Defence Business Services

1 week ago


Blackpool, Blackpool, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

Details:

Reference number:

Salary:

- £54,440- per annum (pro rata) with generous employer pension contributions of approx. 27% depending on your salary.

Job grade:

  • Grade 7
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • MOD
  • Head Office & Corporate Services
  • Defence Business Services, Financial, Procurement & Civilian People (FPCP)
    Type of role:
  • Business Management and Improvement
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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About the job

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Location

  • Norcross
  • Tomlinson House Tomlinson House Norcross Blackpool LancashireAbout the job

Job summary:

Are you a dedicated person who is passionate about making a difference?

Would you like to work for the Ministry of Defence?


Defence Business Services (DBS) is one of the largest shared service organisations in Europe that provides a wide range of corporate services, to over 1.2 million end users, including serving and past military and families, as well as MoD civil servants and industry.

DBS delivers large scale administration and smaller specialist services to enable the wider MOD to focus on its core aims, maintaining the UK's Defence and Security.

Services include Human Resources, Pay, Veterans, Finance and Procurement.

  • Our Vision
  • To support UK defence customers with outstanding service every time.


Our Mission
  • Together we will proudly support Defence, continuously improving and delivering flexible, timely, sustainable and value for money services that underpin the whole force and enhance operational capability.
DBS is committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues. We are building an inclusive culture and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society.


We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us through opportunities to develop your skills and experience.

We also offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career accessible to you and offer a Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.

Where your role permits, we support a blended working approach alternatively known as hybrid working.

Come and join the DBS community today

Job description:


This post is an exciting opportunity to drive forward change and transformation for Civilian People Service across the Ministry of Defence.

You will lead a team of Product Managers to work with Technical Developers, Hr Policy Leads and Modernisation Teams across MOD top expand our HR Cloud Based Systems.

You will also be planning and delivering on increasing our programme of activity for robotics and digitisation implementation.

As Deputy to the Senior Product owner you will also be working closely with Contractors to ensure that we maintain our adoption of evergreen technology for the best employee experience.


  • You will provide visible and effective leadership on all change activity across all the DBS Civilian People Operational teams.
  • FPCP. Develop a clear vision and plan to improve services and implement new opportunities in digitisation and automation with the employee experience as a key focus.
  • Lead on the change management elements of all modernisation work for our HR IT System, engaging stakeholders and ensuring engagement and communications on change are prioritised.
  • Use project management methodology to track and assure that business change is effectively delivered across all operational teams and within the Department.
  • Work with colleagues from the wider teams to bring working practices closer together, removing duplication of activities and adopting best practice in the delivery and implementation of change.
  • Support Deputy Head in the delivery of Evergreen Quarterly Releases and identifying opportunities for HR technical development and work with the HR Functions to ensure the delivery of all BAU change is timely and in accordance with the Function's requirement.
  • To ensure resource levels and financial expenditure are maintained within delegated limits.

Person specification:

  • A knowledge of Oracle HCM systems would be desirable

Behaviours:

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

  • Leadership
  • Changing and Improving
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Leadership
  • Changing and Improving

Benefits:

  • An environment with flexible working options Monday-Friday
  • 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years' service (pro rata). In additional to 8 public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The Sovereign's birthday
  • Hybrid working where role permits
  • An opportunity to be considered for Reward and Recognition £250£5000 per year
  • Familyfriendly policies including parental leave and adoption leave
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • Professi


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