Governance Manager | Ref: PSR0040473

Our work really matters; we offer engaging roles which have a direct impact on the quality of services we provide. We employ people in many different roles and in many locations across the UK and abroad. We have jobs in policy, finance, HR, IS/IT, commercial and project management and all the types of jobs you would expect to find in a government department, or indeed in the private sector. We also employ doctors, dentists, teachers, police, fire service, quantity surveyors, and engineers to name a few. There are many opportunities to develop and progress both within MOD and across the wider Civil Service, whether you're a permanent appointee or an interim.
As a Governance Manager your main responsibilities will be:
+ Business Case Draft Business Cases (governance section). Liaise with Business Case investment approval boards and ensure Business Case has timely slots at all relevant approval boards. Prepare papers for Investment approval boards.
+ Stakeholder Management- Liaise with End User Service s(EUS) Stakeholders to gather data, review data, and work together to resolve anomalies or gaps.
+ Establish governance & reporting landscape - Draft and own terms of reference for boards and define roles of board members. Work with senior project roles to draft board agendas. Keep log of board decisions and owners. Work with decision owners to provide report updates. Analysis data and present at relevant boards
+ Risk & Issue Management Support- Work with risk manager/risk owners to report risks to project boards.
+ Change Control - Work with the change manager/ PM to provide data for Change Control requests. Present change control requests to relevant board and disseminate the outcome.
+ Knowledge & information management - Implement knowledge and information process. Advise the project on correct processes and lead the lessons learned process.

+ Extensive Governance experience
+ Public Sector/Defence experience
+ Experience in MS365
+ Good admin experience
Desirable:
+ An understanding of PowerBI, As a member of the disability confident scheme, MOD guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant
MoD is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a central government department with a mission to protect our country and provide the ultimate guarantee of its security and independence, as well as helping to protect its values and interests abroad.
To do this we have an annual budget of almost £40 billion and a workforce comprising 193,000 people, almost 59,000 of whom are civilians. We currently manage more than £11 billion of spend every year.