Job Description
Job description for Junior Project Manager
Are you passionate about Project Management? Are you looking to progress your career whilst supporting our UK’s Armed Forces? We may have the perfect opportunity for you! Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) are expanding our Project Management teams and you could be the person we are looking for.
We are currently recruiting Junior Project Managers to join our Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems (ADEWS) Team, based at RAF Henlow.
What do Junior Project Managers do in DE&S?
Junior Project Managers are accountable for supporting projects to ensure they are delivered on time, on budget and within scope. Project Managers within DE&S are key to successful and timely delivery of safe and effective equipment to Front Line Commands and their service personnel. Every day we play a functional part of making this happen, and that is ultimately what is important.
Growing your career as part of DE&S, we will provide you with the diverse opportunities at the forefront of ensuring the delivery of crucial and significant projects. Working with the RAF Henlow team, you will find yourself supporting a multitude of air defence projects. These could include working on radars, radios, antennas, structures and radomes (radar protectors), as well as specialist electronic warfare facilities. With a portfolio of projects, you could find yourself working hand-in-hand with industry, wider projects teams, or alongside our military personnel, on anything from acquisition, modifications and support projects.
Don’t have any previous experience in the Defence sector? Do not worry, so long as you have a desire to learn, we will provide training and coaching to get you up to speed quickly. You will be supported by your manager and wider team to achieve your career goals and aspirations with mentoring available to fulfil your potential and funding for industry-recognised qualifications.
If you have the pride, passion and commitment, with the drive to develop your skills and experience of leadership and delivering successful outcomes, then you will find yourself in good company at DE&S.
Our RAF Henlow site operates a hybrid working environment and the expectation is that you will attend site approximately once or twice a week, in accordance with business needs. Initially, you may be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourselves with the site, the team and the position you will be working on in more detail. Please be aware that, under the Defence Estate Optimisation Strategy, RAF Henlow is expected to close with the ADEWS team moving to Bassingbourn (SG8 5LX) during mid to late 2024.
Responsibilities for Junior Project Manager
- Develop and control all relevant project documentation from project plans, project schedules, status reports and risk registers to deliver specific project outputs within an established baseline, measuring progress via monthly drumbeat, explaining variances and taking corrective action.
- Support an open, honest, no blame culture, proactively highlighting failures and shortfalls to the Control Account Manager or Project Manager, advising of LFE or mitigations.
- Conduct internal and external stakeholder analysis work to identify and understand stakeholder requirements, interests and influences or support in the development of these elements for control accounts.
- Manage risk, assumptions, issues, dependencies and opportunities for simple projects or support in the development of these elements for larger projects proactively engaging with Project Controls Function.
- Maintain financial control, providing analysis in-line with the project schedule and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
Person specification
To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:
- Experience in stakeholder engagement and building positive working relationships.
- Ability to identify project improvements or change.
In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:
- Stakeholder Management (Supervised Practitioner)
- Planning & Scheduling (Supervised Practitioner)
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
- 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
- Flexible and hybrid working wherever possible, to support your work-life balance (though some attendance to the stated site is required)
- Market-leading employer pension contribution of around 27%
- Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
- Access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications
- Support for progression
- Huge range of discounts
- Volunteering days
- Enhanced parental leave schemes
We believe in creating an environment where our people can grow, thrive, and be their best selves. So whether you’re looking for a next step, a fresh start, or a helping hand as you return from a career break, here you’ll find a supportive, family-friendly organisation to be a part of. If you need any additional support with your application, let us know.
Further Information
More information can be found below:
- DE&S Little Book of Big Benefits: https://bit.ly/3FEb54v
- Further Information: https://bit.ly/3K26Xhl
- Terms and Conditions: https://bit.ly/3yUwcM1
Selection Process Details
Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:
1. Pre-sift – We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
2. Sift – Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills
3. Interview – If you’re invited to interview, you’ll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.
Closing date - Monday 15 May at 11:55pm
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £32,500.00-£35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- On-site parking
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Henlow, SG16
Reference ID: 1145