Project Manager, Change Management

Job Description

Organisation: Defence Equipment & Support

Salary: £44,100 per annum (plus generous benefits)

Grade: Professional II

Working Pattern: Full time, Part time, Job Share, Flexible Working

Contract Type: Permanent

At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe - for today, and tomorrow.

DE&S has recently been integrated into the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group. The NAD Group brings together key Ministry of Defence (MOD) organisations to unite expertise across science, technology, procurement, infrastructure, and support to provide integrated capabilities faster and more efficiently for our armed forces and our allies. This is an exciting new opportunity to enable better ways of working and empower greater collaboration across Defence.

For further information about the NAD Group, please visit:
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We offer 25+ days' holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of 28.97%, to help make work work for you.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you've been recruited for. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role. If it isn't obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn.

Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn't obtained within 12 months. We're unable to offer visa sponsorship.

The Joint Asset Management and Engineering Solutions (JAMES) is a mission-critical Defence information system supporting over 40,000 users and millions of equipment records across Defence. As a key enabler of Asset and Engineering Management, JAMES plays a vital role in supporting Whole Fleet Management across the Defence enterprise.

We are looking for a JAMES Project Manager
- Change to plan, coordinate and deliver change activities that enable the successful adoption of new business, security, safety and regulatory changes within JAMES. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the evolution of a critical Defence capability, ensuring change is effectively governed, aligned to organisational objectives and delivers measurable benefits.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing complex information systems change, ensuring technology-enabled initiatives are successfully delivered whilst balancing stakeholder needs, risks and dependencies. You will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders to understand requirements, coordinate change activity and specialise in project management supporting the implementation of change requests. Success in the role will depend on your ability to consider the impact of change across people, processes and technology, using data-driven insights to inform decision-making and ensure sustainable adoption.

Working in partnership with the Lead Engineer, you will ensure the JAMES Adaptive Change Programme remains current and continues to meet safety and legislative policy. You will play an important role in maintaining and enhancing the system's ability to support Asset and Engineering Management activities across Defence, ensuring it continues to meet the needs of Whole Fleet Management.

• Define and implement the JAMES change strategy aligned to business, security, safety and regulatory objectives, ensuring integration with wider delivery plans and benefits across the Logistics and Support portfolio.
• Establish and maintain change governance and control processes, ensuring all JAMES changes are managed, approved and compliant with policy and standards.
• Conduct detailed change impact assessments on JAMES systems, processes, data and users, identifying implications across cost, schedule, performance and service delivery.
• Develop and execute stakeholder engagement plans, managing relationships across business, technical teams, suppliers and end users.
• Design and deliver communication strategies that clearly articulate system changes, impacts and required behaviours to ensure adoption.
• Manage risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies and…