Defence Business Services

6 months ago

Blackpool, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 327218**Salary**:

- £43,080-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Head Office & Corporate Services - Digital, Information & Technology (DIT)

**Type of role**:

- Digital**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- 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.

DBS has recently undertaken a review of its operational locations in the North West, and have consolidated all activities in Norcross, Blackpool. A further move, to the new Government Hub at Talbot Gateway in Blackpool, is scheduled to take place in 2026.

**Come and join the DBS community today**

**Job description**:
The main responsibilities of the posts include:

- Overall line and delivery management of the MyHR MOD Apps functional team
- Member of the CDS Apps Management Team
- Responsible for maintaining working relationships with the HR product and functional owners; and peer groups within CIO
- Manage the completion of the performance of the full cycle of the upgrade process from initial assessment of release notes through to the build, test, and release phase
- Allocation of resources to meet prioritised and emerging customer demands
- Control the management of configuration tasks within the system
- Monitor and control the investigation and resolution of incident management tickets recorded on Remedy ensuring compliance with the SLA for system updates and ticket resolution
- Control the investigation of emerging issues and the development, test and deployment of ad-hoc fixes / changes where needed
- Supervise the provision of tier 2/3 level functional support and serves as the escalation point for unresolved configuration issues from EC/Civ Pers
- Ensure documentation of configuration tasks within the system is complete and current and complies with best practice
- Ensure the completion of unit testing, for change updates and fixes, before handing over to the HR Product Owners and testing team
- Provide update and escalations to senior management as and when required

Other responsibilities:
- Manage Service/Enhancement Request activities with Oracle for bugs and responsible for escalation to Application Support Team Lead if required
- Maintains Oracle HCM Business Processes (break-fix, incidents, and enhancements) for the MOD modules
- Perform special projects (e.g., year-end activities) as directed by senior management
- Mentor and provide leadership development to team members and promote continuous learning within Oracle CSM
- Coordinates with release manager, functional support (configuration) and product owners for upgrade assessments Submits findings to Functional Lead for approval
- Escalation points for Service/Enhancement requests with Oracle. Responsible for escalating to Solution Architect/Product Owner for CSM escalations

**Person specification**:

- Oracle HCM Knowledge
- Oracle Support process knowledge
- Application Support Service Delivery (Service Management)
- Solution design and requirements gathering
- Functional Design experience
- Unit Testing Knowledge
- Incident management process experience
- Release Management
- HCM

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