Ministry of Defence
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Details
Reference number
377079
Salary
£44,590
This role is eligible for London weighting
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
MOD C1
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
MOD – Strategic Command
Type of role
Architecture and Data
Defence Operations
Digital
Governance
Information Technology
Intelligence
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Compressed hours
Number of jobs available
1
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Location
London
About the job
Job summary
Do you want to work at the forefront of UK Defence, supporting operations that are beyond the reach, capability, and expertise of other armed forces?
We are a tri-service organisation that recruits the best of the armed forces and civilians to perform the most rewarding and complex tasks. We are recruiting exceptional individuals to support our activities tackling some of the most interesting and challenging national security issues in government. You will be working with unique data, not seen elsewhere in defence, to the backdrop of a macro environment that is ever changing.
Some of the challenges you will face include working with diverse military and civilian teams to support the secure, discrete, and legal acquisition and use of data to enable military activities, along with the support of operations and development of cutting-edge capabilities.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
Data governance is at the heart of unlocking the potential of data, by monitoring, standardising and enforcing data management techniques.
This role will work with our architecture, delivery and operational policy teams to ensure that users have access to the data they need. They will work across the MOD, partners across government and allies to ensure that we have the legal basis to acquire and exploit data, as well as maintain the confidence of our regulatory bodies.
Specific tasks could include:
- Catalogue, monitor and identify data assets that are essential to the organisation’s operations or services
- Assign ownership of data, ensuring there is a clear RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted and informed) matrix in the organisation
- Incorporate governance of data into routine, critical processes
- Support or manage risk processes around data
- Advocate for better use and management of data within the organisation
- Implement data literacy uplift within the organisation
- Have a broad understanding of the legalities of data, ensuring these are embedded within data policy
Person specification
A data governance manager defines, implements and manages data governance frameworks, policies and standards.
You will:
- Work on the design and implementation of practical data governance solutions to support organisational needs, whilst gaining exposure to data architecture practices
- Develop a wide network across MOD, government and partner data professionals
- Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve the quality and trustworthiness of data throughout the organisation
- Implement and establish wider data management competencies within the organisation (such as data quality, metadata management, master data management, data modelling, and development of data standards and data strategy)
- Apply data governance to optimise the safety and value of data throughout the data life cycle
- Work within the organisation to minimise data risks and increase data literacy
You should have a working level of the below skills:
- Communicating analysis and insight
- Communicating between the technical and non-technical
- Data governance theory and practices
- Impact of data innovation
- Understanding of the data lifecycle
- Raining awareness of data literacy best practices
- Understanding of data management, data standards, data maturity, data regulation and ethics
- Enabling and informing risk-based decisions
- Stakeholder relationship management
- Strategic thinking
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities. Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.
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.
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. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
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Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
At sift, you will be assessed against the following:
- Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
- Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (1000 Word count)
If successful, there will be an interview consisting of Strengths, and an assessment against these behaviours:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: [email protected] .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
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Further information
Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: , Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email:
[email protected].