Controls & Assurance Lead - Programme Euston

About DIO MPP – Nuclear Infrastructure

As the MOD’s infrastructure expert DIO has a significant role to provide defence-wide, advice, guidance and delivery of strategic estates management, strategic asset management, disposals and acquisitions and major programme and project delivery as well as the management and leadership of the supply chain.

The continuous at sea deterrent is strategically critical output for UK Defence and the infrastructure that supports the current capability, and wider submarine operations, in preparation for future capability requires significant investment.

DIO Nuclear Directorate provides a mission aligned infrastructure service to the CASD, providing major capital programme delivery, estates and infrastructure services to our Front-Line Commands and Agencies. The directorate is responsible for the delivery of the existing demand, the development of the next demand and the planning of future demands alongside our Royal Navy, Submarine Delivery Agency and Defence Nuclear Organisation sponsors.

The portfolio of work comprises a number of complex estates and infrastructure projects including;

• The Clyde Infrastructure Programme; a £1.8B programme of work of new build facilities and refurbishment to support current and future operations on HMNB Clyde. The programme of work is part of Government Major Programmes & Projects and is considered a top 100 government programme.
• Programme Euston: a complex engineering and construction project to ensure readiness for the Submarine Flotilla’s newest addition, Dreadnought class submarines.
• Future Programme Development: to determine the future investment strategy to ensure the infrastructure across our estate meets the MOD’s nuclear infrastructure demand.

This is an exciting time to join the team, the delivery environment is both challenging and rewarding.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Governance:

• Manage and support the delivery governance on behalf of the Programme.
• Maintain governance to organisational objectives and departmental standards and frameworks ensuring alignment.
• Critically appraise delivery forecasts, apply management interventions to achieve agreed business output.
• Support collating budget forecasts, risks and assumptions data for MOD SPC planning rounds aligned with corporate reporting planning cycles
• Develop and maintain programme controls documentation e.g. Programme Risk, Schedule and Performance Management Plans. Ensuring Projects and Programmes have PCT management plans.
• Take a strategic view across the programme and in consideration of DIO overall business objectives highlight conflicts and issues, identify and exploit opportunities, identify and mitigate risk
• Interaction with key Scrutineers/Assurers community internal and external to DIO to ensure flow of information through the business case process

Assurance:

• Manage the delivery of future business cases and supporting artifacts for the Programme, ensuring the correct level of challenge of the evidence prior to presenting to senior leadership for sign off.
• Track business cases through the Forward Approvals Plan (FAP), through liaison with key personnel to understand any risk to future DIO spend. Track project performance against approved P50 / P90 time and cost envelopes to support reference class forecasting.
• Lead and co-ordinate the completion of applicable Gateway reviews and associated documentation

Supplier Management

• Support the wider DIO NID on ongoing development of commercial frameworks
• Support development of performance measurement metric in conjunction with the Commercial team.
• Support development of monthly reporting and key matrix using information from the supply chain in conjunction with the commercial team.
• You will be the named Service Manager on key DIO contracts, ensuring resource and rates for seconded members of the team are managed, liaising closely with the commercial team.

Infrastructure Business Management

• Support resource planning for the programme. Ensure that staff are actively engaged in the demand planning process to maximise the utilisation of funds and achieve greatest benefit for Users and the Estate
• Contribute to the evolution of strategic requirements and development of the programme with SME advice
• Accountable for applying appropriate governance and management controls, adherence to Health and Safety policy and also financial and managerial delegations
• Track and manage the manning requirements and recruitment including SPC and DIO resource bidding process.
• Support management of communications for the Programme wider with DIO NID and across our NC customer community team.

Continuous Improvement

• Support implementation of LFE across the programme.
• You will ensure that the programme uses LFE to plan for better outcomes in the future and you will evaluate and update as necessary programme documentation, standards, and templates.

Wider DIO business and improvement

• Support wider Government initiatives including OGC Reviews and Government Construction Strategy
• Responsible for delivery of communications and engagement activities for major team/function in line with DIO Corporate Communications strategic messaging and wider MOD communications policy and guidance
• Undertake/support activity in relation to Strategic Asset Management including liaising on proposed activities and advising of possible opportunities
• Undertake or support activities in relation to continuous improvement and procurement initiatives
• Ensure that the deep expert knowledge of Defence, the Department, DIO and the construction industry that exists in the MPP resource pool is energised to contribute to the development of the Estate. This will be both proactive, providing delivery perspective, and in response to strategic initiatives as and when required.

Open to UK nationals only.

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

Candidates can apply online via the Civil Service Jobs website by completing the application form before the deadline shown. Apply using the Civil Service Jobs apply button, filling in all required details in all sections.

Sift Stage

Candidates will be required to complete an online CV template to include job history and full details of education and qualifications. Please also include any relevant responsibilities and achievements.

Candidates will be required to complete a Personal Statement of no more 500 words, providing details relevant to the essential and desirable experience in the job advert.

The requirements for the role have been benchmarked and these will be used to sift all candidates, with those meeting the minimum requirements invited to interview.

Feedback will only be provided if you are selected for an interview.

Interview Stage

At interview, you will be assessed against Success Profiles Behaviours and Technical Competencies from the Project Delivery Capability Framework.

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Behaviours to be assessed at Interview :

Leadership

Delivering at Pace

Communicating and Influencing

Technical Skills to be assessed at Interview :

Governance - Project Delivery Capability Framework

Assurance - Project Delivery Capability Framework

Further Information

This role is only available to Sole British Nationals. If you apply for this position and are then found to be a dual national, we have the right to reject your application and not proceed to the next stage.

Candidates who are found to meet an acceptable standard at interview but are not successful in one of the advertised posts may be considered for similar roles within the Business Unit.

You will also be expected to achieve Security Check clearance for this role.

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.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

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. 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.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

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