Defence Nuclear Organisation - London, United Kingdom - Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £57,670

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Grade 7
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
MOD
Defence Nuclear Organisation
Type of role:
Project Delivery
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
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Stoke Gifford, South West England, BS34 8

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City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HBAbout the job

Job summary:

Do you want to be at the heart of real Defence issues and play a key role in the United Kingdom's national security? Established in April 2016, the Defence Nuclear Organisation delivers nuclear capability to deter threats and protect our nation.

The UK's independent nuclear deterrent has existed for over 60 years to deter the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life, and that of our NATO Allies.

To ensure that we have a credible and capable nuclear deterrent for as long as the security situation requires, we are building four new nuclear armed submarines - known as the Dreadnought Class.

The Submarine Capability Directorate is the focus for Defence-wide leadership of submarine capability management and programme delivery, with a vision to be a strong and effective Sponsor for submarine capabilities in support of national strategy, maintaining today's operational advantage and planning for the future.

As a member of the Dreadnought Programme Team, you will be working at the heart of one of the most complex engineering programmes being undertaken in Government.

Our role is to ensure we deliver on the vision of the

Dreadnought Programme:

to maintain the UK's sovereign ability to deliver a deterrent effect by means of a submarine-launched, inter-continental ballistic missile nuclear weapon capability - known as the Continuous at Sea Deterrent.

Operating in a highly complex environment, we need you to help us work with multiple organisations and stakeholders, including the Royal Navy, to deliver the full military capability into service; this is a one of a kind, no-fail mission.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description:

This role is responsible for the governance team and outputs that support the Dreadnought Programme Manager and Deterrent Deputy Director in delivering the Programme.

Your core responsibilities will include:

Day-to-day management and leadership of Programme Governance, delivering Integrated planning, performance and risk reporting providing effective management controls.- Challenging and supporting projects and programme teams, bringing together and analysing programme information on behalf of the DN Programme Manager.

Identification and management of collaborative stakeholder relationships; building consensus across a large and often diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, supporting engagement and communications to ensure buy-in, bringing in senior level support when required.

Identification, monitoring, reporting and proactive management of the portfolio, programme and project level risks and issues.

Implementation of actions to ensure risks and issues are identified, prioritised, assessed, and that appropriate mitigating actions are developed, implemented and monitored.

Performance, Controls and Assurance:
developing and maintaining the programme level plans, identifying, agreeing, and setting appropriate controls, managing performance and reporting progress.

Support the strategic stakeholder management and communications, focussed on MOD Head Office and HMG (HMT and CO), including through the Senior Officials Group.

Support the Senior Leadership Team in engagements with governance groups including the Programme Board, the Submarine Portfolio Management Board and other ad hoc reporting (e.g., Min Subs) for relevant projects.

Support management of the programme's overall budget, spend and forecasts for business case submissions, in-year management and future budget allocations.

Person specification:

To be successful in your new role, you will:
Be proactive, taking full responsibility for your portfolio of responsibilities.- Be ambitious and driven, seeking new and challenging goals.
Have experience of working in a small to moderate project team.
Have knowledge of project management practices, methodologies, tools, and techniques to contribute to successful project delivery.
Have strong stakeholder management experience, comfortable operating within a complex environment with multiple stakeholder groups.

Have proven communications and influencing skills, with well-developed written and verbal communication skills to ensure effective collaboration with our stakeholders and external partners.

Be used to working to challenging deadlines, you will be organised and efficient with your time, able to prioritise and deliver quickly but