Are you a high performing Project Manager? Are you used to delivering complex projects? DE&S have an opportunity to become part of the Strategic Enablers (SE) domain. SE delivers a wide range of capabilities to the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force as well as Strategic Command.

Within the integrated Battlespace Operating Centre, the Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems Delivery Team (ADEWS DT) is based at RAF Henlow and is responsible for a variety of projects and in-service support in the area of air defence radar, radios, antennas structures and radomes and specialist electronic warfare facilities.

If successful, you will manage complex projects addressing unpredictable situations, whilst also influencing acquisition strategy and aligning projects to our organisational vision and objectives.

In this role you may have the following responsibilities -

* Accountable for establishing, leading and managing high performing multi-disciplinary teams and setting project, change programme, or Order Book Item (OBI) direction across all Functions to deliver agreed outcomes

* Deliver agreed outcomes within associated sub-portfolios or complex projects

* Responsible for supporting an open, honest, no blame culture. Actively discussing failures and shortfalls positively and drawing through LFE and enacting mitigations and engaging with PM Function to mitigate wider occurrence

* Accountable for the successful delivery of assigned projects along with supporting documentation and within the specified performance, cost and time parameters. This includes ensuring the most cost-effective means of delivery whilst mitigating risk

* Responsible for embedding and adhering to all governance and policy and enabling compliance throughout own team, ensuring appropriate challenge and gaining approval to deviate when necessary

* Agree the objective, requirements and the means of acceptance with the customer in line with the MoD's Operating Model and Defence Lines of Development

* Drive the timely establishment of contracts with Commercial Officers to enable the required contractual contribution from industry. Deliver project requirements, sustain and leverage value through the monitoring and management of contract performance against commitments (product and services) and meet our own obligations under the contract

* Responsible for meeting budgets within all In-Year and longer-term accounting periods for the Equipment Procurement Plan (EPP), Equipment Support Plan (ESP) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx). Ensuring that the wider financial (and resource) profiles are driven from the activities in the project schedule and the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

* Accountable for ensuring that the wider financial (and resource) profiles are adhered to

* Lead the construction (through the Project Controls Function) of the Performance Measurement Baseline for the project/portfolio * Champion career management and proactively support the wider development of the PM community

For your application to be able to progress to the CV sift and then on to the interview stage, it is important that your CV includes detailed evidence and examples of the following -

* Significant experience of leading and managing a project management team delivering complex portfolio projects

* Experience of building and maintaining a network of key stakeholders, including suppliers

* Relevant, work related key achievements

Candidates should be aware that, under the Defence Estate Optimisation Strategy, RAF Henlow has been identified as a site for release. Further information will be made available as it becomes available.

What's in it for you? - You will receive a generous benefits package including market leading employer pension contributions of around 21% of your salary (not including any personal contribution), annual bonuses, a flexible working pattern to fit you where possible, 25 days holiday +1 additional day every year you work up to 30 days with opportunity for movement and promotion.

For further information, contact me at [email protected].

To apply please use the link below, which will take you directly to the portal for applications -

https://des.skillstream.co.uk/des/reqCreateCv?job_id=967

Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.