Army Infrastructure Programme Management Officer

We are looking for experienced and motivated Project Delivery Individuals to join us and lead the delivery of several Strategic Programmes in the Army's Portfolio. These Programmes deliver change in, infrastructure.

As a key member of a Programme Management Office (PMO), the Post Holder will be integrated within a specific change programme, responsible for the coordination of a wide range of Portfolio, Programme and Project Management (P3M) activities. As the programme matures and ultimately graduates, or strategic priorities change, the Post Holder may be required to support a different change programme either for a defined period of time or on a permanent basis.

This role attracts recognised project management training and qualifications and will allow you to developing Programme and Project Management skills, knowledge and expertise in a challenging yet encouraging environment.

As a key delivery resource within the PMO the post holder will be expected to provide advice and guidance across a range of areas including:

P3M Activity:

• Artefacts Management. Management of programme related artefacts, ensuring content remains relevant and documents updated in a timely manner.
• Assurance Review Management. Support Line Management in the coordination of all independent review activity.
• Benefits Management. Coordinate the delivery of the Benefits Management Strategy and Plan.
• Business Case Development. Support the management of the business case approvals process from generation through to approval and track Outletter requirements. Support evidence collation for business cases and any other supporting activity as required.
• Change Management. Coordinate the programme change control process.
• Activity including:
  • Board Meetings. Support all activities associated with Board Meetings.
  • Interface with Programme/Project Teams. First point of contact for Programme and Project Teams regarding PMO activity.
  • Reporting Management. Support Line Management in all reporting activity.
• Knowledge and Information Management. Manage programme File Plans, ensuring documentation handled and stored in accordance with local policy.
• Learning from Experience (LFE) Management. Capturing and disseminating programme and project LFE in accordance with orders
• Input into planning activity relating to scope, deliverables, time scales, resource requirements and budget.
• Resource Management. Manage PMO team resource (where appropriate). Input into programme resource activity and engage with the portfolio level where necessary.
• Risk, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies, Opportunities (RAIDO) Management. To coordinate pan-Defence Lines of Development (DLoD) RAIDO activity and associated engagements.
• Support to all scheduling activity for the programme.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Comms. To prepare lines to take, question and answer packs, briefing documents, newsletters, site information sheets, and to act as the secretary of any communication working groups as required. To implement the delivery of the Programme Communications Strategy and Plan, and develop and deliver the related Stakeholder Engagement Plans.
  • Secretariat/Parliamentary. To coordinate any Secretariat requests as necessary, including drafting submissions and responses relating to Ministerial business, Parliamentary Questions and Freedom of Information requests.
  • Trade Union (TU) Negotiations. Support formal and informal consultation with Trade Unions.

Supporting with other ad-hoc PMO tasks as required.

Person specification

Essential criteria -

• Ability to influence business decisions through written communications.
• Experience of coordinating and cohering project documentation.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of Project Life-cycle.
• Demonstrate your experience of briefing to senior stakeholders.

Behaviours

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of 35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes 10,223 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

As a civil servant working alongside the Army, you will be part of a forward-looking organisation with inclusive workplace policies, excellent career prospects and a job that makes a difference.

The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.

Benefits for Army Civil Servants include:

• Learning and development tailored to your role including the opportunity to further develop Climate Change and Sustainability experience within a project and programme delivery environment.
• A dynamic and innovative working environment that offers flexible working options.
• A working culture that encourages inclusion and diversity.
• Opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Highly Competitive Pension Scheme.
• Flexi-time scheme.
• Alternative working practices.
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service.
• Ability to roll over up to 10 days leave per year.
• Highly competitive pension scheme.
• Personal and professional development of skills.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
• An excellent range of family-friendly benefits, for example, enhanced parental, and adoption leave.
• 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities.
• Local site benefits such as free parking, on-site gym facilities, shop, caf and the opportunity to join and use one of the on-site messes.

Discover my benefits - outlines the range of benefits available to MOD Civil Servants.

Please be advised;

• The post does not offer relocation expenses.
• Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
• 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.

Flexible working is encouraged with support available for a range of personal circumstances allowing a positive work/life balance.

These job roles will likely be suitable for hybrid working (60% office attendance), which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

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

A Great Place for Veterans to Work scheme which was introduced by the Government in 2020 under the Veterans Strategy Action Plan which included the commitment of making the Civil Service a great Place to Work for Veterans. To be eligible for this scheme in the Civil Service, candidates must meet the minimum standard for the role being applied for and:

• have served for at least one year in His Majestys Armed Forces (as a Regular or Reserve); this includes time spent training
• be in transition from, or ceased to be a member of, HM Armed Forces not already be a civil servant, or be employed by a Civil Service Commission accredited public body

There is no maximum time limit from when you left HM Armed Forces to be eligible for this initiative.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

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 https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ .

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 however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. 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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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.

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

At sift, you will be assessed against the following:

• A CV including your full job history
• A personal statement of no more than 750 words demonstrating against the essential criteria

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

• Managing a quality service
• Delivering at pace
• Changing and improving
• Communicating and influencing

Application sifting should take place within 7 days of the closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed.A minimum of 2 full working days notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

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

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.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

Location: Andover, GB

Posted Date: 9/19/2024