About the job

Job summary

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached.

Job description

We are responsible for developing and ensuring the delivery of the work to support the United States Visiting Forces Infrastructure Programme. The programme currently consists of 57 live projects with a further 77 projects in the pipeline which are being developed and will be delivered over the next 6-8 years. The team is dedicated to the delivery of this service to our US customer!

Working at the heart of a high profile Capital Infrastructure delivery team, this post sits within the Programme Management Office (PMO). The Schedule Support Manager is to provide support to the lead scheduler in scheduling for programme and project managers. They play a proactive role in knowledge management to promote programme and project management methods and standards, and the implementation of best programme and project management practice. The role provides a consultancy service to across our team. This may take the form of advice and guidance or the provision of complete schedules.

Person specification

As Scheduler Support Manager you will be responsible for

•    Supporting the lead scheduler in implementing & championing delegated MPP scheduling tools and standards
•    Contributing to the development and maintenance of scheduling standards within USVF in line with current policy.
•    Collaborating with other functions within MPP USVF and the Excellence Group
•    Providing guidance on crafting and delivering project and portfolio level schedules
•    Providing support to assurance activities where required
•    Building and maintaining schedule templates and a repository of good examples of project and programme scheduling documentation

Desirable Experience and Skills:

• To have an awareness and knowledge of most aspects of of P3M e.g. Risk/Issue/Opportunity Management, Stakeholder Management, Benefit Management, Governance, Requirements, etc.
•  Experience in infrastructure portfolio, programme and project assurance
•  Experience of working in the Ministry of Defence and/or other Government departments or Public Sector organisations
•  Experience of infrastructure delivery
•  Experience of Microsoft Project

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.
    
Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

At application you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service

Experience:

• CV: Job History, Previous Skills & Experience
• Personal Statement: Awareness of scheduling tools and the implementation of them in a Delivery environment.

Technical:

• P3M09 Schedule Management, Level 1

At interview you will be assessed against the above.

We want to offer opportunities to all who are successful at interview for our roles, but this isn't always possible, so we do hold candidates on an active reserve list for 12 months. It is also possible that we may offer similar lower graded role/s to reserve candidates or, if no reserves are appointed, candidates that meet the lower grade criteria in merit order.

Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing 08/01/2024.

Interviews are currently taking place remotely and will be conducted week commencing 15/01/2024.

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews.

To assist with your application please find attached below:

1. DIO Candidate Information Guide
2. DIO Candidate Information Guide Accessible Version
3. Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Framework

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.