Defence Digital Raido Project Support Officer

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

- 291234**Salary**:

- £33,830**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- C2**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Strategic Command**Type of role**:

- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

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Location
- MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Corsham, SN13 9NRAbout the job

**Job summary**:
A role in Defence is like no other, leading complex teams of military, civil servants and contractors, having a huge remit and influence on the whole of the UK, and opening many doors to further opportunities to develop a unique career.

Defence Digital, sit within MOD Strategic Command, fulfilling an important role in the age of information warfare within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). As an organisation Defence Digital provide digital and technology services to our Armed Forces, ensuring they can operate securely via various communication means including 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.

As a Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities (RAIDO) Project Support Officer in the Strategic Services delivery team, you will be working in support of complex projects and programs, in a high performing team. As part of the Service Management Office (SMO) you will be responsible for the provision of best practice RAIDO support to support high quality project delivery.

The work is varied, the scope for development high, and you will need to be passionate about driving delivery. We will give you the autonomy to work independently whilst supporting your career aspirations with first-class training.

If you can see yourself contributing to the world of Defence digital and technology, the next chapter of your career may be with us

Working for Defence Digital in a Civil Service project delivery role will provide you with a rich and challenging career in government and in the Project Delivery profession. You will have the opportunity to work across a variety of projects that we deliver to end users in our Armed Forces and wider departments. Defence Digital is currently responsible for a portfolio of nearly 200 projects and programmes.

Due to the nature of the role and the IT systems you will be required to use on a regular basis there will be a requirement for attendance in office approx. 4 days a week. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The role of the RAIDO Project Support Officer is to support the proactive management of risks, dependencies and assumptions impacting the projects and programmes in the delivery area. They will support the relevant Service Delivery Managers to identify and develop appropriate management and mitigation plans, and escalate to the next level of authority where appropriate. The RAIDO Project Support Officer will enable accurate and timely reporting from the programme/portfolio through the establishment of robust governance processes and development of effective tools.

**Responsibilities**
- Enact the RAIDO management strategies through effective use of processes and procedures in accordance with best practice.
- Ensure compliance with PD RAIDO strategies within the delivery team.
- Provide effective and efficient advice on RAIDO to Service Delivery Managers.
- Support a programme of regular RAIDO reviews with key stakeholders.
- Provide the key point of professional knowledge and expertise on RAIDO Management for projects.
- Facilitate the identification, analysis, and monitoring of RAIDO elements across the programme.
- Produce periodic and ad-hoc RAIDO reporting.
- Establish and maintain the programme level Risk, Issues, Dependencies and Assumptions databases and registers.
- Provide SME RAIDO support to projects as required.
- Undertake RAIDO assurance at key approvals and delivery points
- Manage cross portfolio dependency view and Defence Digital interface.
- Manage assumptions across Defence affecting the enterprise portfolio.
- Manage professional relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, and act as a key point of contact where needed.

**Person specification**:
We are looking for an individual that has strong team dynamics and collaboration skills, can maintain daily momentum, work comfortably in sometimes ambiguous circumstances and adapts well to an ever-changing environment.

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

- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Risk and Issue Management
- Assurance
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Frameworks and methodologies

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