28296 - Human Factors Expert - DSTL - 12 months - SC - £528.78 UMB
Client
DSTL
Role & Responsibilities
- The Human and Social Sciences Group, in Dstl, delivers, and facilitates the delivery of, future-focused human and social science research and consultancy to MOD and other government departments. Our work informs policy and maximises the performance of whole systems for Defence and Security. The group have a vacancy for a Contractor to support the Human Systems Integration and Humans in Cyber Systems capabiltiies. We require a Human Factors (HF) Practitioner, with knowledge of Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI), to lead and advise on a number of work packages in the Cyber area, and across domains if subsequently required. The contractor will provide Human Factors expertise to ensure human-related requirements and equipment design are optimised for the end user and to ensure effective exploitation of the capability. Design and assess Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) aspects of military systems, to aid understanding of user task performance and systems safety. Design, perform and analyse HF assessments to assess military systems. Apply human-related standards (JSP912), information and knowledge in human-related aspects of military system development in order to assess a system. Write and analyse human-related requirements (e.g. capture, definition, test and assurance) of military systems. Analyse human-related considerations (i.e. constraints, risks, issues and concerns) of military systems in order to quantify the severity of risk. Apply the processes for conducting safe and ethical assessments of military systems. Develop, run and evaluate trials activities which may require travel (including overseas). Work with and advise other team members, Engineers, Scientists and the end user. Brief military personnel and project teams when required. The Contractor will be required to have experience of: Conducting Human Factors assessments to assess military systems. Applying human-related standards in order to assess a system. Applying the MOD HFI process. Writing human-related requirements of military systems and analysing human-related considerations. Designing and reviewing HMI and HCI designs. Applying HF trials design. Practical domain experience, such as Land or Maritime. The Contractor will be required to have the following skills: Planning / organising - Proven ability to plan, develop and manage a range of high quality work, ensuring plans compliment broader customer requirements. Ability to organise and assess own contributions. Problem solving - Able to identify broad trends to assess deep-rooted and complex issues. Able to apply originality in modifying existing approaches to solve problems. Management and teamwork - effective team working skills, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of others to help teamwork development. Ability to foster and develop good relationships with others. Communicating and influencing - Able to provide expert guidance (written and verbal) to colleagues in own team, other work areas, stakeholders and customers when required. Able to persuade and influence at all levels in order to foster and maintain relationships, resolving tensions/ difficulties as they arise. The successful candidate should be able to travel to meetings around the UK and overseas if required. Minimum of a BSc. or equivalent in a relevant Human Factors (e.g. Ergonomics) / Human Science subject. OR Minimum of a BEng/BSc. in Systems/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering (or other engineering subject), Industrial Design Engineering/Product Design, or natural science subject (e.g. Physics) AND experience of applying HF in a research, or consultancy context.
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28251 - Project Manager - Ships - Abbeywood - £453.22 UMB - 6 months
Client
MOD
Role & Responsibilities
- Main Duties and Responsibilities: Management and delivery of plans to ensure all necessary preparation and execution tasks and dependencies are included. Ongoing management of those plans to achieve the delivery goals Work with key stakeholders to manage the deployment of all aspects of the project assigned to Identify and mitigate potential risks for delivery of products Operate as a full member of the team; supporting the Programme Manager and other team members as directed Project Manage all aspects of specific work packages Working with stakeholders to ensure Design; Delivery; Technical Build; testing; MI requirements etc are managed and delivered to date and time Completion of detailed plan for the medium term including MSP; Resources; costs Completion of the detailed design phase to time and quality; working with the Design team to secure stakeholder sign-off at all stages. Development of stakeholder relationship with suppliers; including preparation of joint plans; proposals and any design and build documentation. Completion of the high level plan Experience in the delivery of projects; with particular emphasis on the management of suppliers and stakeholders Experience of governance and risk control frameworks Good planning and organisational skills Strong leadership; people and communications skills Possess strong analytical skills with a proven ability to persuade and influence senior decision-making. Experience in the delivery of projects; with particular emphasis on the management of suppliers and stakeholders. Experience of governance and risk control frameworks. Good planning and organisational skills Strong leadership; people and communications skills Possess strong analytical skills with a proven ability to persuade and influence senior decision-making. Project Initiation documentation Scrutiny and Approvals documentation
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27960 - Corporate Services Adviser - DCMS - 6 months - £450 UMB - SC
Client
DCMS
Role & Responsibilities
