RAF Digital NEXUS Work Package Delivery Manager

Job summary

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. We pride ourselves on the positive impact diversity has and promote inclusivity and equality of opportunity for all.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the NEXUS to Core Delivery Team and contribute to a major Royal Air Force digital transformation programme. As a Work Package Delivery Manager, you will lead delivery activity across one of the programme’s key work packages, working with stakeholders to manage progress, risks, issues and dependencies while ensuring strong governance, clear documentation and effective reporting. The role is well suited to someone with project management experience, strong communication skills and the ability to prioritise work across teams in line with business needs. Given the nature of the role and the requirement to be heavily involved in the day-to-day management of a wide range of teams, technical programmes and projects, job share, or part-time work is not a viable option.

Job description

This role is part of the NEXUS to Core Delivery Team. NEXUS is the Royal Air Force (RAF) Air Command and Control (Air C2) transformation programme. The programme consists of the delivery the Air Cloud Hosting Environment; the Air Information Platform; experimentation; and a suite of operational applications. As a NEXUS Work Package Delivery Manager, you will be responsible via the NEXUS Senior Delivery Manager for the following:

• Lead the delivery of one of the Work Packages within the NEXUS programme.

• Own and report on all work package risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions and opportunities via regular risk working groups, programme working groups and programme boards

• Oversee the execution of projects, ensuring they adhere to scope, budget, and time constraints.

• Monitor Work Package performance, provide constructive feedback and maintain high productivity and quality standards.

• Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders, including others delivery team members, and internal and external stakeholders.

• Address concerns, conflicts, or misunderstandings that may arise between the parties, seeking amicable resolutions and promoting a collaborative working environment.

• Establish and maintain effective Work Package governance structures, processes, and documentation to support Work Package management activities.

• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including plans, specifications, and progress reports, for monitoring, transparency, knowledge transfer and LFE.

• Prepare and present regular Work Package status reports to stakeholders, highlighting progress, risks, and issues and escalating via the relevant stakeholders as required

Person specification

Essential:

• Previous project management experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the credibility to build positive relationships within and outside of the immediate team.
• Ability to manage and prioritise your workload and that of your teams according to business needs.

Desirable:

• Experience in MOD project management and project delivery
• Recognised qualification in project or programme management Agile Practitioner or similar recognised project management qualification.
• Experience in managing complex digital projects.

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Technical skills

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

• Government Project Delivery (GPD)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,720, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,927 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).

We are passionate about delivering great things for our customers. But we also know you will have a life outside of work; we respect your priorities, and our industry leading flexible working practices will give you real freedom to balance work and life.

We employ dedicated people who challenge and guide each other. RAF Digital is a highly capable team who will support you to develop your skills, knowledge and experience.

• Professional and personal development of skills
• Flexi-time scheme upon completion of six months’ service
• Alternative working patterns
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (by one day per year) to 30 days upon completion of five years’ service
• In addition to eight public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The King’s birthday
• Minimum of 15 Days Special Leave in a rolling 12-month period for volunteer reserve commitments
• Special Paid Leave to volunteer up to six days per year
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave
• Excellent travel links with free car parking, Gym access and onsite coffee shop / café
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Full-time role with Flexible working available
• 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 working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements 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.

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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, Experience and Technical skills.

At the sift, candidates will be assessed against the following areas:

• Behaviours:
  • Communicating and influencing
  • Working together

• Experience
  • CV: Job History, Full Qualification Details and Previous relevant Skills & Experience
  • A Personal Statement (500 words): Highlighting how your previous skills match the requirements of this role.

At the interview, candidates will be assessed against the following 2 areas:

• Behaviours:
  • Changing and improving
  • Delivering at pace

• Technical Experience, we will be asking questions around the following frameworks:
  • Government Project Delivery (GPD) Working in Government Project Delivery , Civil Service Careers

Candidates may also be asked questions related to their experience and how that relates to the advertised position.

Sifting will take place within 1 month of advert closure and interview dates will be confirmed shortly after. Interviews will be held in-person only.

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

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

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil 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 :

• Name : Paul Withers
• Email : paul.withers444@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk

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: info@csc.gov.uk.

Attachments

Air Command's Applicant Guide Opens in new window (pdf, 499kB)Defence Internal Brief notice Opens in new window (docx, 43kB)Candidate Information Opens in new window (docx, 32kB)Defence Civil Service Offer Opens in new window (pdf, 1563kB)