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Shrivenham, South East England, SN6 8LA

Job Summary

The Defence College for Military Capability Integration (DCMCI) is one of the key operating units of the Defence Academy. 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.Defence has published many key strategies that recognise the importance of upskilling our workforce, particularly in emerging technologies and capabilities that are necessary to sustain MOD’s competitive advantage and/or be potential game changers in future operations and delivery. These include Cyber, Space, Data, Climate Change & Sustainability and AI/Autonomy. Delivering this upskilling however requires detailed planning and investment, often working across wider government and the industrial and academic supply chain to define and resource the training/education programmes necessary to deliver their aspirations.

Reporting to DCMCI COO the post holder will be responsible for the management of future projects and programmes.

Assistant Head Development is an exciting role that will drive DCMCI’s future delivery portfolio. This will involve forging and continuation of strategic relationships with our stakeholders, and then defining and delivering future projects.

The primary focus on taking up the role will be the future Technical Academic Provider (TAP) project, which is a critical role due to the current contract end date of 2028. The post holder will act as a Champion for project delivery across the College sharing knowledge and best practice.

Job Description

Main objectives of the role are;

Project/Programme Delivery

• Defining and project managing the Future Technical Academic Provider project and approach.
• Defining and securing resources to develop the training and education.
• Defining and delivering in support of schools, future training design and development projects and wider DCMCI projects.
• Champion for Project Delivery within DCMCI.
  
  

Stakeholder Management

• Working with stakeholders to understand and refine current and future requirements.
• Forging and maintaining strategic partnerships and relationships with all internal and external stakeholders including suppliers and partners.
• Leading external project engagement plan.
• Working across Defence Academy to understand and manage dependencies and the impact of new requirements i.e infrastructure.
• Working closely with the Defence Academy Portfolio Office feeding into the Future Academic Provider programme.
  
  

Leadership

• Providing confident, inspiring, and empowering leadership, supporting colleagues across the college and wider Academy.
• Championing and leading by example in every aspect of promoting diversity, and the development of and leadership quality of MOD and Civil Service talent.
  
  

Corporate

• DCMCI lead into Future Campus concept (DefAc 2030) supporting development to whole force campus.
• Lead activities in support of wider DCMCI and Defence Academy as directed.
  
  

Line Management

• Undertake line management, mentoring and countersigning tasks as required by the role. This role has 1 direct report.
  
  

Learning and Development

• Undertake learning and development and upskilling as required.
  
  

Main objectives of the role are;

Project/Programme Delivery

• Defining and project managing the Future Technical Academic Provider project and approach.
• Defining and securing resources to develop the training and education.
• Defining and delivering in support of schools, future training design and development projects and wider DCMCI projects.
• Champion for Project Delivery within DCMCI.
  
  

Stakeholder Management

• Working with stakeholders to understand and refine current and future requirements.
• Forging and maintaining strategic partnerships and relationships with all internal and external stakeholders including suppliers and partners.
• Leading external project engagement plan.
• Working across Defence Academy to understand and manage dependencies and the impact of new requirements i.e infrastructure.
• Working closely with the Defence Academy Portfolio Office feeding into the Future Academic Provider programme.
  
  

Leadership

• Providing confident, inspiring, and empowering leadership, supporting colleagues across the college and wider Academy.
• Championing and leading by example in every aspect of promoting diversity, and the development of and leadership quality of MOD and Civil Service talent.
  
  

Corporate

• DCMCI lead into Future Campus concept (DefAc 2030) supporting development to whole force campus.
• Lead activities in support of wider DCMCI and Defence Academy as directed.
  
  

Line Management

• Undertake line management, mentoring and countersigning tasks as required by the role. This role has 1 direct report.
  
  

Learning and Development

• Undertake learning and development and upskilling as required.
  
  

Person specification

Leading a small team with matrixed input from a wider team of technical and training SMEs working across the wider DCMCI organisation. The post holder will need to be a motivated self-starter who has both strong demonstrable project and stakeholder management experience, alongside a strong track record in effectively managing key and complex relationships.They should have a commitment to efficiency and continuous improvement with the desire to exploit good ideas to the benefit of Defence.

Essential Criteria

• Strong Project Management experience.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Experience of working within a training and education environment.
• APM/MSP or similar.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and Experience of working within Defence.
• Knowledge of Commercial.
  
  

Qualifications

APM/MSP or similar

Behaviours

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
  
  

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
  
  

Alongside your salary of £59,690, Ministry of Defence contributes £17,292 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 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.
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• 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.

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

• A written application containing your experience (a CV and a Statement of Suitability [Personal Statement]) and 2 Behaviours drawn from the Civil Service Success Profiles.
• If your written application is successful, you will be invited to a face-to-face interview where you will be assessed against 5 Behaviours (2 from your application and 3 additional)
  
  

All applications will be sifted against the Essential criteria. Following this, if a large number of applications are received, they will then be assessed against your CV and Statement of Suitability (Personal Statement) to distinguish the order of merit.

Your experience will be assessed individually through your CV and a 500 word Statement of Suitability (Personal Statement).

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating & Influencing
  
  

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.

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.

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating & Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing & Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
  
  

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 Grade 7.

Please Note

Sift & Interview dates: Sifting to take place at the end of Jun 25. Interviews likely to take place early Jul 25.

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 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-Resourcingteam3@mod.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 Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

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

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

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.

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.

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).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Lauren Hawley
• Email : lauren.hawley102@mod.gov.uk
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk
  
  

Further information

Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.