Defence Digital

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

- 267758**Salary**:

- £33,830- Posts based in London will attract the relevant London weighting.**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- C2**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Strategic Command**Type of role**:

- Digital**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Corsham, SN13 9NRAbout the job

**Job summary**:
A role in Defence is like no other, leading complex teams of military, civil servants and contractors, having a huge remit and influence on the whole of the UK, and opening many doors to further opportunities to develop a unique career.

We are Defence Digital, a part of Strategic Command, fulfilling an important role in the age of information warfare within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). We provide digital and technology services to our Armed Forces, ensuring they can operate securely via various communication means including radio, satellite, and the internet. Operating at scale, with an annual budget in excess of £2Bn and a diverse team of 2,500 colleagues, we're aiming to make our Armed Forces some of the most technologically advanced in the world.

If you can see yourself contributing to the world of Defence digital and technology, the next chapter of your career may be with us

This job roles may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working remotely. However, there may be some travel required (e.g. routine travel to meetings) as part of the role.

This post is advertised at 37 hours.

**Job description**:
This post sits within the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Chief Information Officer’s (CIO) Digital Strategy team. This exciting role offers the opportunity to develop a broad knowledge of all aspects of digital sustainability and to influence the MOD’s future strategic direction in this area.

Climate change and sustainability (CC&S) represent a major collaborative challenge that the Government is determined to address. Defence has ambitious and far-reaching plans to support the Government’s CC&S policies and targets and it is committed to delivering a Net Zero carbon economy by 2050. Digital technology is increasingly held up as a key component of any solution to the global climate crisis, and the work conducted by this role will contribute towards Defence’s overarching CC&S ambitions to reduce this impact.

Responsibilities include:

- Facilitating the development and implementation of the Digital Sustainability Delivery Plan, pan-Defence. This includes responding to changes in the cross-government, industrial and international environments and effectively identifying and managing dependencies, risks, critical enablers, or barriers.
- Investigating and challenging existing processes, seeking to add value by identifying best practice and encouraging experimentation.
- Proactively communicating and engaging with internal and external stakeholders to increase the level of awareness and support on the digital sustainability agenda pan-Defence.
- Understanding the variation in knowledge, perspectives and attitudes towards the digital sustainability agenda and bringing together relevant stakeholder groups to enable the successful implementation of improvements.
- Drawing on international, UK and Defence policy to provide strategic advice and guidance on digital sustainability. Working to ensure that Defence’s digital sustainability policy remains aligned with broader cross-government policy commitments and legislative requirements.
- Providing sustainable acquisition support and expertise to a variety of digital, data and technology capabilities.
- Representing the MOD, Digital Function or Defence Digital (department) within internal or external events, activities, or collaboration groups as required.

**Person specification**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with a friendly disposition and has good communication skills.

You will need to be confident and able to work under pressure whilst always remaining polite and courteous. You will also need to have the ability to use a degree of initiative, and the ability to retain information to prioritise daily duties.

The below qualifications, would be beneficial but aren't an essential requirement:

- Graduate, Associate, Practitioner or Full Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
- Associate Membership of the British Computer Society.

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

- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Toge