SC Cleared Business Support Manager - Inside IR35

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 a Business Support Manager your main responsibilities would be: 

• Delivery of business services and support e.g. undertaking the provision of business services to the SSN Replacement team and other SDA delivery teams once part of the BM hub. Resolving ad-hoc BM queries and leading on administrative duties in relation to the arrangement and delivery of team event such as management and governance boards.
• Managing the Workforce control total e.g. supporting the tracking of workforce activity and ensuring workforce planning requirements are understood and met by corporate teams including management of the relevant HR and resourcing tools.
• Business planning, processes, and strategies e.g. development of business continuity plans, maintenance of the team Responsibility Assignment Matrix, and completing information returns for the SDA’s corporate centre teams.
• Internal communications e.g. distribution of team and corporate messaging and managing a range of internal and external stakeholders, e.g. relating to accommodation, recruitment, onboarding and turnover of personnel, etc…
• Management oversight and support to 2 x level 1 Executive Assistants.

Once in the hub, the post holder will work alongside hub members of a like-minded business management nature and will have responsible for the delivery of the tasks summarised above to other teams across the acquisition directorate.
You’ll have relevant experience in:

• SC Cleared
• Flexible, multitasking and a fast learner
• Experience of business support and associated process improvement activity
• Stakeholder management and engagement
• Effective communication
• Experience of working in business support (Public or Private Sector)
• IAM NVQ Level 4 Diploma in Business Administration and Management or equivalent qualification.
• Associate Membership of IAM highly desirable and working towards full membership of IAM

If this Business Support Manager role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please email egle.bulatovaite@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.