- Job Description - Corporate Services Adviser (CSA) The CSA leads a small mixed team of contractors and Civil Servants in the delivery and maintenance of the core requirements and services that ensure the safety and security of the department's most important assets; it's staff and the information they generate. Required Experience Essential 1. Records Management experience from either a private or central government organisation: - Knowledge of the role of a Department Records Officer (DRO), - Knowledge of central government records practices and procedures, - Experience with either (or both) of the government's recognised IT operating platforms; O365 or Google (Drive/AODocs), and how best to exploit embedded records processes, - Working with physical and 'born digital' records covering: o Records lifecycle management, o Accessioning to The National Archives, o Retention schedules and how they are calculated, - Awareness of the emerging General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its impact on the public and private sectors, - Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) experience, - Working knowledge of the Public Records Act (1958), 2. Security experience of both physical and data security measures: - Deep knowledge and experience of government security measures and how they are applied including: incident management, basic cyber awareness (including Phishing), vetting, education and awareness training - Knowledge of the Transforming Government Security Programme (TGSP) and the new 'Cluster' approach, - Demonstrable ability educate both senior and junior staff in security awareness training; induction through to continuity. - Working knowledge of the Government Security Policy Framework (2014), - Experience of working with all levels of Government's Security Classifications (OFFICIAL, SECRET & TOP SECRET), - Awareness of government vetting procedures and the newly established UK Security Vetting (UKSV) service. Highly Desirable - Working knowledge of the Data Protection Act (1998). Role will be expected to lead on the management & execution of DCMS Subject Access Requests (SAR) prior to being outsourced. Desirable - Demonstrable ability to engage with junior and senior staff alike, - Managing external contracts and Memorandums of Understanding (MoU), - Good communications skills, - Good presentational and written skills, - Ability to work flexibly and at pace. - Innate understanding of how central government operates.
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28372 - Risk Manager - MOD - Andover - 7 months - £403.96 UMB
Client
DIO
Role & Responsibilities
- Produce formal risk reports to boards as required by risk reporting strategy, including commentary on performance, coordinating upward aggregation of data / information and reports - highlight reports, programme status reports, management dashboards, etc. Ensure integrity of reports through consistent traffic lights; define and challenge traffic-light status Preparation and update of cost / schedule models at portfolio level by FLC Responsible for producing Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) reports showing P10, P50 & P90 allocation cost breakdown and explanation of any changes from previous results and the significant portfolio risks Carry out analysis and contribute to aggregated view of risk exposure across all DIO PPD Projects Contribute to development and maturity of risk management service Guidance to Project teams through scrutiny of risk registers, risk management plans, forecasts etc. Identify and report deviations and recommend exception reports to risk management lead when appropriate Monitor qualitative risk assessments, promoting mitigation planning on a cost/benefit basis Accountable for assurance checks on a percentage of submitted quantitative cost and schedule analysis for risk Responsible for comparing risk forecasts with actual spend, interrogating those projects which are vastly different as to reasons Contribute to risk management audit trail procedures meeting Corporate Governance requirements Lead the escalation of large or contentious projects / programmes identified using a risk based approach Contribute to an aggregated view of Risk across all projects or programmes of projects within PPD SME on the PPD PRM software tool: reflecting the aggregated view of risk, producing reports for presentation to PPD senior managers as required Support risk management practices through the application of Quantitative Risk Schedule Analysis at portfolio project level Champion risk management excellence, providing risk expertise and mentoring on risk, leading by example Expert guidance on Risk Management processes to wider DIO teams. Embed risk tools and standards Design a fast track audit service for GWR Arrange risk embedment training in accordance with training calendar Conduct risk embedmen training to be carried out in Q1 and Q2 18/19
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27853 - Options Analysis Lead - MOD Core ISS - 11 months - £420 UMB - Corsham
Client
MOD
Role & Responsibilities
- This is a technical management post within the SKYNET 6 Service Delivery Wrap Project. The purpose of the post is to provide project management and leadership for the Options Analysis work-package throughout Assessment Phase Part 1.The workstream lead will be responsible for the delivery of analysis outcomes in accordance with the work-stream EPM schedule, and sub plans, monitoring, tracking and reporting performance and variance to the work-stream lead.The work-package lead should have sufficient technical and management experience to be active in the Options analysis process and be open to assisting in wider project activities on an ad-hoc basis. The workstream encompasses: Options Analysis (OA) modelling and assessment with a range of stakeholders, including leading and delivering a series of Options Analysis Working Groups (OAWGs), Option Review Boards (ORBs) and facilitation of Investment Appraisal (IA) activities.Overall analysis will require a number of process iterations to reduce the range