Navy Command - Portsmouth, United Kingdom - Ministry of Defence
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- £33,830
Job grade:
- Higher Executive Officer
Contract type: - Permanent
Business area: - MOD
- Navy
- Defence Marine Services Next Generation (DMS-NG)
Type of role: - Project Delivery
Working pattern: - Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available: - 1Contents
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- His Majesty's Naval Base PortsmouthAbout the job
Job summary:
Director Navy Acquisition (DNA) organisation is the Navy's centre of expertise for running the delivery of major acquisition programmes.
Programmes are grouped into Programme Management Offices according to the capability being delivered:
Ships Acquisition, Equipment & Systems Acquisition, Future Support Acquisition and Future Commando Force. Each programme is led through its delivery phase by a dedicated core programme team.
Supporting the programmes are a Portfolio, Programme and Project Management (P3M) Team (with specialists in Risk, Schedules, Benefits, Finance, Communications, Acceptance and Governance), and an Acquisition Portfolio Team (covering Portfolio Definition, Assurance and Governance).
Defence Marine Services Next Generation (DMS-NG) is a DNA Programme based in HMNB Portsmouth.It will meet tri-Service customer requirements for Marine Services support in the Naval Bases at Clyde, Devonport and Portsmouth, and various Out-of-Port activities towards Defence outputs.
Current DMS outputs are delivered through two contracts, the Continued Procurement of Marine Services (CPMS) and the Range Safety and Aircrew Training (RSACT).
DMS-NG's primary responsibility is the replacement of these two contracts for some 111 vessels & 14 vessels respectively, both providing an extensive range of services to various Customer end-users across Defence.
The DMS-NG Programme Management Office (PMO) supports the right decision-making at the right levels. Its APMQ structure enables the programme to deliver its objectives as set out in the DMS-NG business plan. The PMO team of one SEO, three HEOs and one EO work together to support the wider programme team. Each person has their own lead areas as well as providing resilience across all aspects of PMO work.
This PMO Support 3 post focuses on scheduling, both at Project and Programme level, and provides resilience in particular for governance and Programme processes and procedures.
We value diversity and operate flexible modern ways of working; you will be fully supported to find the right balance of home and office working that is right for you.
Job description:
The post holder will be responsible to the DMS-NG Programme Management Office (PMO) Lead and support them in providing programme governance including oversight and support on all aspects of PMO activity (Schedule, Risk, Master data, Dependencies & Assumptions List (MDAL), and Specific Evidence Table (SET) artefacts).
Responsibilities:
Schedule Management
- Support the development and management of project scheduling across DMS-NG as required; provide support and guidance on developing work breakdown structures, creating MS Project schedules and establishing milestone achievement criteria.
- Ensure links to capability gates are understood and recorded; ensure programme scheduling assumptions, dependencies and estimates are appropriately recorded and regularly reviewed.
- Monitor progress and achievement of milestones, maintaining accurate data and preparing reports for programme leaders; prepare appropriate schedule management information (MI) as required; identify and flag issues to the Project Lead and/or Programme Manager as appropriate.
- Lead and oversee the production of programme planning documents, working with stakeholders to identify and mature appropriate milestones; ensure milestones are reflected in relevant programme business agreements and programme plan documents.
Governance
- Support the DMS-NG PMO Lead in ensuring decision making process is understood and streamlined. Lines of command are clear, working and steering groups comprise the correct stakeholders to effectively drive decision making.
- Support the DMS-NG PMO Lead in engaging with stakeholders in delivery of the MDAL and FDAL process.
- Support the maintenance of the suite of Risk documentation for the DMS-NG Project including the ROMP and Risk Register, engaging with the relevant Risk Owners to ensure risks are reported in a structured manner throughout the chain of command (CoC) in line with the reporting cadence.
- Responsible for the configuration control process of all documentation across all projects and the programme.
Resilience
- Provide resilience across the DMS-NG Programme Management Office and the wider DMS-NG programme team.
- Support the provision of schedule training and development across DMS-NG.
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