Navy Command - Clyde Transformation Programme - Project Manager

Job description

Job summary

At Navy Command, we lead, support, and sustain the Royal Navy across every theatre of operations. We coordinate the people, platforms, and missions that keep the Fleet ready for todays challenges and tomorrows opportunities. Together, we uphold centuries of naval tradition while driving innovation that ensures the Royal Navys readiness to protect our nation and secure our future.

As the authority for the Royal Navys nuclear submarine capability, the Submarine Directorate oversees one of the most complex and critical elements of UK defence. Covering everything from in-service management to long-term fleet modernisation, the directorate ensures the Submarine Flotilla remains safe, reliable, and ready to meet national security requirements.

In the Clyde Transformation Programme (CTP) military, civil servants and industry partners work together to build new facilities and refurbishments to existing facilities to support current and future operations on His Majestys Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde. A contingent docking capability is required in the event of DREADNOUGHT (DRNT) needing to conduct an unplanned docking from the point of Barrow exit until the first nuclear use of the first Project Euston floating dock at HMNB Clyde. The location of the contingent docking facility (CDF) is at Royal Rosyth Dockyard Limited.

Youll be based at either Kentigern House, Glasgow or HMS Caledonia, Rosyth. This role will require you to occasionally travel HMS Caledonia if based in Glasgow to support programme delivery, stakeholder engagement, and key activities across the wider organisation.

Nationality, visas, and vetting: For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A sole UK national refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

We're looking for a Project Manager to help deliver the Contingent Docking Facility (CDF), a complex and high-profile project within the Clyde Transformation Programme. This is an exciting opportunity to lead important work, ensuring activity is delivered on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.

You'll work closely with the Programme Manager, providing support across a range of activities and deputising when required. You'll play a key role in bringing people together, managing delivery, and ensuring project activity remains on track to achieve its objectives.

As a Project Manager, you'll lead the day-to-day delivery of projects from planning through to completion. You'll develop project plans, monitor progress, manage risks and issues, and ensure that project objectives are achieved.

You'll build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, understanding their requirements and helping to turn these into practical and deliverable plans. You'll work collaboratively with colleagues, project teams and specialists to coordinate activities, manage dependencies and support successful outcomes.

You'll also oversee project budgets and resources, ensuring that funding and people are used effectively. This includes monitoring costs, forecasting spend and identifying future resource requirements.

The role will involve supporting governance and assurance activities, preparing reports, coordinating decision-making processes and ensuring that project information is accurate and up to date. You'll help manage change requests, maintain project controls and contribute to effective risk management across the wider portfolio.

In addition, you'll provide leadership and support to team members, helping to create a positive and collaborative working environment while promoting continuous improvement and professional development.

We value flexible ways of working. This role requires regular onsite attendance (around 60% of the working week) to benefit from face-to-face collaboration, while offering flexibility of hours to support work life balance and business needs. During the initial period, you may be asked to attend more frequently to get familiar with the site, team, and responsibilities.

What you will be doing:

• Lead the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring agreed outcomes are achieved.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, resources, risks and issues.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders and ensure their requirements are understood and addressed.
• Monitor progress, provide clear reporting and support governance and assurance activities.
• Coordinate project teams and work with colleagues to deliver successful outcomes.
• Support continuous improvement and provide leadership across the project team.

Person specification

To be successful with your application, youll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

Essential Criteria

• Experience successfully delivering medium to large-scale projects in a complex environment, balancing priorities, resources, budgets and timescales to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build productive relationships, influence decision-making and work effectively with a wide range of internal and external partners.
• Experience managing commercial relationships
• Proven ability to manage suppliers to deliver projects.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience delivering projects within an infrastructure, construction or major capital works environment.
• A broad understanding of disciplines such as infrastructure, construction, engineering, safety, environmental management or other highly regulated sectors.

Qualifications & Professional Memberships

Desirable- arelevant project management qualification such as:

• PRINCE 2 Practitioner
• Agile Project Management Practitioner
• APM Practitioner qualification
• APM Registered Project Professional

Behaviours

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

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of 46,040, Ministry of Defence contributes 13,337 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service
Market-leading employer pension contribution of 28.97%
Personal & professional development
Alternative working patterns for many roles
Access to a confidential, professional support service
Discount schemes
Bicycle / season-ticket loans
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
Special paid leave to volunteer (up to 6 days a year)

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.

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Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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

As part of Defence Reform, Navy Command continues to review and evolve its Target Operating Model to support more agile ways of working. In this context, the role and responsibilities of this role may develop over time to reflect changing business priorities and opportunities.

At Sift,you will be assessed against the following;

• Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history, qualification details and previous skills and experience.
• Candidates will be required to provide a personal statement. This should be a maximum of 500 words that sets out your motivation for applying and shows how your skills and experience meet the essential requirements for the role."

At Interview,you will be assessed against the following;

Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

Further information:

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.

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.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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
Open to UK nationals only.

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) .

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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :

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Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: [email protected].

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