of possible to options, to a single preferred option endorsed by an ORB. Options analysis will deliver: 1. A preferred option in full technical detail, 2. A preferred route to market and acquisition approach, and The work-package leader will be responsible for: The allocation, balancing and re-distribution of work load between team members, performing any line management activities as required (management of absence) and referring any further resourcing issues to the workstream lead. The planning and delivery of a series of OAWG's focussed on assessing outputs for the various Service Delivery Wrap workstream studies. Contributing to the development of the overall analysis process and leading the engagements with the Project Board, Scrutiny and Defence Economics to seek endorsement/approval of these processes. Ensuring the holistic integration of OA, IA and other processes in the overall analysis model. Providing a focus for the management of Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities (RAIDO) throughout these processes. Develop and maintaining a fully auditable evidence pack that supports the preferred option Delivering an LFE work-package that captures both internal/external lessons and evidences where these lessons have been implemented across the SKYNET 6 Project. ESSENTIAL: (The previous experience should have a degree of currency e.g. within the last 3-5 years) Previous experience of Options Analysis - Including processes/methodologies that analyse an option set to establish a preferred option, supported by auditable evidence Previous experience Stakeholder Communications/Workshop facilitation - The ability to communicate clearly with a range of key stakeholder, including very senior stakeholders. Proven experience in facilitating decision making workshops o Previous experience of Team management - The ability to manage a mixed team of crown servants, internal contractor support, and external contractor support o Previous experience of investment appraisals - The ability to develop products in support of investment decisions DESIRABLE: Sound technical knowledge of Service Delivery provision o Previous experience of MOD approvals process
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28296 - Senior Scientist - DSTL - Porton Down - 240 days - £528.78 UMB - SC
Client
DSTL
Role & Responsibilities
- The Human and Social Sciences Group, in Dstl, delivers, and facilitates the delivery of, future-focused human and social science research and consultancy to MOD and other government departments. Our work informs policy and maximises the performance of whole systems for Defence and Security. The group have a vacancy for a Contractor to support the Human Systems Integration and Humans in Cyber Systems capabiltiies. We require a Human Factors (HF) Practitioner, with knowledge of Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI), to lead and advise on a number of work packages in the Cyber area, and across domains if subsequently required. The contractor will provide Human Factors expertise to ensure human-related requirements and equipment design are optimised for the end user and to ensure effective exploitation of the capability. Design and assess Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) aspects of military systems, to aid understanding of user task performance and systems safety. Design, perform and analyse HF assessments to assess military systems. Apply human-related standards (JSP912), information and knowledge in human-related aspects of military system development in order to assess a system. Write and analyse human-related requirements (e.g. capture, definition, test and assurance) of military systems. Analyse human-related considerations (i.e. constraints, risks, issues and concerns) of military systems in order to quantify the severity of risk. Apply the processes for conducting safe and ethical assessments of military systems. Develop, run and evaluate trials activities which may require travel (including overseas). Work with and advise other team members, Engineers, Scientists and the end user. Brief military personnel and project teams when required. The Contractor will be required to have experience of: Conducting Human Factors assessments to assess military systems. Applying human-related standards in order to assess a system. Applying the MOD HFI process. Writing human-related requirements of military systems and analysing human-related considerations. Designing and reviewing HMI and HCI designs. Applying HF trials design. Practical domain experience, such as Land or Maritime. The Contractor will be required to have the following skills: Planning / organising - Proven ability to plan, develop and manage a range of high quality work, ensuring plans compliment broader customer requirements. Ability to organise and assess own contributions. Problem solving - Able to identify broad trends to assess deep-rooted and complex issues. Able to apply originality in modifying existing approaches to solve problems. Management and teamwork - effective team working skills, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of others to help teamwork development. Ability to foster and develop good relationships with others. Communicating and influencing - Able to provide expert guidance (written and verbal) to colleagues in own team, other work areas, stakeholders and customers when required. Able to persuade and influence at all levels in order to foster and maintain relationships, resolving tensions/ difficulties as they arise. The successful candidate should be able to travel to meetings around the UK and overseas if required. Minimum of a BSc. or equivalent in a relevant Human Factors (e.g. Ergonomics) / Human Science subject. OR Minimum of a BEng/BSc. in Systems/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering (or other engineering subject), Industrial Design Engineering/Product Design, or natural science subject (e.g. Physics) AND experience of applying HF in a research, or consultancy context.
