Business Manager
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £36,530 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, South West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Defence |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
The Business Manager will provide business services and advice on a day-to-day basis to the Defence Supply Chain Capability Programme (DSCCP). Additionally providing support to the Programme Managers, PMO Leads and Change and Communications Leads.
This is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Business Manager in the Supply Chain Directorate. Your responsibilities will be as described in this job advert. The reason why you are appointed for a fixed period is due to current expected programme duration. This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end on 31/03/2027. You should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, arrangements will be made in line with the FTA policy.
If you are a permanent MoD civil servant and are found successful for an advertised Fixed-term Appointment (FTA) you should move into the post under a Temporary Transfer (for up to a maximum of 23 months). At the end of the posting you will return to your previous MoD Business area. If this posting is at a higher grade, your promotion will be temporary, and you will return to your substantive grade at the end of the Temporary Transfer. If a Temporary Transfer cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA and Change of Work Location in the UK policy for further information.
If you are transferring to MoD from another government department (OGD) you should join the MoD on an inward loan. At the end of the loan you will return to your home (OGD) department. If a loan cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA policy for further information.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
The Main responsibilities will include:
Lead on admin tasks for the programme, including room bookings, booking visitors onto site, setting up meetings and acting as secretariat for programme meetings, as required.
Manage the team multiuser inbox and responding to e-mails and ensuring e-mails sent to the team are being dealt with.
Manage the onboarding and offboarding of contractors when they join and leave the programme, including laptops, site passes and maintaining the master spreadsheet and ensuring the details contained are up to date.
Support the Communications and Change Leads with drafting communications materiel, including updating the DSCCP Hub.
Support the PMO Leads with planning, scheduling and preparing slide decks for key meetings.
Support the production of the DSCCP programme plan.
Support implementation of continuous improvement and learning from experience across the programme.
Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.
This is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Business Manager in the Supply Chain Directorate. Your responsibilities will be as described in this job advert. The reason why you are appointed for a fixed period is due to current expected programme duration. This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end on 31/03/2027. You should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, arrangements will be made in line with the FTA policy.
If you are a permanent MoD civil servant and are found successful for an advertised Fixed-term Appointment (FTA) you should move into the post under a Temporary Transfer (for up to a maximum of 23 months). At the end of the posting you will return to your previous MoD Business area. If this posting is at a higher grade, your promotion will be temporary, and you will return to your substantive grade at the end of the Temporary Transfer. If a Temporary Transfer cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA and Change of Work Location in the UK policy for further information.
If you are transferring to MoD from another government department (OGD) you should join the MoD on an inward loan. At the end of the loan you will return to your home (OGD) department. If a loan cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA policy for further information.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
The Main responsibilities will include:
Lead on admin tasks for the programme, including room bookings, booking visitors onto site, setting up meetings and acting as secretariat for programme meetings, as required.
Manage the team multiuser inbox and responding to e-mails and ensuring e-mails sent to the team are being dealt with.
Manage the onboarding and offboarding of contractors when they join and leave the programme, including laptops, site passes and maintaining the master spreadsheet and ensuring the details contained are up to date.
Support the Communications and Change Leads with drafting communications materiel, including updating the DSCCP Hub.
Support the PMO Leads with planning, scheduling and preparing slide decks for key meetings.
Support the production of the DSCCP programme plan.
Support implementation of continuous improvement and learning from experience across the programme.
Please note, candidates will be redirected to the Civil Service Jobs website where you will need to submit your application form. Please note the closing date above is incorrect and cannot be amended so please check the closing date on Civil Service Jobs and allow enough time to submit your application form.