Defence Business Services (DBS) Deputy Project Delivery Manager

at  Ministry of Defence

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Delivery – Support the creation and project delivery to agreed time, cost and quality.
• Project Management – Support the day to day management of projects and provide effective management controls. Assist in the design of project structures and organisation appropriate to stages. Use appropriate delivery methods. Control effective transition between project phases.
• Budget – Support cost management and track delivery within budget.
• Benefits Realisation – Ensure the agreed benefits and outcomes are managed.
• Stakeholder Management – Identify and manage stakeholder relationships. Develop internal and external relationships as appropriate.
• Risks & Issues – Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies.
• Assurance – Engage with assurance reviews and support action on recommendations. Support assurance processes such as gateway reviews, as required.
• Change Management – Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE

Experience of a project environment including exposure to:

• Risk & Issue management
• Financial Management and Budgeting
• Planning & scheduling

EXPERIENCE:

1. CV

2. Personal Statement. In no more than 500 words, please detail your experience of the following:

• Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the job description.
• You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlines in the job advert

At interview you will be assessed against the above (behaviours)
In the rare case where individuals have exact matching scores, the order of merit will be determined based on the behaviour scores at interview in the following order:
1 - Behaviour - Delivering at Pace
2 - Behaviour - Communicating and Influencing
3 - Behaviour - Leadership
4 - Behaviour - Making Effective Decisions
If candidate scores are still exact, the merit order will then be determined on the sift score in the below order or priority:
1 - Career - Job History
2 - Career - Previous Skills
3 - Career - Personal Statement
4 - Behaviour - Leadership
5 - Behaviour - Communicating and Influencing
6 - Behaviour - Delivering at Pace
7 - Behaviour - Making Effective Decisions
We want to offer opportunities to all who are successful at interview for our roles, but this isn’t always possible, so we do hold candidates on an active reserve list for 12 months.
Application sifting to take place early February
Interviews are currently taking place via the following method: MS Teams
Interviews will commence mid February
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: DBS-EnhancedRecruitmentTeam@mod.gov.uk
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.
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.
To assist with your application please find attached -
DBS Candidate Information Guide - Working for Defence Business Services - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
(26) UK Ministry of Defence: Life , LinkedIn
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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)

Project Delivery