Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Shrivenham, South East England, SN6 8LA About the job Job summary The Defence College for Military Capability Integration (DCMCI) is one of the key operating units of the Defence Academy (DefAc). DCMCI trains the UKs Armed Forces as well as Civil Servants, International Allies and Industry Partners, focusing on the technological edge, leveraging the technology and information necessary to thrive in an increasingly interconnected, complex and ambiguous strategic and operating environment. This role is within the Defence Cyber Academy (DCA) in DCMCI. The Defence Cyber Academy (DCA) within DCMCI is responsible for training and educating MODs cyber specialists and providing broader cyber education to leaders at all levels. This role will allow candidates to be closely involved in shaping and developing the academy, through the management of technology and commercial training projects. Within the DCA, working to the Facility Manager, candidates will be responsible for managing projects that support the delivery of DCA training and education. This will include liaison with key stakeholders and ensuring projects are delivered to time and specification and within agreed costs. Candidates will develop an understanding of cyber education and training and underpinning technical infrastructures, and will manage change activity to ensure effective and efficient delivery of DCAs outputs. The Post Holder will possess established communication/influencing and analytical/problem-solving skills, as well as a creative approach. They should have experience in both project management & stakeholder management with outside agencies across government and industry. To be successful in this role candidates must be capable of working independently and at pace. They must work collaboratively with key internal and external stakeholders to design and implement a shared vision for how the Defence Cyber Academy should develop. An ability to liaise effectively with stakeholders is a key requirement. The role will offer candidates the opportunity to work in a mixed civilian and military delivery team, approximately 50-strong. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. Job description Specific responsibilities are liable to change as the role and organisation develop, but initially will include: Manage, track, and report on DCA projects within time, cost and specification as part of the DCA programme. To include Business Cases, commercial engagement and oversight, risk and issue management, detailed project management and financial tracking. Work with DCMCI Business Management to ensure DCA activity remains on track against financial forecasts, escalating project and financial risk where appropriate. Liaise with DCAs key stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient management of projects as the DCA programme Business Change Manager and ensure wider regular reporting occurs. Work with the DCA programme manager to ensure that change activity links to measurable programme benefits. Support, manage and coordinate the procurement and implementation of technical and business change within DCA including communications, IT systems, commercial training & education and external consultancy activities for the development and delivery of DCA courses and other taskings. Manage statements of requirements for all DCA activity and plan across the DCA training delivery schedule. Undertake learning and development and upskilling as required. Person specification The below desirable criteria is relevant to this role: To have a Practitioner level understanding of Project Management. The successful candidate will have an understanding of Project Management and, if not formally qualified, be willing to undertake a Project Management training course at the earliest opportunity. The candidate will gain an understanding of how DCAs IT is critical to supporting DCA training delivery. It would be desirable to have knowledge and experience of the financial & commercial processes within the MOD, understand the purpose of creating a Business Case (or Expenditure Approval Form [EAF]) through the different levels of approval. The candidate will maintain accurate financial records of DCA project spend and forecast of spend throughout a FY, and longer as deemed necessary and work closely with DCMCI Business Management to ensure financial accountability. They must be a Team Player, committed to a shared set of Team objectives, working effectively, inclusively, and fairly with colleagues in a diverse and mixed Civilian, Military and Contractor environment. They will need to have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 applications, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook and OneDrive and an understanding of SharePoint. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Making Effective Decisions Changing and Improving Delivering at Pace Leadership Working Together We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form: Making Effective Decisions Changing and Improving Delivering at Pace Benefits Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Highly competitive pension scheme. Flexi-time scheme upon completion of 6 months service if new to the Civil Service or the Line Manager has the ability to adopt flexible working sooner than the 6 month period. With Line Manager agreement move to an alternative Working Patterns (there are 9). 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service. If by chance you have previously completed service in the Public Sector in the past 5 years, you may be eligible to request 30 days leave immediately. (Evidence will be required). In addition to annual leave you will be entitled to 8 Public Bank Holidays per year. Professional and Personal Development of skills. Minimum of 18 Days Special Paid Leave in a rolling 12-month period for Public Duties commitments (such as a Magistrate). Special Paid Leave for community volunteering up to 12 days a year for Special Constables and 6 days a year for other volunteering. Enhanced parental and adoption leave. Shrivenham has good travel links with free car parking. Other facilities are a Sports & Social club, a Gym complex, stables, a Golf Course and onsite Mess & Retail shops. 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 Policy 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 and Experience. This recruitment process will consist of two parts: 1. A written application containing your experience (a CV and a Statement of Suitability [Personal Statement]) and 3 Behaviours drawn from the Civil Service Success Profiles. 2. If your written application is successful, you will be invited to a face-to-face interview where you will be assessed against 5 Behaviours (the 3 from your application, plus 2 more at interview though please note that the questions asked may link more than one Behaviour). If a large number of applications are received, they will be assessed initially against your CV and Statement of Suitability (Personal Statement). Following this, the evidence of a good/strong understanding of Project Management, followed by evidence of a good understanding of MOD Finance and Commercial processes, will be considered to distinguish the order of merit. Your experience will be assessed individually through your CV and a 500 word Statement of Suitability (Personal Statement). 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: Making Effective Decisions Changing and Improving Delivering at Pace At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours: Making Effective Decisions Changing and Improving Delivering at Pace Leadership Working Together Behaviours are assessed individually with a 250-word statement. The application form will indicate which behaviour is being assessed. We are looking for evidence using the Situation, Task, Action, Result (STAR) methodology. It is highly recommended you focus by providing one example for each behaviour. We would also advise you to use examples that best meet the criteria, even if they are a few years old, using the STAR methodology. Situation: Briefly describe the background of the situation in which you found yourself. Task: What you were required to do/chose to do. Action: What actions you undertook to achieve the tasks. Make sure to use I, not we to explain how your actions led to results. Result : Use facts and evidence to demonstrate the results that your actions produced. Explain whether it was a successful outcome, and if not, what you learned from the experience. Please make sure you have consulted the HM Government Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours document (available on Gov.uk) to ensure you have understood the relevant Behaviours at Level Higher Executive Officer (HEO). PLEASE NOTE: Sift & Interview: Sift to take place within 2 weeks of Advert closing. Interviews likely to take place within 3 weeks of Sift. 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: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3mod.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. Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities. Throughout, the Commands transformation programme is committed to following the MODs framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Commands personnel and Trade Unions. 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). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Lauren Hawley Email : lauren.hawley102mod.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3mod.gov.uk Further information 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: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3mod.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. Attachments EXTERNAL PACK Opens in new window (pdf, 1562kB) Stratcom Candidate Information Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 469kB) Candidate Information updated Opens in new window (docx, 31kB) Share this page Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn GMail