Dno - Warhead Risk Information Co-ordinator

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

- 226743**Salary**:

- £26,350**Grade**:

- Executive Officer- D**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Nuclear Organisation**Type of role**:

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

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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- Abbey Wood, Bristol, AWE Aldermaston, Reading, Main Building, LondonAbout the job

**Summary**:

- This is a genuinely exciting time to join the Ministry of Defence if you want to be at the centre of UK’s strategic deterrence capability. You will be working on a unique portfolio of key programmes and have an outstanding insight and contribution into the world of nuclear for defence.
- Established in April 2016, the Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO) was set up to coordinate all aspects of nuclear business within the MOD; responsible for all submarines (from buying them through to disposal when they reach the end of their life), nuclear warheads, skills, related infrastructure and day-to-day nuclear policy. DNO consists of the people, equipment and infrastructure required to successfully deter the most utmost threats to our national security and way of life.
- Within DNO, the Warhead Directorate leads the UK nuclear warhead programme which provides a stockpile of reliable, safe and effective nuclear warheads to support the UK’s strategic nuclear deterrent now and in the future.- This position is advertised at 37 hours per week**Job description**:

- This role is at the heart of UK’s nuclear deterrence programme co-ordinating risk information from across our numerous programmes, ensuring that risk information is recorded and stored on our risk management system. You will be fully trained to use this system and will co-ordinate training and support materials for your colleagues.
- Given the size and complexity of our programmes, this role will also be responsible for the co-ordination and reporting of risk information for our decision-making meetings both at a programme level in Reading and at Departmental level in London.
- We’re looking for an energetic person who will be willing to learn and be part of an effective team. You will need to demonstrate this energy and commitment and in return, we will fully support you in your role and professional development.
- This role sits within our Portfolio Management Office (PfMO) which provides co-ordination and integration for effective delivery of the Warhead enterprise. This is achieved through the gathering of several functional areas providing and overview of portfolio progress and delivery performance. The PfMO also provides the single point of programme integration to co-ordinate the use of scarce resources in alignment with the priorities of the enterprise - aligned to strategic objectives and benefits.
- This role exists to provide an information co-ordination function and the key responsibilities of this role include:

- 1. to understand risk policy and processes;
- 2. understand the risk management and risk reporting tooling used (full training and support will be provided);
- 3. ensure that tooling is appropriately configured and available to all licensed users
- 4. that we remain within software vendor licence terms
- 5. develop and produce monthly and other risk reporting
- 6. make recommendations on reporting and tooling to deliver risk best practice
- The role further interacts with others from an information and reporting process perspective to identify and manage risks to programmatic artefacts (dependencies, milestones, programme float etc.).**Responsibilities**:

- 1) Attend management and governance meetings as required to support team the Risk Manager, Risk Process Manager and/or other team members with information and reports.
- 2) Ensure that all risk owners and risk action owners have continual access to our risk management tool, have access to training sessions and materials as they need.
- 3) Work with the Reporting team to develop and agree risk information and reporting.
- 4) Contribute to independent programme reviews as necessary.
- 5) Have an ongoing monthly engagement
- 6) Develop, maintain and implement risk SharePoint sites (OS and above)**Skills**:
- Evidence of good communication skills with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Evidence of personal contribution to work objectives
- Evidence of learning and development from experience

Desirable Qualifications:
- Any project, programme and/or portfolio management qualifications

Any risk management qualification
1. Energy, enthusiasm and a demonstrable willingness to learn and contribute to the team
- 2. Great inter-personal skills with an ability to work and communicate across different teams
- 3. Being adept at the use of office productivity tools, record keeping
- 4. Good written an