M365 Specialist

Job ref: 218968

TPR grade: TDD 8 - Specialist

**About us**:
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.

Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2 trillion of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.

It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.

Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.

We operate a hybrid working model, with regular attendance in our Brighton office to connect with colleagues across the business.

**Role**:
Our Digital, Data and Technology department is driving transformation at TPR to deliver positive outcome for savers across the UK. We are looking for a Microsoft 365 Specialist to come on board in this technical role to champion Microsoft 365-based modern collaboration solutions embracing new functionalities and to improve our ways of working with new technologies and tools at hand.

You will play an important role in designing and updating Microsoft SharePoint sites and M365 based solutions, as well as producing high-quality documentation, training and user guides for the wider business. You will also provide expertise and guidance in the configuration, and optimisation of Microsoft products across our organisation to manage and govern our data assets effectively.

We are committed to support you with your growth and development by providing training through Microsoft Enterprise Skills Initiative, Pluralsight and Udemy, keeping you up to date with the latest technologies.

**Responsibilities**:
You will:

- Championing Microsoft 365-based modern collaboration solutions embracing new functionality.
- Analyse, estimate and prioritise work items to achieve the best outcome.
- Work individually to investigate, prioritise and solve problems in production systems.
- Design and deliver SharePoint site solutions, by choosing appropriate design principles and techniques to use within the technical framework defined by the architecture team.
- Manage and control problems and change within area of responsibility, including negotiation with other teams as necessary.
- Engage with business users to gather information regarding systems incidents and requirements for change.
- Overseeing the delivery of cloud solutions, in line with business objectives.
- Increase user adoption through your positive action.
- Act as a specialist to support the Microsoft 365 Suite (Office apps.), particularly SharePoint administration and related Microsoft Product Applications available in the Azure platform.
- Collaborate with other teams to develop system integrations, data migration and automated testing.

**Essential criteria**:

- Working knowledge of existing and emerging Microsoft 365 core technologies in particular SharePoint administration.
- Ability to design and update Microsoft 365 solutions and technical roadmaps, including producing high-quality documentation and user guides for the wider business.
- Microsoft 365 Certification Fundamentals (MS-900), with demonstrable experience delivering Microsoft 365 solutions in a fast-paced environment.
- Knowledge of MS product-based solutions.

**Person specification**:

- Proactive and flexible.
- Can do approach.
- Problem solving and analytical skills.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent customer service.

**Salary and benefits**:
As well as a starting salary of £47,040, we offer:

- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton

**How to apply**:

- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period

We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race