key stakeholders and manage the secretariat interface within DE&S and the MoD requiring superb communication skills.  The role requires leadership skills as well as the ability to engender positive behaviours that motivate and develop our people.

In return, you will be offered an engaging and exciting role, working closely with our industry partners directly supporting the Wildcat Helicopter. You will be offered opportunities for personal development to progress your career within DE&S, as well as provided with a flexible environment to support you to give your best to the role whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Regular in-person attendance is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance.

Responsibilities

• Support in the development of business strategy in line with overall organisational objectives.
• Ensure effective Business Management Services on a day to day basis to multiple stakeholders.
• Provide expert advice and Business Intelligence on a range of business subjects to Team Leaders and Senior Managers in their area, to support improvements and achievement of business objectives.
• Implement appropriate business planning, governance and assurance frameworks for the area.
• Act as a focal point for internal communications and secretariat business, including parliamentary, FOI and media enquiries.
• Manage a team which has responsibility for the strategic delivery of business support. This includes managing the performance and developing members of the team to provide a quality business support service.
• Develop and maintain the CSG catalogue of services and drive customer service ethos into business services.
• Preparing Management Information (MI), including analysis, for regular management meetings.
• Team lead for accommodation issues, including Smart Working.
• Team lead for workforce planning.
• Coordinate and support implementation of continuous improvement across delivery team or equivalent.

Person specification

To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Significant experience in business management and managing teams delivering business services.
• Experience in leadership and management of a medium to large workforce in in a complex environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Conflict/People management
• Change Management
• Changing and Improving
• Leadership

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,700, Ministry of Defence contributes £15,309 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:

1. Pre-sift - We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
2. Sift - Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills

Please follow our guidance on CV writing for best chance of success.

1. Interview - If you're invited to interview, you'll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

Security

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Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

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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.