Project Support Officer at Ministry of Defence, Corsham, 10 Months, £Contract Rate

About the Role 

The SEDA Project Support Officer will use project management and business support skills to manage the day-to-day business activities within the SATCOM Engineering Design Authority (SEDA) team, while supporting the Assistant Chief Engineer.

The role encompasses a range of business management functions key to the effective operation of the team, including coordination of team meetings and wider communications, knowledge & information management, resource management & planning activities, secretariat, management of RAIDO, as well as a number of discrete deliverables (e.g. small change tasks, process development, facilitation of forums etc).

The SEDA team has a heavy technical focus and supports wider SATCOM Programme activities. This role will help facilitate the team to deliver its outcomes efficiently and effectively.

As a Project Support Officer, your main responsibilities will be:

• Business Administration - Day-to-day management and coordination of the enabling function and the team. Includes facilitation of team meetings & communication across the Programme, as well as coordination of DPMO activities and outputs. Also covers process development and continuous improvement of ways of working etc.
• Governance - Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision making. Includes support into Office of the Chief Engineer Boards and Forums.
• (Resource) Planning & Scheduling - Creation and maintenance of schedules and planning boards, including coordination of resources to deliver the function's outputs. Also covers management of support requests.
• Information & Knowledge Management - Management of artefacts & information sources. Includes managing baseline documentation and configuration control within document libraries.
• RAIDO Management - Identify and monitor risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies and opportunities. Develop mitigation actions and escalate as appropriate.
• Change Management - Coordinate and monitor effective Change Management and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders. Includes facilitation, coordination and oversight of Requests for Change / Authority Change Notices and engagement across the Programme.
• Delivery - Coordination & management of ad-hoc deliverables within time, cost and quality constraints. May include production & reviews of studies, papers or artefacts.

PLEASE NOTE: SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Essential:

• Experience working in a Project Support Officer, Project Coordinator, Programme Support or similar role.
• Experience supporting project governance, meetings, reporting, secretariat activities and business management functions.
• Strong Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 skills.
• Experience working with a range of stakeholders and coordinating activities across multiple teams.
• Experience supporting business processes, documentation and information management activities.

Desirable:

• Engineering project management experience or experience working within an engineering environment.
• Experience managing RAID logs and supporting risk reviews.
• Knowledge of SharePoint management.
• Experience using Microsoft Forms, Power Automate (Flows) or Power BI.
• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent.
• Defence or wider Public Sector experience.

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

Disability Confident 

As a Disability Confident employer, the MOD encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, the MOD welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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.