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28249 - Project Support - Abbeywood - 6 months - MOD Ships - £293.31 UMB
Client
MOD
Role & Responsibilities
- Main Duties & Responsibilities Support transition to a Converged Training System support contract. Developing; maintaining and documenting appropriate plans and controls for the project/programme in line with the departments Ensuring the appropriate governance disciplines are observed Reviewing project and supplier documentation and plans to highlight any issues that may compromise delivery Facilitating resolution of project issues and mitigation of project risks Maintaining project documentation Making a constructive contribution to project management processes Making effective use of the departments Produce project documentation eg plans Manage dependencies; assumptions and other controls Arrange; prepare materials for; facilitate; chair and document meetings Monitor and report on progress Define project resources including staff; contractors Assure plans; project controls and progress reports Demonstrate learnings achieved on the project Track record of successful delivery in an equivalent role with equivalent level of responsibility in complex projects Knowledge of industry standard methods and tools eg MSP Experience of working successfully with staff and representatives from business teams to deliver business change initiatives Experience of working successfully in large; complex organisations. Knowledge of industry standard methods and tools eg MSP Experience of working successfully with staff and representatives from business teams to deliver business change initiatives Experience of working successfully in large; complex organisations. Project Initiation paperwork Scrutiny and Approvals paperwork Training System Support experience
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28371 - Information Governance Lead - Andover - 6 months - £450 UMB
Client
MOD
Role & Responsibilities
Provide expert guidance in creating and building schedules using standard WBS and schedule management tools (e.g. Primavera (P6)) Support the embedding of P3O scheduling and planning services across PPD and PSP delivery teams Resource scheduling support to priority programmes and projects to inform Main Gate activities as required by senior management Design PPD scheduling tools and standards, working with PSP schedulers in their application Support resource management practices through loading resource profiles to schedules to help inform capacity and capability challenges across PPD Provide a fast-track programme / project mobilisation support service through collaborative working, facilitated workshops and tailoring of standard approaches and templates Expert advice to PPD leadership in schedule management Support to Head of Delivery, portfolio managers and resourcing manager in providing schedule driven outputs by Portfolio Provide expert guidance in creating and delivering portfolio level schedules representing programmes and projects contained within the Capital Investment Plan (CIP) Provide expert guidance in creating standard outputs from Primavera (P6) to support reporting matrix and governance boards Responsible for standard outputs from Primavera (P6) to support reporting matrix and governance boards Instruct the team creating baselines for the portfolios in P6 to inform main gate activities held within IMS system Develop standards, templates and, where required, additional policy on P3M schedule management for PPD, PSPs and Industry Partners and provides assurance to these standards Provide technical assurance capability in support of reviewing PSP programmes and offering advice around schedule management Embed the P3O scheduling services within PPD and Delivery teams. Design scheduling tools and standards Design a fast track service Arrange schedule training in accordance with training calendar Conduct training to be carried out in Q1 and Q2 18/19
Closing Date
24/04 08.30
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27902 - Change Manager - London - ASAP - 13/10/2018 - £600 UMB
Client
MOD
Role & Responsibilities
Responsibilities: 1.Develop Capability Integration Plans for ISS programmes, and ensure that Delivery Teams consider and deliver pan-DLOD activities. 3. Drive the delivery of Busines Change activity for the CIO in order to enable the wider MOD exploitation of MODNET and DAAP capabilities. 4.Cohere activities across DLoDs and capabilities, identifying opportunities for efficiencies and improvements for across Defence. 5.Deliver Concepts &Doctrine and Info DLoD products for new capabilities, ensuring innovative services are similarly integrated and enabled. 6.Assure pan-Defence advice and direction to TLBs and Process Owners wrt exploitation of MODNET and future strategies for IUS. 7.Assure coherence between Differentiated and Core Services deliverables, enabling efficiencies and, where relevant, similar user ways of working. 8.Support the ISS Transformation Programme, acting as the BC BM POC for strategy development. 9. Business Change support to MODNET adoption and exploitation through the development of new Microsoft Office 365 and Office 2016 Ways of Working tailored to specific MOD use case scenarios. 10. Delivery of Microsoft Office 365 and Office 2016 stakeholder upskilling engagement and communication material and activities. 11. Liaison with third party suppliers providing support to the development, implementation and exploitation of MODNET, including but not limited to Microsoft, DXC, Atos and Fujitsu Services Ltd.
