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Project Controls Officer

Employer
Dstl
Location
Porton Down, Salisbury
Salary
£31,983-£40,000
Closing date
21 Aug 2019

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Clearance Level
DV, SC
Sector
Central Government
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

Can you help us understand and improve the effectiveness of our delivery processes?

As a Project Controls Officer, you'll design and implement effective assurance checks across our Science and Technology (S&T) management processes to mitigate our business risks, ensure the effectiveness of internal controls and increase the probability of successful delivery of our work.

You'll provide second line assurance that we apply our process controls and they are effective in mitigating corporate and delivery risk. You will also coordinate the collation, interpretation and reporting of assurance information arising from first, third and fourth line assurance activity.

In order to maintain relevance and currency with our Project and Programme management community you'll also project manage our projects for 20% of your time.

In this role you will:

•You'll provide assurance to the Process Owner that our key processes are followed and are operating effectively; Some examples of these processes include Portfolio, Programme and Project processes, Trials Processes and Technical Assurance processes.

•You'll guide and support the Process Stewards in producing assurance plans and crafting reports for leaders in Dstl;

•You'll undertake line two assurance activities prioritised by your view of the risk;

•You'll automate assurance activities wherever practical and efficient;

•You'll engage and communicate with staff to help them understand the reasons why the process controls are in place, important and ultimately drive better performance;

•You'll ensure that our assurance activities are conducted in accordance with Dstl’s Assurance Strategy and good practice;

•You'll work with other assurance staff to ensure that our assurance activity is aligned with other assurance plans;

•You'll support process and risk deep dives and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

We are looking for someone who:

•Has a real passion for ensuring our processes and policies, mitigate corporate risks and increase our successful delivery of high impact S&T;

•Has a strong desire to provide assured delivery of our projects and programmes;

•Has a deep understanding of business processes and good practice in assurance;

•Is curious, quick to understand a requirement and can provide support and mentoring to others.

Company

The Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence. We bring together the top minds in government, industry and academia to keep our armed forces and the UK safe.

Our values are at the heart everything we do: we are innovative, collaborative and impactful.

There’s a lot more to us than white lab coats.

We also have cyber labs, wargaming teams, engineering workshops, trial areas and collaborative working spaces. Of course, we do have science labs too. We need them to do the vital research and sensitive project work that simply can’t be done anywhere else – and we are hiring!

At Dstl, you can learn and grow within one of our divisions (or experience multiple) with opportunities available within:

  • Cyber and Information Systems,
  • Platform Systems,
  • Exploration,
  • Counter-terrorism and Security,
  • Chemical, Biological and Radiological or
  • within one of our enabling divisions.

Interesting fact…not all of our employees have PHDs, Masters, or Degrees because we equally value experience and the right mindset. So, if you don’t have higher level qualifications we welcome your application and if you want to, we can help you to obtain qualifications to advance your career even more.

Already have the qualifications? We want to hear from you too!

As well as our on-going recruitment for experienced hires, our emerging talent recruitment calendar happens every year.  Our emerging talent opportunities are award winning, from being voted a top graduate and apprentice employer to having our own apprentices winning awards such as the prestigious Rising Star award.

At Dstl everyone is encouraged to thrive, succeed and achieve their ambitions, whatever their background, circumstances, experiences, or characteristics.

We achieve amazing things when we work together. We work hard to make sure everyone can be themselves at work, be heard, and reach their full potential.

We listen and share experiences through our active Employee Support Networks. They are run by our people and supported by our leaders.

Apply now to become part of the science, or the support behind it!

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01980 613000

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