Job Description
The Role
Draken Europe offers exciting careers that matter.
We believe that mission success does not start with the mission itself. It begins with our people.
The Role
We are currently recruiting for a Programme Support Manager for a 12 month FTC to represent the Programme Director on-site through the day-to-day management of priorities and hands-on support. The role is to ensure the programme and its projects progress as per agreed plans / actions, facilitated by achieving the buy-in of contributing Business Functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Keep the programme schedule on track.
- Maintain the programme plan and track the status of programme/project deliverables and milestones through engagement with cross functional teams.
- Take ownership of day-to-day priorities and delivery, identify and manage actions to address issues with stakeholders, and escalate issues if necessary.
- Be the on-site point of contact representing the programme and Programme Director.
- Promote engagement across all stakeholders through excellent communication and promoting collaboration.
- Be able to proactively manage barriers to progress effectively, working with teams to identify options and solutions, and able to determine when escalation to the Programme Director is required.
- Monitor status of projects and programme progress, co-ordinate and produce project and programme reporting as required by the Programme Director.
- Maintain an independent programmes stance when imbedded with other functional disciplines
- Provision of management support to programme delivery on time and to a high standard.
- Effectiveness of support as the day-day representative of the Programme Director
- Ability to understand, plan and manage near term programme priorities.
- Generation and delivery of all required project and programme metrics/reports to the standard required and in a timely fashion.
- Proactive identification and ownership of improvement opportunities.
- Previous experience working in / with the following functional areas would be a distinct advantage:
Aircraft operations - Aircraft maintenance
- Aircraft engineering (Design / Airworthiness)
- Aviation supply, procurement and logistics practice
Our employee values
Draken is committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination and we celebrate the differences that a diverse workforce brings. A range of perspective and talent supports our values and drives our success, with a mix of voices generating better discussions, business decisions and outcomes for all.
To us, diversity means bringing your own perspective to the conversation; inclusion means having a voice - and e quality means that your voice is heard.
At all our sites internationally, every member of the Draken Europe team is accountable to ensure that we are all treated fairly and with respect.
Intolerance has no place in our Company. We condemn it outright. Instead, we strive to create a culture where each person who joins our team feels they have the opportunity to succeed, to grow, and to work within an environment where they can be themselves.
We are also an Armed Forces friendly organisation, and as part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, welcome applications from veterans and services spouses and partners who met the criteria in our job specifications.
In line with our Disability Confident Commitments, we provide reasonable adjustments to facilitate our interview process, please liaise with us if any reasonable adjustments are required.
About You
About Us
Whether it is adversarial support, electronic attack or customised rotary-wing training, we offer the most accurate and advanced readiness training in the industry. Our vast, differentiated fleet, cutting edge hardware and experienced instructors are engaged to help your mission take off.
Being ready is not only a matter of when. But where. We provide services in the UK, US and across the NATO countries. Making sure that our allies can manoeuvre around defeat and prepare to prevail.
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