AMS PSR

On behalf of the MOD, we are looking for a Project Support Officer - Security and Assurance (Inside IR35) for an 11 month hybrid contract based 1 or 2 days per week in Corsham.

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, (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

The MOD is one of the biggest public procurement organisations in Europe and the single largest customer for UK industry. It currently manages approximately £20 billion of spend on capital investments in equipment and infrastructure every year. Over the next decade the MOD is committed to spending over £190 billion on equipment and support. The MOD’s customers include both the armed forces and national security agencies, and it has a diverse range of requirements, including military fighting vehicles, education services, nuclear submarines and facilities management.

About the Role

Defence Digital provides digital and technology services to our Armed Forces, ensuring they can operate securely via radio, satellite, and the internet. Operating at scale, with an annual budget in excess of £2Bn and a diverse team of 2,500 colleagues, we're aiming to make our Armed Forces some of the most technologically advanced in the world.

The SATCOM Programme is responsible for the sustainment and development of the MOD's strategic, worldwide satellite-based communications capability. The SATCOM SK6 Delivery Team is tasked with ensuring continuity of the required capability and its future development to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for Defence communications and to defeat the growing array of sophisticated threats.

Responsibilities

• Governance activities, including supporting Security Working Groups and formal design reviews.
• Project and Contract Security support, including tracking Assurance milestones and engagement with MOD delivery teams and security authorities.
• Administrative support to security team, Including managing the scheduling of various security working groups and meetings, creating agendas, and minutes. Booking various rooms and meetings to support effective security management. Providing information management support.
• Provide Effective and pro-active security stakeholder management (Space Command, Front Line Commands, NCSC National Technical Authority etc.).

Essential Criteria –

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• You can manage and track multiple tasks to effectively support the security teams delivery.
• You seek to understand the bigger picture, and how your role within the organisation that delivers it’s objectives is part of wider strategic objectives.
• You can approach problems and consider all relevant information. You can apply appropriate rigor to ensure a full solution is designed and achieves the business outcome.
• Communication skills You can communicate in a language that is appropriate to your audience, using a suitable communication type, either written or verbal.

Desirable 

Security and assurance

• An interest in security and assurance, especially in communications would be desirable.

Qualifications 

• Security qualification an advantage or experience within a security environment

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

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the MOD guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The MOD guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our 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.