C4ISR Programme Scheduler (PS018)

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Summary of the work Effective planning and scheduling. Monitoring and development of delivery schedule. Maintain quality of schedule to meet DD policy standards. Monthly status reporting against project plans. Support robust governance/reporting ensuring consistent regular submissions to Defence Digital&SRO. Production of Risk and Resource adjusted plans. Identifying shortfalls in resources. Act as Scrum Master. Specialist role Programme manager Expected Contract Length 9 Months Minimum + Potential to Extend (TBD) Latest start date Monday 30 November 2020 Maximum Day Rate £600 Who Speclialist Work With Civilian, Military and contractors within the MOD and wider Defence industry. What Specialists Work On This role is to support the C4ISR Programme Manager in any reports and returns/activities that need to be completed and expected, to provide project scheduling updates in consultation with the Project Manager within the team and ensure that the appropriate project controls are in place for scheduling to ensure the schedules are Defence Digital compliant. Skills & Experience • Give an example of Expert level usage of Microsoft Project-On-Line with experience of developing and maintaining an Integrated Master schedule of multiple projects including linking dependencies,baselining,&tracking (10 Points) • Demonstrate recent experience of working within a large-scale IT software & hardware multi-year delivery programme in the last 5 years (10 Points) • Demonstrate experience and knowledge in Agile scheduling, including leading Scrum reporting, managing Kanban boards, representing prioritisation of work and backlogs (10 Points) • Conformation of Expertise in MoD Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) application and processes and presenting results to support business cases (5 Points) • Experience of adherence to MoD Defence Digital EPMO scheduling policies and standards (5 Points) • Give an example of generating, analysing, and presenting accurate and current reporting including High light reports (HLR) and Business Progress Reports (BPR)(5 Points) • Demonstrate experience of tracking supplier payment planning and creating financial views to support MoD financial outcome planning (FOO) (10 Points) • Give recent experience of incorporating MoD ISP Agreement Plans and Demands into schedules (5 Points) • Provide an example of your ability of managing project management product and artefacts and configuration control (5 Points) • Expertise of organising, preparing, and running monthly Programme Reviews with reference to the scheduling for the Programme manager (5 Points) • Workshopping: illustrate your ability to lead small to medium sized groups of stakeholders to extract relevant schedule information to feed into schedules (5 Points) • Give an example of your understanding regarding programme objectives and risk (use of ARM) and proactively linking these to scheduling (5 Points) Nice to Haves • Demonstrate your expertise of coordinating with multiple project managers across multiple projects within a programme (5 Points) • Provide experience of training and assisting others in planning & scheduling to MOD standards (5 Points) • Give an example of liaising with industry partners and dealing with remote groups of stakeholders including managing expectations and communications between disparate groups (5 Points) • Confirmation of IT Literacy, with level of experience of Microsoft Office 365 including SharePoint (5 points) Work Location DD ASDT are based at Mustang Building and Building 405 on Westwells Road, MOD Corsham, SN13 9NR. Additional travel to various MOD premises and Industry partner locations in the UK may be required. Working Arrangments The successful candidate will need to work between 4 and 5 days per week. The working day is 8 hours to include 30 minutes for break. Some work may be conducted at other MOD and industry partner sites in the UK. Opportunities for home working are available. This individual will report to the C4ISR Programme Manager in ASDT. Security Clearance Valid SC clearance must be in place prior to the contract starting and for the duration of the contract due to the projects the individual is required to work with. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria N/A Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 75% Cultural fit 5% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is there an incumbent? There is no incumbent 2. 1. For avoidance of doubt, can I confirm that the max rate quoted (£600/day) is exclusive of VAT?2. Is there an incumbent or someone who has recently filled this role?3. I’m afraid I’m finding the IR35 statement slightly ambiguous. It sounds like you are saying the role is subject to IR35 assessment rather than confirming the outcome of assessment. Can you confirm if assessment has taken place and if the task is deemed Inside or Outside IR35? 1. Rate is ex. VAT2. No incumbent3. The role is deemed 'inside' IR35