Commercial GEOINT Team Lead

• Ensure consistent communication is maintained with contractors and internal stakeholders and that all project information is captured, stored, shared, and disposed of in a consistent, secure, and compliant manner in order to reduce information risk.

Compliance And Financial Management:

• Ensure contracts comply with relevant MOD policies, regulations and Commercial directives, oversee commercial governance and contract changes, manage payments where required, record lessons learned, and confirm services are delivered in accordance with contract terms and conditions before payment is authorised.

Risk Management:

• Assess and monitor contract risks throughout delivery, maintain up-to-date risk registers, identify and resolve issues or blockers during contract execution in collaboration with Commercial and Finance, and manage any disputes with Commercial teams where required, including supporting supplier evaluation.

Reporting:

• Develop and provide dashboard reports to senior management for situational awareness and informed decision making, ensuring contract administration and files are kept up to date to support accurate, current reporting, including confidence levels on contracted deliverables.

Performance Monitoring:

• Monitor and assess performance, compliance and obligations by both the Ministry of Defence (MOD), suppliers and their supply chains across all contract provisions, including tracking performance against any KPIs, SLAs or outcome-based deliverables.

In Defence Intelligence (DI) our people solve problems, create understanding and give perspective to the diverse and complex Defence threats and challenges in a rapidly changing world. Together our civilians and military personnel inform decision making in Defence, manage complex finance programmes and develop new technology.

In DI we believe your unique experiences, view and understanding of the world could provide a vital perspective and contribution to our work. We recognise that great minds do not think alike and are striving to increase our diversity representation at all levels. As an equal opportunities employer we hire, train and promote people based on merit and inspire to create an inclusive workplace free of discrimination. We also offer flexible working arrangements such as flexi-time, job share and compressed hours.

All jobs advertised in DI are subject to fair and open competition.

Person specification

We are looking for a motivated, forward thinking, and capable individual to join the GEOINT Capability Lead team as the lead on Commercial GEOINT. Ideally, we are looking for an experienced contract manager with strong leadership capabilities and a sound understanding of Defence Commercial activities. The individual will have good communication skills, both verbal and written as well as strong organisational skills and experience working within a project team.

Essential Criteria:

• Strong contract, supplier, and commercial management experience.
• Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build collaborative relationships.
• Experience producing business cases, requirements documentation, and governance submissions.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and customers to understand and prioritise requirements.
• Experience producing management reports, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Knowledge of managing risks, issues, dependencies, supplier performance, and contractual outcomes within complex programmes or contracts.
• Strong analytical, organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Awareness of project management methodologies and their application to contract, risk, and delivery management.
• Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Office 365 applications.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently, adapt to changing priorities, and continuously develop professional expertise.

Desirable Criteria:

• Working within MOD, Defence Intelligence, or the wider UK Government.
• Understanding of GEOINT, geospatial data, satellite imagery, or related intelligence capabilities and suppliers.
• Knowledge of Commercial geospatial data acquisition and public sector procurement frameworks.
• Supporting tendering, competition, evaluation, and supplier selection activities.
• Project or programme management experience.

Behaviours

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

Alongside your salary of £46,040, Ministry of Defence contributes £13,337 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

We offer a range of excellent benefits including but not limited to the following:

• All successful candidates will be eligible to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 28%.
• Leave entitlement – 25-day annual leave allowance per year increasing by 1 day per year (maximum 30 days per year). In addition, 8 statutory Bank Holidays and 1 privilege day per year.
• Complementing our generous annual leave allowance, we also have a flexible working scheme.
• Additional working pattern options – we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours. These need to be balanced with business needs so they will vary from job to job. If you would like to know more, please speak to the Recruiting Line Manager.
• Professional Development – We are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values.
• Health and Wellbeing – for a small fee we offer the staff the use of the exceptional site gymnasium facilities.
• We also offer an excellent range of family-friendly benefits, for example, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Special Paid Leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year
• RAF Wyton has free car parking; and other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and onsite shop.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments