United Kingdom Job Openings

Ministry of Defence

Navy Command Devonport Programme Integration Manager

Plymouth

FULL TIME & PART TIME

October 16, 2024

Details

Reference number

370223

Salary

£43,080

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Navy - HMNB Devonport

Type of role

Business Management and Improvement
Governance
Operational Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Contents

Location

About the job

Benefits

Things you need to know

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Location

HMNB Devonport, Plymouth, PL2 2BG

About the job

Job summary

HM Naval Base Devonport and the wider Devonport site has evolved into one of the largest bases of its kind in Western Europe and is today a key Defence asset and main operating and support base for the Royal Navy. The unique opportunities offered are varied, challenging and exciting in supporting the Royal Navy to generate and operate forces across the globe.
The wider Devonport site consists of HM Naval Base Devonport (MOD owned) and Devonport Royal Dockyard Limited (Babcock owned). By its nature, the site is a highly complex environment where strategic demands, commercial and financial arrangements combine to deliver Defence outputs.
The Naval Base offers an open, flexible and supportive work environment with Civil Servants and Armed Forces personnel working together across a wealth of interesting and challenging roles.
It is a fast paced environment and a busy role which requires you to lean in and work with other teams, across organisations. No two days are alike; however, it is a rewarding role putting you right at the heart of the activity with the chance to shape and influence positive outcomes for defence.
This post is advertised as 37 hours per week and due to the nature of the role requires an on-site presence.

Job description

Deliver a mid-term programme integration function across the entirety of the Devonport site. This will involve working collaboratively alongside key stakeholders in a wider virtual group:

Identifying, mapping & engaging with stakeholders across the entirety of the Devonport site to deliver cohered site outputs.
Determining the mid-term coherent demand position across the entirety of the Devonport site, largely through key requirements, dependencies, assumptions & change requests placed on the site.
Understanding the supply position.
Analysing the integration risks & formulating an operational plan to assess how to best integrate activity.

To coordinate the requirements and inputs for, and be prepared to lead/ be the secretariat for:

The Integrated Site Planning Group.
The Operational Integration Forum.
Devonport Readiness Groups.
Other working groups that might be established to deal with emergent integration issues.

Represent the organisation at wider programme & project delivery boards.
Work with peers in the complementary near-term & long-term planning groups to provide a seamless transition between phases.
Deliver standing and change objectives, as detailed in the NBC Devonport Business Plan.
Ensure that the Devonport Governance Framework integration approach remains fit for purpose.
Line manage one member of staff.

Person specification

Essential:

Minimum UK Regulated Qualification Framework – Level 5 qualification in a recognised technical or business subject.

Desirable:

Experience of working in a portfolio, programme or project environment.
Experience of leading people & managing delivery in the Ministry of Defence and/or Other Government Departments.
Chartered status with an Institute relevant to role.

Behaviours

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

Leadership
Seeing the Big Picture
Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace
Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,480 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
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.
MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.

Sift & interview to be held at HMNB Devonport.
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 Success Profiles Behaviours/Technical Skills:

Working Together

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

Leadership
Seeing The Bigger Picture
Communicating and Influencing
Delivering At Pace

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: DBSCiv Pers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name :

Paul Richards

Email :

paul.richards606@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email :

DBSCiv Pers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

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