Benefits Manager, UK Space Command

Ministry of Defence

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Details

Reference number

376064

Salary

£43,080

Based at RAF High Wycombe, the positions attract the relevant location allowance of £2,000 per annum.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Air - UK Space Command

Type of role

Business Management and Improvement
Economist
Project Delivery
Strategy
Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Location

RAF High Wycombe

About the job

Job summary

Are you a Project Delivery, Business Change, Strategy, Economic or Evaluation professional, with a passion for benefits management looking to develop your skills in a new role? We may have the perfect opportunity for you!

UK Space Command, is the Defence lead for space operations, space workforce, and space capability. A Joint Command staffed by personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, Civil Service, contractors and alongside our allies and partners, we are at the forefront of activity to make space safe, secure, and sustainable for all generations.

Key to realising our ambitions is effective benefits management practices which enables the identification and management of benefits being realised from the portfolio and whilst ensuring the best available use of resources.

The Benefits Lead will be responsible for embedding a robust and consistent approach to benefits management, ensuring our choices in change initiatives help deliver our contribution to the Defence Space Strategy, and working collaboratively with teams to help identify, measure and track the impact of these activities.

This role offers the opportunity to build on your existing Benefits Management knowledge and expertise, champion the use of good practice methodology, and provide expert advice in an exciting yet encouraging environment!

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

UK Space Command currently operates a hybrid working arrangement which, subject to business needs, allows for a mix of remote and office working

Job description

As Benefits Manager your role will work with the Portfolio and Programme Teams to proactively identify, quantify, and track the realisation of benefits used to justify investment in the project/programme. You will also ensure a ‘fit for purpose’ approach to benefits measurement and realisation is used to provide assurance that the benefits identified can be achieved. Day to day your role will encompass:

Defining and drafting the Space Command Benefits Management Strategy taking into account the wider organisation methodology championing it across our community.
Establishing and maintaining the Portfolio Benefits Realisation Plan including change control, and the mechanism for the tracking and reporting of benefits through the project lifecycle and into realisation.
Coordinating Benefits Mapping activities including mapping benefits, applying your experience to provide challenge and ensure assumptions and dependencies are robust.
Supporting project and programme managers in preparing and updating the benefits elements of investment cases.
Working with programme teams and wider portfolio office team members to ensure benefits are identified, understood, owned and maximised.
Preparing and delivering Portfolio Benefits reviews and reporting.
Undertaking training and development as part of your continued professional development journey
role.

Person specification

As our benefits management lead you will therefore require credibility and professional expertise to help build benefits maturity across the organisation. We are looking for a colleague who can:

Professional Skills and Experience

Essential

Project Delivery: demonstrate experience of working within complex, multi-disciplinary project, programme, portfolio and/or change environments that use agile and waterfall delivery methods.
Project Delivery: Knowledge and application of portfolio, programme and project methodologies (e.g. MOP, MSP, PRinCE 2, Agile).
Benefits Management: demonstrate expertise, experience and practical application of the principles and practices of Benefits Management, including the tools and techniques that underpin these.

Desirable

APMG Managing Benefits or equivalent
A recognised PD qualification including, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), or APM Project Fundamentals, Management of Portfolios.
Knowledge and experience of the Defence and/or Space.

Personal Attributes & Skills

Have the ability to operate independently and effectively in an environment of ambiguity and uncertainty.
Have excellent communication skills – honest, concise, clear and solution focused, whilst choosing appropriate styles to maximise understanding and impact.
Confident user of the Microsoft Office IT and data analysis/project/visualisation/presentation tools (such as Excel, Project and PowerPoint).
Have the ability to adapt to changing circumstances and adverse situations whilst remaining calm, reassuring others and maintaining performance.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Seeing the Big Picture
Changing and Improving

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Project Delivery Capability Framework - 18 Benefits Management
Project Delivery Capability Framework - 13 Stakeholder Engagement

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,480 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Learning and development tailored to your role. MOD offers support and development in your career, including apprenticeships, that you can undertake as part of this role. An apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training allowing you to gain professional knowledge, practical experience and wider skills required for this job and your future career. Successful candidates can discuss their development options with their manager when in post.
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
Onsite Gym / Parking / Café
Cycle to work scheme access
25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service.
In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The King’s birthday
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

At sift you will be assessed against the following :

CV: Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Personal Statement: Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count 1,000). The statement of suitability should set out how you meet the essential, desirable and personal attributes and skills of the person specification.

Candidates shortlisted will be invited to an interview which will be a mixture of Technical (Project Delivery Capability Framework) and Behaviour (Success Profiles: Behaviours) based questions.

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

Seeing the Bigger Picture
Changing and Improving

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following Technical Skills:

Project Delivery Capability Framework - 18 Benefits Management
Project Delivery Capability Framework - 13 Stakeholder Engagement

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Rachel Spicer
Email : rachel.spicer845@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: , Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email:
info@csc.gov.uk.