Dio - Assistant Business Planner

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 256285**Salary**:

- £26,350- + Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27% and additional benefits**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation - COO (Major Programmes & Projects) - UK Strategic Command**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Business Management and Improvement
- Human Resources**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Andover, SP11 8HJAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and play a key role in keeping our country safe through caring for the Defence estate and those that depend on it? DIO manages the Defence estate, one of the UK’s largest and most diverse property portfolios, enabling the armed forces and Defence civilians to live, work, train and deploy. From net carbon-zero accommodation to runways for the F35 fighter jets, our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe

**Job description**:

- This is a really exciting, sometimes challenging and fast-paced role working within an already established and very collaborative Programme Management Office (PMO). You will work closely with the rest of the Business Management Team in your collective goal of supporting both the PMO and the wider delivery areas. No two days will be the same and you will need to be willing and able to prioritise tasks regularly, whilst remaining passionate about the wider PMO objective in supporting the 1* Programme Director, enabling project delivery within DIO MPP UKStratCom. Being proficient in the use of Microsoft Office is key to this role.
- As a hybrid role, the expectation is that the Assistant Business Planner will combine home working and working in the office depending on business needs.

**About DIO**

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**Person specification**:
As the Assistant Business Planner your duties will include but will not be limited to:

- Being the single point of contact for recruitment activity, this role will advise and guide recruiting line managers whilst acting as the liaison between them and Defence Business Services (DBS).
- For new starters you will coordinate their MODnet account and ensure their IT equipment is ordered.
- Process requests for external training and the payment of professional subscriptions.
- Assist the Business Planner in their role as Information Asset Practitioner, you will maintain and report on the Cyber Control Framework on behalf on the 1* Programme Director.
- Maintain Organisation Chart and advise the 2* area of any changes to the establishment table.
- Assist the Business Planner with the 1* second line of defence (2 LOD) self-assessment audits on their behalf and collate/report on those from the rest of MPP UKStratCom.
- Assist the Business Planner in the monthly forecasting of the workforce budget.

**Desirable Experience & Skills**
- Experience of working within a Business Management or similar office environment.
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership

**Benefits**:

- Highly competitive Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%.
- Alternative working practices such as working from home.
- Opportunity to join one of our several D&I Networks. We value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
- 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service.
- Enhanced Parental Leave.
- Most sites have free car parking, Sports & Social Clubs, Gym, on site shops and subsidised canteens.

**Allowances**

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances. Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

**Working Patterns**

The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees. Flexible and compressed working patterns will be considered.

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.**Behaviours**:

- Leadership

At **interview **you will be assessed against the above, **PLUS **the following:
**Behaviours**:

- Communicating & Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

**Experience**:

- CV, including Job History, Full Qualification details, Previous Skills & Experience
- Personal Statement

In no more than 250 words:

- A clear demonstration of the ability to pr