Project Support Officer, MoD, up to £375/day

The Ministry of Defence are seeking a Project Support Officer to join them in Northwood. Note that the successful candidate will largely work remotely for the time being.

Team: Ministry of Defence|MOD Core|JFC|Director Information Systems Services

Initial contracts will run for 6 months (126 working days) and offer a rate up to £375/day.

IR35 STATUS: Inside IR35. This engagement has been assessed by the public body as Inside IR35 legislation. Candidates would be required to operate through an umbrella company on this engagement.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 24/11/2020 at 10:00

This role requires Active SC (Security Check) clearance. Applicants require active SC clearance or the willingness to go through clearance before starting on site. Candidates with current clearance will be preferred.

Brief Description

These posts would be in the UK Strat Com PMO for SATCOM which is responsible for the Programme Governance, Stakeholder & Comms and Risk for SATCOM. These roles require the applicants to be able to undertake Governance, Risk, Scheduling and Stakeholders and Communications, tasking.

Main Responsibilities

• Management and delivery of plans to ensure all necessary preparation and execution tasks and dependencies are included.
• Manage the Risks, Issues, Assumptions and dependencies (RIAD) and assurance and reporting.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks for delivery of products.
• Work with key stakeholders to manage the deployment of all aspects of the project assigned too.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Good grasp of the principles of effective Risk and Issues Management with some experience of application in one or a number of low complexity change initiative(s).
• Understanding of PD methodologies, processes, tools and techniques gained in working on change initiatives. This may include, for example: change control, planning and scheduling, business case development (not exhaustive).
• Strong stakeholder management, communication (oral and written), financial, information management and data analysis skills.

Candidate Eligibility

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK, this role will not offer Visa sponsorship. Tier 2 – General visas are cannot be accepted. This role requires that candidates be willing to undergo BPSS (DS) Baseline Personnel Security Standard (with a Disclosure Scotland).

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