Head Office

Job summary

The Head Office Safety, Security and Business Resilience (SSBR) Team are based in MOD Main Building, London.� Its role is to ensure that MOD Main Building continues to operate in all foreseeable circumstances.� The team works alongside key stakeholders to deliver its primary objective and provides advice to Head Office on Safety, Security and Resilience matters.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

You will be required to establish and maintain a close working relationship with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Private Finance Initiative colleagues who provide the hard and soft facilities management and infrastructure works for Main Building.�

You will be required to manage the Business Resilience team�s response to all operational resilience incidents including assessment of the impact on the building for planned maintenance works and considering the measured and appropriate response with the available team resources.� You will be required to provide proportionate risk-based advice to the Deputy and Principal Security Advisors, and Deputy Head and Head of Establishment to drive forward the right outcomes for Head Office. You will be responsible for providing support to critical incidents and disruptions to Main Building and its business units.� You will have oversight of members of the Business Resilience team who will act as administrative support to the Incident Management Command Group (IMCG) and cohere any lessons learned.�

You will work closely with the Directorate of Security and Resilience (DSR) to ensure Head Office continues to remain aligned with Joint Service Publication (JSP) on Resilience matters and work and ensure effective communication with Business Resilience leads across Head Office to ensure they remain aligned with policy.� You will also ensure that any policy changes impacting the PFI contract are communicated to Defence Infrastructure Organisation and the PFI and hold DIO to account on the delivery of required policy adherence. Members of the Business Resilience team will produce management information (MI) regarding business resilience assurance across the Head Office estate and the post holder will ensure that measured action is observed and responded to, from the information obtained.

During FY24/25, you will also contribute to the development of the Head Office Resilience Improvement plan aimed to increase the assurance of Business Resilience within Head Office.

�As part of the resilience planning for MOD Main Building, you will liaise closely with the Top Office Group and be required to brief Private Office colleagues and be proactive in building a strong resilience culture within Head Office. The post-holder will also be responsible for providing personalised 1-2-1 briefings to the Executive Committee and Ministers who form the Defence Council Group. Additional support and training will be provided.

The post itself supports other pillars within the Safety, Security and Business Resilience team. You may be called upon to support other areas of work where there is a demand and need for support , providing support to cover to the Pass Office or acting as secretariat for Safety and Security meetings.

Responsibilities:

To drive forward operational resilience and management of incidents within the Main Building estate, considering risks and issues and cohering and applying lessons learned.

To undertake the management of resilience risks for Head Office, to maintain awareness of the risks and impacts to the establishment and to advise key stakeholders of the mitigating actions which can/should be undertaken to protect the operational delivery of Head Office.

Provision of resilience advice and guidance to Head Office, ensuring�alignment with Departmental policy including the management, oversight and production of Business Resilience and Continuity Planning management information (MI).

Development and authorship of the Head Office Resilience Improvement Plan, including raising the profile of resilience and continuity

training to improve Business Resilience culture within Head Office.

To be a key member of the Head Office Security and Resilience Working Group providing Resilience and Continuity input to the board.

To provide high level briefings to Op staff on measures and plans in place and�to work with crisis teams to ensure awareness is maintained.

Agile resource working across all areas of Safety, Security and Business�Resilience (SSBR) team priorities where required.

The post holder will be expected to join the on-call duty officer team, acting as the primary out of hours point of contact and to respond when called, raising necessary issues to the secondary POC, and seeing all incidents through to a suitable resolution.� This additional role attracts an On Call Allowance and potential for overtime / disturbance allowances when issues arise.

Person specification

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised individual to fill the role of Head Office Business Resilience Lead Advisor in MOD Head Office. This is an exciting, high-profile role which works across the Head Office estate. The office is a busy, fun, and supportive environment.� the post holder will be required to be flexible to deliver a mixture of operational delivery functions, responding to and planning for impacts to the building, unplanned outages, and incidents, managing business as usual tasking and the Business Resilience team�s overall objectives alongside ensuring compliance with departmental resilience processes.

Working as the Head Office Business Resilience Lead requires:

Self-starters who are comfortable working independently in a fast-paced but interesting environment.People with excellent interpersonal skills, able to express themselves clearly and engage with a diverse set of stakeholders to ensure that Head Office resilience and continuity measures and priorities are met.Confident leadership skills and the ability to manage a small team giving supportive direction, guidance and encouragement where required.People with sound judgement and analytical skills, able to take information and draw out pertinent data points and trends and to confidently highlight those concisely.People who themselves are resilient, able to oversee their own work and prioritise against challenges, with a good instinct and agile to seek direction where required.Individuals who are highly organised and able to establish a close working relationship with a wide range of contacts, inside and outside of the department.A sense of fun and a willingness to help colleagues and to support a great team ethos within the section and across the business.

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Behaviours

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

Delivering at PaceCommunicating and InfluencingChanging and ImprovingMaking Effective DecisionsManaging a Quality Service

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

Delivering at PaceCommunicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes �11,631 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Learning and development tailored to your roleAn environment with flexible working optionsA culture encouraging inclusion and diversityFree on-site gymA with an average employer contribution of 27%

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.

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