Expert in Office 365 Experience previously working in a change environment Knowledge of DLOD process Previous experience in defence
Closing Date
23/04 09.30
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28307 - Supply Chain Officer - MOD - 7 months - £341.62 UMB
Client
MOD
Role & Responsibilities
THROUGH LIFE SUPPORT MANAGER Within the Ships OC organisation, MSS is responsible for providing support to the designated range of Marine Engineering equipment's & systems. This Level 2 TTLS Senior Specialist role within MSS is responsible for providing Marine Technical Logistics Support SQEP to Marine Transmissions and Propulsors (MP-MTP) SDG, a multi-functional team responsible for the planning and delivery of support to nine (9) Master Equipments including: Brakes Inc. Valves; Propulsion Gearboxes; Gearbox Ancillaries; Boat Transmissions; Conv Shafts & Props; Other Propuslors; Shaft Ancillaries; Submarine Shafts & Seals & Voith Schneider Propuslors. The role requires contributions to the delivery of strategic planning and support arrangements relating to engineering or on technical elements of equipment support and logistics services. This includes delivery of in-service support, co-ordinating equipment modifications and repair procedures and support to the resolution of design or modification issues. This includes all the responsibilities detailed to enable the MP-MTP team to meet the goals and outputs required by Navy Command
Closing Date
24/04 08.30am
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28176 - Senior Service Delivery Manager - Home Office - Croydon - 12 months - £475 - £500 Ltd - SC
Client
Home Office
Role & Responsibilities
- Brief Description The Home Office is embarking on the largest IT transformation programmes it has seen in years. As well as the delivery of new, increasingly digital based, services it is moving to a SIAM based operating model. This role is an opportunity for you to join and influence this transformation. There are several exciting Senior and Service Manager vacancies that are available immediately. If you have a strong background in IT service management, enjoy working in a fast pace environment, are proactive and adaptable, and would like to influence change in one of the largest government organisations then please send forward your details. The position will involve liaising with senior internal and 3rd party stakeholders involved in some of the most cutting edge skills and topics within information technology for some unique and critical national services. Continue reading to find out further details. Travel Very occasional travel to other HO locations and supplier sites may be required, estimated less than 10%. (DDaT LS will refer to this role as Senior Service Manager) Role Based Engagements Only -Requirement for weekend/ out of hours working Occasional out of hours working required due to operational nature of the role.
Ensure Customer receives the highest level of service from the Service Management Team and Managed Suppliers 2. Act as the integrator and provide two way communication between customers and the IT Suppliers and represent the user estate on change, incidents etc. 3. Identify, manage and escalate service risks in accordance with HO policy and process 4. Drive Customer Satisfaction and Service Improvement Initiatives 5. Display knowledge and ownership of financial reporting in relation to services. ESSENTIAL 1. strong technology based service management experience 2. demonstrable Relationship Management experience building and maintaining effective relationships 3. must have established, led and or supported service review regimes with suppliers (internal and external) and business stakeholders, to drive required quality service delivery against agreed service levels and outcomes 4. sound understanding of technology evidenced by insightful, knowledgeable and effective end to end service management of a range of complex, large and or disaggregated services. DESIRABLE 1. ITIL qualifications 2. Experience working in a SIAM model 3. Experience working in an Agile project delivery environment 4. Experience supporting the design, agreement and implementation of the relevant Service Model standards and processes across a range of suppliers 5. Knowledge of ServiceNow
Closing Date
18/04 13:30pm
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27758 - Information Support Officer - £350 - £400 UMB - 5 months - SC - Abbeywood
Client
MOD
Role & Responsibilities
- Intelligence Systems is a multi-disciplinary team comprising 160 service and civilian staff. This role is responsible to the IntSys Business Manager for providing Information Management support to the 1* area. This will primarily be focused on managing the migration of information from DII to MODnet. This will include a wide range of responsibilities including implementing new structures and processes to enable effective information exploitation whilst also providing assurance that information is appropriately protected. The primary tool for managing information is SharePoint and previous experience of SharePoint administration is essential. Key Outputs: $2022; Migration of GFS to HPRM $2022; Migration of MOSS to SPOL $2022; SECRET MODnet migration $2022; A functional analysis of the teams output to enable a JSP441 compliant file plan to be produced. $2022; Creation of new SharePoint sites that provide a more intuitive interface underpinned by the file plan but driven by the functional analysis $2022; Creation and application of a retention schedule compliant UK legislation and MOD policy. $2022; 100% audit of IT access permissions and creation of an auditable process for allocation of permissions. Experience of working in MoD, Experience of SharePoint Administration, Experience of the MODnet programme and Community Data Migration (CDM).
Closing Date
06/04 - 09.00am
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