AIR - Deputy Business Manager

About the job

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic team member to assist in providing business and resource management advice, and support to decision making, for a highly deployable, diverse RAF station and Force headquarters, with units spread across the UK and overseas.

This post is advertised at 37 hours per week

Job description

You will work in a team to deliver a range of resource advice, governance and assurance to units based at RAF Wittering, and Support Force units in the UK and overseas.

Person specification

You will be directly responsible for scrutinising resource requests for purchases and hospitality and analysing losses and write off data. You will report direct to the Business Manager, acting as their deputy, and at times may be called upon to brief Force and Station execs on public expenditure, and civilian workforce.

You may be called on to brief and advise on various financial matters including, but not restricted to, the following:

• Governance and Assurance (G&A) for all financial and management accounting
• Requirement scrutiny
• Provision of business and resource management advice, including in-year management
• Support to decision making
• Provision of volumetric and timing data to HQ AIR Finance Team
• Investigation of issues raised by HQ AIR Finance Team
• POC for consolidating and investigating Losses and Write Offs
• Travel and Subsistence and EPC Management and Audit Functions
• Income Generation/Wider Markets
• Business Cases and Investment Appraisals
• In Year Reward and Thank You Award – maintenance of station/unit records
• Fraud
• Parenting Statements
• Official Hospitality

Behaviours

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,198 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We offer you the opportunity to work in a dynamic and exciting role, where you will help support RAF operations world-wide.

We will provide:

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension
• Onsite Gym, parking and catering facilities
• Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.  This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this 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.

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.