Project Manager

Location

Porton Down (Salisbury) and Wyton (Huntingdon)

About the job

Summary

Looking for your next challenge? Do you want to contribute to Science & Technology delivery that provides creative solutions for defence?

Working for the UK Government's Science and Technology organisation your role will be to build and manage a cohesive team to ensure the effective delivery of Defence projects. You will join a team of professional project managers managing projects that range from short term, with tight timescales, to major Defence procurement projects which can span a number of years.

We have two Level 5 Project Manager roles available within our Cyber and Information Systems Division (CIS). CIS delivers a range of projects in high impact areas such as space, cyber defence and data science. At the heart of the Division's objectives is a drive to demonstrate technical excellence. Together with our partners, we work with agility and pace to earn external renown for our work and our contribution to Defence's mission.

Job description

We are looking for individuals who can:

- Demonstrate a strong background in project leadership, including planning and delivery

- Work with multidisciplinary teams across the breadth of the organisation

- Show their recent successful delivery of the full project life cycle, including quality assurance and financial planning and management

- Demonstrate effective project control and reporting

- Demonstrate the ability to lead, influence and motivate a broad team to deliver exploitable project outputs

- Be clear and confident in communicating, both in writing and verbally, and who can deliver messages to a range of different audiences

- Manage complex and sensitive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

- Demonstrate an enthusiasm for continued professional development and convey the importance of effective project management to deep technical specialists

- Support the development of, and mentor, Project Support Officers.

Responsibilities

In this role you will have the following responsibilities:

Delivery Create and lead the project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints.

Project Management Day to day management and leadership of the project and the project team. Design the project structure appropriate to stage. Select and apply appropriate delivery methodologies.

Project Performance & Controls Build Project Plan and apply appropriate project principles to deliver stated objectives. Identify and set appropriate Project Controls. Track and report delivery against milestones.

Budget Track delivery within budget.

Resources Schedule / manage resources to deliver the project. May work independently or with a small team.

Stakeholder Management Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships.

Risks & Issues Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate.

Governance Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision making.

Assurance Support or set appropriate project assurance.

Change Management Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders.

Guidance & Support Seek appropriate support, guidance and coaching from the project community. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Needed

People leadership;

Stakeholder management;

Excellent communication;

Able to demonstrate the professional credibility required to work collaboratively across project and organisational boundaries;

Delivery of tasks and projects to time cost and quality;

Project management experience.

Please see the attached job profile for further information

Qualifications

Essential

APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent;

Contract Management Capability Programme (CMCP) Foundation (CMCP) (or achieved within first three months).

Behaviours

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

Leadership

Communicating and Influencing

Delivering at Pace

Working Together

Technical skills

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

Project Management Experience - Please demonstrate where you have delivered a project successfully. What were the challenges (and how did you go about addressing these)? What project management techniques and tools did you use to achieve the task.

Benefits

We'll provide a great range of benefits including;

Flexible working

Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay

Chartership and accreditation support

Pension

Generous annual leave

A competitive salary

Excellent learning and development

Onsite gyms and restaurants

Staff discounts for high street and online shopping, restaurants and days out.

Things you need to know

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Applications will be assessed in line with Success Profiles and the experiences detailed in the submitted CV in relation to the requirements for the positions as set out in the attached Job Description.

Candidates invited to interview will need to demonstrate their Project Management expertise.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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.

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.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Dstl HR Recruitment

Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk

Recruitment team :

Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk

Further information

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