Defence Business Services

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

- 300139**Salary**:

- £27,080- per annum (pro rata) with generous employer pension contributions of approx. 27% depending on your salary.**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DBS- Armed Forces & Veterans (AFV)**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Kentigern House, Glasgow, ScotlandAbout 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**:
- Ensure delivery of timely and accurate Armed Forces Pension discretionary casework, in line with the rules and regulations, in an efficient manner in accordance with Legislation and Policy directives. To investigate and assure pension casework including the preparation of appeals through the official Internal Disputes Resolution Procedure and Discretionary Awards Review process in an accurate and timely manner.
- Identify processes carried out by the business partner that require assurance checks.
- Carry out the process of assurance checks on a range of pre-determined processes. To include:
a. Preparation: understanding the scheme rules that underpin the process; familiarisation with Pension and Compensation Policy Instructions (PCPI), MOD Authority Instructions (MAI), Desk Instructions (DI) and any other relevant guidance; gathering of pension files for audit;
- b. Audit: review of files to ensure that scheme rules and guidance have been followed throughout the process by both business partner and MOD Authority staff; providing assurance that any awards made or forecasts issued are accurate;
- c. Sign-off: preparing a report on completion of the audit to document findings and agree any further actions required.- Liaise with the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA), ensuring understanding of every area to be audited.
- Work collaboratively with Contract Performance Monitoring Team (CPMT) and Process Control Management Team (PCMT) to ensure GIAA audits and CPMT and PCMT work programmes are completed efficiently and all issues identified are investigated and action taken to resolve where necessary.
- Assist with the ongoing programmes of providing formal written instructions and guidance for the business partner and the MOD Authority where necessary to ensure compliance with the pension scheme rules.
- Hybrid working is available

**Person specification**:

- Essential- To have a good attention to detail and be able to spot errors or inconsistencies in their own work and that of others.
- To have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- To be comfortable producing written work and data for Senior Managers.
- To be able to work within a team to strict deadlines, prioritising where necessary.
- To be logical and practical, using the appropriate level of process for the work required
- To be able to proactively focus on continuous improvement to ensure you are always looking for ways to enhance the business
- A good working knowledge of MS Office products in particular Excel, Word and SharePoint is essential for this role**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving

**Benefits**:

- An environment w