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Defence Digital – SDO Reset – Pre-Emptive Event Management Project Controls (DM)

Closing date for applications: 14/04/2021
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Delivery manager
Summary of the work
 PC lead supports the PM with delivery of a move to pre-emptive Event Management, involving procurement of event management tooling licences and support, securing MOD supplier event management data, and overseeing phased roll-out. The project forms part of the SDO Reset Programme provides capability enhancement benefits to the OSM Programme.
Latest start date
 01/05/2021
Expected contract length
 11 Months
Location
 South West England
Organisation the work is for
 Ministry of Defence; Defence Digital
Maximum day rate
 £580
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with
 Civilian, Military and contractors within the Operational Service Management (OSM) Programme and SDO Reset Programme (which is providing the funding). Also, other stakeholders across Defence, including Service Management Integrated Technical Solutions (SMITS) Team which provides data collection and exploitation for the MOD Global Operations and Security Control Centre (GOSCC). Specifically, the specialist will work as part of a workstream within the OSM Tooling Project, part of the wider OSM Programme.
What the specialist will work on
 The specialist will provide Project Controls, supporting the Project Manager to deliver the move to adopt a pre-emptive posture for IT incident prevention, faster resolution and a significant uplift in our ability to 'discover' events taking place on MOD IT infrastructure. The specialist will produce/maintain key project artefacts, including a project schedule, risk/opportunity register, monthly progress reports and project risk/opportunity exploitation plans. The specialist will ensure project artefacts, particularly risk register, schedule and cost model, are reconciled, and integrate into Programme-wide artefacts.
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 Defence Digital, Building 405, Spur E1 Westwells Road, MOD Corsham, SN13 9NR
Working arrangements
 The team will be based at MoD Corsham but, due to COVID, most activity will be carried out remotely and the specialist will be expected to work remotely. There will be occasions when the specialist will need to visit Corsham, for collection/return of passes, laptops, etc. and for specific meetings/workshops.
Security clearance
 SC (as a minimum) must be in place prior to the contract starting due to the projects the specialist is required to work with. Clearances must remain valid for the duration of the contract.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 3
Cultural fit criteria
 -Describe how you will work constructively and effectively within a team made up of suppliers / contractors from different organisations, civil servants and military personnel -Describe how you will provide support in a constructive, collaborative and insightful manner, without “laying down the law” within our programme -Describe how you will provide support, where appropriate, coaching and mentoring to members of our Team
Assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 70% Cultural fit 10% Price 20%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of providing a project controls capability aligned to the APM BOK 7 methodology
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of developing and implementing Project: Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Product Breakdown Structures (PBS) and Organisational Breakdown (OBS) structures
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of developing and maintaining a detailed MS Project schedule from defined WBS, PBS and OBS structures
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of Identifying and assessing risks andopportunities to establish a risk and opportunity register, and the management of that register
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of the development and implementation of mitigation plans against identified risks
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of the integration of risks with the project schedule and financial Forecast of Outturn to ensure a coherent risk picture
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of developing and managing a detailed MS Project schedule from a defined work breakdown structure
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of managing a Cost Model, specifically ensuring a coherent picture of risk and delivery profile with the separate risk register and schedule
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of working within a programme Governance structure, meeting reporting obligations and escalating risks and issues as appropriate making clear recommendations for resolution
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of successful Project Controls support to UK MOD projects or UK Government projects
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of using the MOD risk management ARM tool
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of using MOD dependency management ADAM tool
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of managing projects involving ITIL processes, including Event Management
  • Demonstrate, with evidence, your specialist’s experience of using the UK MOD ‘JAMES’ Cost Model
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 14/04/2021

Defence Digital – SDO Reset – Pre-Emptive Event Management Project Controls (DM)

Closing date for applications: 14/04/2021


Specialist role:

Delivery manager

Location:

South West England

Organisation:

Ministry of Defence; Defence Digital

Maximum day rate:

£580
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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