OVERVIEW
The Royal Navy are currently working on the next generation support solution for its in-service torpedoes. A small team is being brought together to support in-place colleagues deliver that outcome.
The day to day duties will be executed within the DE&S, reporting to the Team Leader of the Torpedoes and Maritime Strike team (TMS).
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage all aspects of a Category A MOD Programme from start up to Strategic Outline Case.
- Coordinate Project Specialist approval activities and set priorities to align with project targets.
- Responsible for ensuring the project objectives for schedule, cost, risk and quality are met.
- Manage interdependencies and benefits.
- Responsible for the preparation and presentation of all approval artefacts in conjunction with specialist subject matter experts.
- Instruct, direct, mentor, and check the work of other team members.
- Define and promote formal communication methods and establishing open and consistent communication within the team, with the PMO and management.
- Prepare and present Stakeholder updates as required.
The key deliverable will be a Strategic Outline Case that will set subsequent programme direction.
SKILLS & QUAIFICATIONS
- Evidence of Cat A programme or project delivery in MOD / DE&S
- Evidence of leadership role played in delivering time critical milestones
- Evidence that they have worked in MOD project delivery or in industry facing MOD within the last 3 months
- Experience of leading Project Delivery in an MOD / ideally DE&S environment
- UK MOD maritime experience, preferably torpedoes / submarine related
- Able to craft and own a detailed project plan
- Ability to deliver programme and project milestones against demanding performance, cost and time constraints
- Comfort in working with minimal daily supervision to deliver key outputs
- Able to look ahead and anticipate challenges, craft solutions and resolve them, using the team to support
- Comfortable working in the Cat A project delivery environment, have an understanding of the assurance and scrutiny requirements required and able to work through delivery friction at pace
- Able to use in place IT systems (MODNet) to deliver effective MOD compliant staff work that stands 2* scrutiny
- Managing Successful Programs (MSP)
- APMP – Project Management
- PRINCE 2
- APMP - Management of Risk (MoR)
- We need either APMP or PRINCE 2, MSP would be a nice to have as would be MoR.