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Assurance Analyst

Employer
Alexander Mann Solutions (on behalf of Public Sector Resourcing
Location
Corsham, Wiltshire
Salary
Up to £530 per day
Closing date
19 Jan 2022

Assurance Analyst - Inside IR35

Contract Term: 12 Months

Contracting Authority: MOD

Location: Corsham

Imagine having a talent that could benefit someone you’ve never met and solve problems you didn’t even know existed. Well, you do, and you can. And we’re here to help you do just that. At PSR we are the go-to place for talented contractors and temps for a rich variety of public sector roles.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a central government department with a mission to protect our country and provide the ultimate guarantee of its security and independence, as well as helping to protect its values and interests abroad.

To do this we have an annual budget of almost £40 billion and a workforce comprising 193,000 people, almost 59,000 of whom are civilians. We currently manage more than £11 billion of spend every year.

Our work really matters; we offer engaging roles which have a direct impact on the quality of services we provide. We employ people in many different roles and in many locations across the UK and abroad. We have jobs in policy, finance, HR, IS/IT, commercial and project management and all the types of jobs you would expect to find in a government department, or indeed in the private sector. We also employ doctors, dentists, teachers, police, fire service, quantity surveyors, and engineers to name a few. There are many opportunities to develop and progress both within MOD and across the wider Civil Service, whether you’re a permanent appointee or an interim. 

As an Assurance Analyst your main responsibilities would be: 

  • Through early engagement, gaining an understanding of the business, Information/Data requirements /flows/sources, and technologies employed and how these fit into the wider enterprise, using this insight to review and influence projects’ requirements to help ‘shape’ and ensure alignment Defence Policy, strategy and evolving shape of the Defence Enterprise
  • Meeting regularly with Stakeholders to ensure evidence is gathered and assurance process is gradual rather than a cliff edge moment
  • Determining the risks associated with and the impact of releasing /changing/removing capabilities from Defence’s Communication & Information Systems networks early on to enable their mitigation
  • Conducting assessments against JSP 604 (and other artefacts), producing Technical Release Readiness Assessment reports to capture the design and associated residual risks to the Defence Network
  • Ensuring implementation of the assessment recommendations and risk mitigation actions by the team delivering the capability.
  • Helping to scope test scenarios required for the capability domains to demonstrate adequate performance and operation alongside being a “good neighbour”
  • Providing advice to Network Operating Authority Release and Deployment Board, The ISS Change Advisory Board and the Defence ICT Design Authority Board to ensure that services are procured, developed and maintained in accordance with the Departmental strategies, policies and architectures and highlight risk presented by capabilities being assured
  • Providing advice and guidance to projects throughout their development and acting as a conduit to gain access to other SME advice as necessary


You’ll have relevant experience in:
 

  • Skills in a relevant technical sphere, ideally in complex Communications or Information Systems.
  • Ability to define, tailor, source and analyse high quality information and evidence.
  • Extensive experience of understanding technical risk, ideally related to complex Information or Communications systems
  • Experience of understanding Information or Communications systems Architectures to recognised methodologies such as TOGAF & ITIL
  • Excellent skills in communication and stakeholder management, with an ability to work collaboratively across team and organisational boundaries
  • Experience of Programme/Project management techniques
  • Due to the nature of the role candidates must have full active SC clearance

If this Assurance Analyst role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or email Simon Middlehurst at Simon.Middlehurst@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

"In applying for this role you acknowledge the following; this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment, and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different."

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

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