About the job

Job summary

The Programme Management Office Head will provide oversight and management of projects within the Transformation Programme. With a headmark of 2030, has been underway for ~ 18 months and consists of a high level vision and 8 core objective covering a wider range of activity, from training delivery, learning technology, digital requirements, infrastructure changes, and organisational changes.

PMO Head responsibility includes the implementation and sharing of best practice as well as the development and application of project procedures, tools and techniques in order to standardise methodologies and realise economies.  The PMO Hd provides expert guidance, support and insight on the programme and projects, and acts as the source of all programme and project information and metrics.

PMO Head will work in a small team of (< 10) Civil Servants within the wider, tight-knit Head Quarter of Defence Intelligence Training Group, based at one of the main Defence Intelligence sites, UKSC Chicksands. Transformation Projects include all Executive areas of the Training Group (i.e. Digital, Training Providers/Schools, Training Development, Infrastructure etc.), so the PMO Head will be involved with people in all areas of delivery and suppor

Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities.  Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Core activity will include: 

• Translate Programme aspirations into actionable projects and support Project Managers in delivering.
• Provide leadership and management to the Programme Management Office. 
• Compile and report Programme level Risks, Benefits and Assumptions.
• Overseeing multiple Projects and providing written updates and other Secretariat activity to the Programme Governance structure. 
• Supporting the Commander of Defence Intelligence Training Group and other Executive areas to deliver transformation alongside Business-as-Usual.
• Potential to Line Manager a small number of Civil Servants.  
• Building strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders ranging from training delivery staff to DI senior leadership. 
• Understand the bigger picture of Defence Intelligence transformation, including infrastructure changes, and translating the implications for training and education.
• Support communication and change management activity related to transformation and be a central point of contact for other Executive areas to understand Projects. 
• Developing project Business Cases and managing project resources. 
• Traveling to other site in DI and Defence to meet with stakeholders. 

Person specification

Candidates should demonstrate:

• Programme Management experience
• Leadership and management skills
• Ability to work with uncertainty and flexibility in a developing Programme
• Conflict resolution and Prioritisation
• Strong communication skills both with general workforce and senior leaders
• Written and verbal delivery of complex updates
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude to change
• Collaborative attitude to problem solving

Highly desirable qualifications are:

• MSP
• PRINCE2
• Agile Project Management
• Management of Risk
• P30
• Project Leadership Programme
• Other Programme of Project Management training

If you are uncertain if you meet the desired requirements for this role, or have any questions, please get in touch with the contact below. We will be happy to hear from you. 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 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.

If successful at sift, the selection process will consist of a Civil Service Success Profiles Behaviours and Experience based interview. If you are not familiar with Civil Service Success Profiles information can be found here: Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours (publishing.service.gov.uk). 

Applications will be sifted based on CV and Personal Statement and 2 Behaviours below

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count 250)

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
  

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

• Changing and Improving
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

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).

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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

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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.