AO Business Management Assistant

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Coltman Hosue, DMS, Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9PY

About the job

Job summary

The Defence Medical Services (DMS) is responsible for the planning and delivery of safe and effective healthcare to armed forces personnel and their entitled families, in the UK and abroad. Its mission is to promote, prepare, sustain and restore optimal physical, mental and social well-being of Service Personnel, maximising fitness for role, to contribute to deployed operational capability.

The HQ DMS Business Management Function have delegated responsibility on behalf of Director General DMS for management of resourcing and the workforce budget (circa £500m), and have a fundamental role in supporting and enabling strategic planning and delivery of Business Services to support organisational outputs.

It is an exciting time to be part of the Operational Delivery Profession (the largest of all Government Professions), the Civil Service Head of Profession is seeking to grow and develop our profession in Defence with the launch of the Professional Skills Framework in November 2024. UKStratCom aims to develop the business services and capabilities that their Business Management Function provides and align to the ODP career pathway and extensive Learning and Development offer to aid progression and development of its talent

This post is based at DMS Whittington and is part of Strategic and Healthcare Plans. We work alongside a wider Business Services Functions which includes Corporate Governance, Planning, Performance and Risk, Secretariat and Communications and media teams. 

Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities. Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

Job description

You will collaborate with colleagues from across UKStratCom Business Operations functions including Finance, HR, Commercial and Project Delivery professionals to deliver business services which enable delivery of DMS strategic goals. 

The duties and responsibilities of the role may include, but are not limited to:

• Administrative support to the workforce approvals process and maintaining accurate records of workforce and budget changes,
• Administrative support to contracts and invoicing,
• Displaying the values of a leader within your team.
• Collaborating effectively with others, positively challenging and improving the way we do things.
• Identifying and reporting risks within my area of responsibility.
• Identifying development opportunities.
• Supporting internal communications.
• Developing own knowledge of structures of the MOD, RN, Army, RAF, UKStratCom, DMS and Civil Service.

For further details, please see the attached Terms of Reference.

Person specification

Primarily focused on providing business management services to the organisation, which encompasses the diverse, support and bespoke tasking for finance.

If you have an eye for detail and are a natural organiser – this is the role for you!

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £26,235, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,600 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Access to a gym
• Free Parking
• Shop on site

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Claire Tremeer
• Email : Claire.Tremeer244@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk

Further information

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