Ministry of Defence Hiring for Senior Project Leadership – Recruitment and Attraction Support Job at London, England Full Time

194734

£26,350

Fixed Term

23 Months

MOD – Head Office & Corporate Services

Human Resources
Project Delivery

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

1

Bristol, London

This is an exciting opportunity to join the People Team within the Project Delivery Centre of Excellence (PD CoE) part of MOD’s Project Delivery function. The PD CoE is responsible for building and deploying PD capability, managing talent, shaping strategy, influencing the operating environment, setting and embedding standards, monitoring PD function risks, and providing assurance.

The primary purpose of the People Team is to attract and develop a thriving inclusive Project Delivery community in defence. The MOD has approximately 6,500 project delivery professionals (civilian and military personnel).

This is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Senior Project Leadership – Recruitment and Attraction Support in the Project Delivery Centre of Excellence. Your responsibilities will be as described in this job advert. The reason why you are appointed for a fixed period is due to the work the role is required for is expected to last 23 months . This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end 23 months after that date OR will end on 31/03/2024. You should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, arrangements will be made in line with the FTA policy.

This vacancy is an HR administrative support role, within the MOD Project Delivery Function. The objective of this role is to provide administrative support to the recruitment of senior project leaders and maintain data on our cadre of senior project leaders and roles. You will proactively support these activities to achieve the best outcomes possible for MOD’s complex portfolio of projects.

You will be handling sensitive and confidential information and will need to ensure information is handled sensitively and in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

The role is responsible for:

• Providing administrative support across the senior project leadership recruitment team;
• Supporting the setup and maintenance of the workforce and succession plans for Defence’s senior project leadership roles;
• Supporting the Workforce Planning Manager to coordinate regular talent management assessments across our senior project leader community;
• Collaborating with the Military appointments team and Defence Major Projects Portfolio (DMPP) on Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) appointments and upcoming requirements;
• Supporting with the administrative tasks relating to the SRO appointment process;
• Contributing towards the development and continuous improvement of our resourcing service offer;
• Supporting the development of specialist attraction and sourcing strategies for resourcing interventions, working with internal stakeholders, Government Recruitment Services and/or external suppliers as appropriate;
• Maintaining information about our senior project leadership community and their deployment.
• Developing dashboards and analysis based on recruitment and deployment of project leaders (specifically SRO appointments) and produce a People MI dashboard to also include data from other sources, e.g. MPLA.
• Coordinating the updating of SRO guidance documentation – collating inputs from colleagues and work closely with the Workforce Planning Manager to execute;
• Developing and maintaining information on our online SRO centre;
• Work closely and maintain a positive working relationship with our stakeholder IPA ensuring that new guidance or policies for SRO are advised and shared with MoD colleagues;

Flexibility to adapt work areas to meet the emerging needs of the MOD Project Delivery Function will be required.

The following skills and experience are essential:

• An understanding of HR L&D practices and processes, specifically recruitment administrative support;
• Excellent planning and organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities;
• Excellent communication skills as well as attention to detail in administrative output;
• Proactive approach to supporting the function; ensuring ideas and initiatives are shared across wider team;
• Strong collaboration and relationship building skills;
• Ability to lead and support others whilst displaying a proactive approach;
• Ability to support the wider team achieve targets and work driven deadlines;
• Ability to manage and analyse data, and use this to develop and present recommendations;

You will be supported and encouraged to develop your technical skills and gain relevant qualifications for future progression. The successful candidate will show a willingness to succeed, engage in learning and development for themselves and the role.

Please note that if the post holder does not already have one of these qualifications, they will be supported in the first 12 months after appointment. For example, CIPD, APM equivalent qualifications accepted, and lapsed qualifications should be refreshed; and, upon agreement with your Line Manager, suitable ‘higher level’ qualifications may be considered as alternatives and support may also be provided to pursue suitable ‘higher level’ qualifications.

The following skills and experience are desirable:

• Experience of project delivery
• Experience working across government supporting one or a number of the professions.
• Experience in a similar recruitment, HR or L&D type role; working within or closely with the HR Function

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

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Job contact :

Name :
Catherine Cook
Email :
catherine.cook726@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team :

Email :
DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk