About the job

Job summary

The Programme Manager role is key to supporting integrated and assured delivery of a complex and regulated Programme.

The Programme Manager will report to, and at times deputise for the Programme Director.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Leadership

• A self-starter, capable of providing management and leadership support to delivery agencies and team members.
• Provide authoritative and credible direction, advice and coaching on programme management best practice to programme colleagues. 
• Leads by example. Results driven whilst also demonstrating the right culture and behaviours.
• Promotes strong collaborative working relationships both within the Programme and its external stakeholders.   
• Ensures performance is managed consistently and fairly, including Diversity and Inclusion principles and provide regular feedback.
• Identify and develop capability needs, ensuring robust Development Plans are in place for yourself and your team 
• Ensure own and team’s compliance with mandatory requirements e.g. H&S training and a commitment to learning days (Continuing Professional Development).
• Inspire, motivate and engage with the Integrated Programme Management Team and with other external teams across the HMNB Clyde establishment community by providing positive working environment and empowering the teams at all levels. 
• Provide support to Programme Director to deliver departmental outputs with minimal supervision. 
• Recruit and line manage staff as required.
• Any other ad-hoc duties re required by the Programme Director. 

Programme Management 

• Proactively monitor the progress of the programme, driving clarity of objective, integration of activities, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action.  
• Define, implement, and act to continuously improve programme delivery performance to increase delivery confidence and understanding. 
• Monitor, manage and report on programme performance (time, cost, quality, safety etc.).
• Provide input into approvals, budget derivation and supporting the financial planning cycle where required. 
• Provide appropriate reports to the Programme Director and chains of command. 
• Provide strategic advice and support to Programme Director and wider programme stakeholders where required 
• Deputise where required for Programme Director on programme matters 
• In conjunction with the Programme Management Office, ensure core programme management artefacts, products, tools and techniques are deployed and used effectively.
• Development and critique of business cases 
• Benefits maps and profiles, and benefit realisation plans.  

Person specification

Essential Experience 

• Leading within a large or complex programme.
• Delivering within a structured environment and capable of deriving innovative and creative solutions to problems.
• Successfully leading a virtual ‘team’ from across functional, organisational or geographic boundaries to deliver high quality outputs.
• Leading stakeholder management activates within a complex environment.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline (e.g. Project Management) or able to demonstrate significant knowledge experience at a comparable level.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of large Infrastructure or capability delivery programmes.
• Delivered programmes within a regulated environment.
• Experience of working in or knowledge of the defence or security sector – either through government or industry.
• Demonstrable commitment to learning and using established project management methodologies to enable successful delivery.

Qualifications

Obtained or working towards one of the following:

• PRINCE2 Practitioner;
• Agile Project Management Practitioner;
• APM Project Management Qualification;
• PMI Project Management Professional;
• Leading and Managing Project Workstreams.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £67,820, Ministry of Defence contributes £18,311 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 and Experience.

Candidates can apply online via the Civil Service Jobs website by completing the application form before the deadline shown. Apply using the Civil Service Jobs apply button, filling in all required details in all sections. Using the Success Profiles link for information on format and style, ensure you provide evidence for all Behaviours and Experience sections requested in the appropriate competency style.  

Sift Stage 

Candidates will be required to complete an online CV template to include job history, full details of education and qualifications and previous experiences and skills. Please also include any relevant responsibilities and achievements.

Candidates will be required to complete a Statement of Suitability/Personal Statement of no more 500 words, providing details relevant to the essential and desirable experience in the job advert. 

The requirements for the role have been benchmarked and these will be used to sift all candidates, with those meeting the minimum requirements invited to interview.  

Feedback will only be provided if you selected for an interview. 

Interview Stage

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and influencing

Further Information

Candidates who are found to meet an acceptable standard at interview but are not successful in one of the advertised posts may be considered for similar roles within the Business Unit.

You will also be expected to achieve Security Check clearance for this role

It is anticipated the sift for this role will take place w/c 20th May and interviews w/c 3rd June.

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 into 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.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.

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

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.