Senior Project Manager South Atlantic Islands

DIO Major Programmes & Projects (MPP) CSOC is offering a unique opportunity to work in a high tempo environment.

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible to the Assistant Head Major Programmes and Projects (MPP) Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) facing team for all Capital Works site based activities carried out in the South Atlantic Islands.

This is a 2 year posting with the possibility to extend. It is located in the Falkland Islands and travel will be required on Island to perform the duties expected and also to and from the Ascension Islands and the UK.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Interviews for this position will be held face to face at ARMY HQ, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road, Andover, SP11 8HJ

The ideal candidate will be looking to explore project management in a challenging environment. You will be able to demonstrate experience of managing and delivering infrastructure programmes and projects against a broad range of programme and project management functional competences.

The role of the Senior Project Manager is to provide effective management, motivation, co-ordination and development of project teams to deliver a portfolio of projects to time, cost, quality and performance parameters.

This position has the benefit of being offered as either accompanied, with Service Families Accommodation or unaccompanied, with accommodation in the Officer’s Mess.

This position is eligible for both Operational Delivery Allowance (ODA) of £6000 per annum and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), COLA is calculated based on the individual's personal circumstances.

Responsibilities include:

• Act as the main liaison between the UK based project management team, British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI), Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Regional Delivery (RD), Technical Service Providers (TSP), construction contractors and all other stakeholders located in the Falkland Islands
• Providing the senior Intelligent Client interface in the management of industry partners, selected through various procurement mechanisms to deliver projects on behalf of DIO in line with MOD processes, procedures and contractual terms and conditions
• Proactive Contract Management to maintain a productive working relationship with industry partners and suppliers, monitoring their performance in terms of quality, time, cost and reliability. Drive optimal delivery and promptly manage emerging issues to avoid programme delays or cost escalation
• Manage financial performance of projects within agreed tolerances to control expenditure against approved project budgets and provide accurate financial reporting and forecasting to senior management
• Undertake project assurance and reviews across the portfolio at key stages to evaluate progress, compliance and probability of delivery to provide confidence to senior management, customers and key stakeholders
• Working as part of an integrated project team, ensure that costs within the approvals process are robust and ensure that Contracts are managed to deliver value for money for Defence. Support Customers to manage and maintain project approvals, and deliver within your delegated authority
• The Senior Project Manager is responsible for working with the Assistant Head MPP CSOC to develop a working environment and ways of working to achieve a High Performing Team ethos within the Projects Team and is accountable for ensuring adherence and conformity to all agreed DIO processes and operating procedures and particularly those which are detailed under key infrastructure process

Essential Licences:

A full UK driving licence with the ability to drive manual transmission vehicles - this is essential to enable travel to remote project sites.

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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

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

At application you will be assessed against the following:

• Behaviours: Leadership, Communicating & Influencing
• CV & Statement of Suitability.

At interview you will be assessed against the above along with the following:

• Technical Skills: Schedule Management - Risk, Opportunity and Issue Management
• Behaviours: Making Effective Decisions, Working Together
• Virtual presentation - What actions would you take if a project is failing in a remote location?

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.

Sift to take place week commencing 5th October 2026 with interviews being held approximately two weeks later.

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.

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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.

This vacancy will be assessed at SEO grade.

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 mitigation's can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

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. (Include the Privacy notice link).

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