Def HRs

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

- 346170**Salary**:

- £43,080- Posts based in London will attract the relevant London weighting.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- C1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Head Office & Corporate Services**Type of role**:

- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 8Contents

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- Stoke Gifford, South West England, BS34 8TH : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HBAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you looking for a new and exciting role that will directly impact everyone in the Ministry of Defence? Do you want to be a part of one of the most ambitious projects in Defence People? We are looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to join our team and help us deliver a once-in-a-generation transformation to the service and experiences we provide for our people.

Following the successful launch of a new and modernised HR Services for Civilian Staff, Defence have launched this exciting programme to evolve and expand the Oracle Fusion platform across the whole of the Defence Enterprise. But this is far more than just a digitalisation programme; we will be simplifying and standardising policy and processes to enable innovative new services that enhance the lives of all civil servants, military staff, and their dependants wherever they are serving across the globe. We will provide Leaders and HR Professionals with the user centric tools needed to manage their staff effectively, whilst improving the lived experience for everyone. We are a critical part of the MOD’s Corporate Services Modernisation (CSM) Portfolio and the digitalisation ambition, and we are sponsored and supported at the highest levels Your work will have an valuable impact and will directly contribute to a vastly improved service and great user experience for all.

We are seeking enthusiastic, ambitious, and energetic professionals to work in a close-knit empowered team that will make this happen. The Defence HR Services (Def HRS) Programme Team is an attractive, desirable and rewarding place to work, and we look forward to discussing how you can contribute to our success.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
These are critical roles within the Defence HRS Programme, which will be pivotal to supporting the delivery of the Defence People Strategy through providing modernised HR Services and experiences for Military personnel and continuing to improve the civilian personnel service. It will also support the Defence People Committee aims of:

- Modernising the core military HR system through moving quickly to a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, akin to the move of HRMS to MyHR for civilians, and create a single Military and Civilian Enterprise Resource and Planning ecosystem for HR.
- Deliver, through the adoption of this new technology, the catalyst for a fundamental simplification and rationalisation of our People policies and processes.
- Using the opportunities presented by SaaS to fundamentally transform how we “do HR”.

You will be joining the programme from the early stages, where we intend to start a Discovery and Design Phase in May 2024, prior to phased implementation in 2025/26. The project will be delivered using an Agile Approach, alongside a traditional waterfall environment and existing Government Routes for resilience and flexibility on delivery.

You will be responsible for supporting the Defence HRS programme to achieve success, contributing to the Joint Project Office with Defence Business services (DBS), working with a multitude of stakeholders across the Defence Enterprise at all levels. You will be a strong role model, dealing with issues promptly and in a constructive manner - often across Military Commands and organisational boundaries. Most importantly, you will be passionate and driven to achieve the core vision of the project. We are looking for someone who is positive and has the confidence to take on high volumes of work, and solve complex problems, in their stride.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Support Project Managers in all aspects of the delivery of Defence HRS.
- Assist in delivery of benefits against the business case and ensure appropriate approvals and assurance plans are in place.
- Work with the team to Identify and set appropriate project controls, tracking and reporting delivery against milestones and budgets.
- Schedule and run project resources.
- Manage project partners and connect with them at all levels.
- Identify and supervise project risks and issues and ensure effective change management processes exist.
- Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision making and control of projects and their place in a programme and Portfolio.
- Support