Defence Digital provides digital and technology services to our Armed Forces, ensuring they can operate securely via 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.

Working within Defence Digital’s Portfolio Team as a member of the Business Change and Benefits Management (BC&BM) Centre of Excellence (CoE), you will help achieve the team’s ambitious objectives and deliver BC&BM support services, which include providing direction, consultation, coaching and training.

This job role 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 based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working remotely. Dependent on the ‘tasking’ and business need, there may be a requirement to travel to Corsham at least 1-2 times per week. There may also be a requirement to routinely travel to meetings within the UK.

The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time. This post is advertised at 37 hours.

As a Business Change & Benefits Management Associate Delivery Manager, you will work alongside the Delivery Managers in the team, providing support to deliver Business Change and Benefits Management (BC&BM) products and services across the Defence Digital Portfolio.

As part of this role, you will be expected to:

• Encourage motivation and collaboration amongst the team.
• Support the identification of obstacles impacting delivery of business change and benefits management products and services.
• Help the team focus on activities and priorities most important to the delivery of Business Change and Benefits Management products and services.
• Support the encouragement and facilitation of continuous improvement within the team and the products/services they deliver.

Responsibilities:

• Influence positive change within Defence Digital by helping project and programmes teams recognise the value of adopting business change and benefits management processes.
• Guide teams through the implementation of BC&BM processes and products, using assurance to ensure focus is on outputs rather than process.
• Applying Agile principles, you will support the delivery of business change and benefits management products and services that are necessary to enable Defence Digital to successfully implement change and manage project and programme benefits.
• Help manage the pace and tempo of BC&BM products and services being delivered by monitoring, mitigating, and addressing internal and external risks, issues, dependencies, and resource constraints.
• Support the planning and delivery of prioritised BC&BM products and services.
• Communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, helping to understand their BC&BM needs, making them aware of the available services and products, and delivering BC&BM upskilling, consultancy, and assurance services.
• Identifying and implementing continual improvement of BC&BM processes, products, and services. Ensuring they are fit for the working environment and reflect best practices and standards from across Defence and wider Government.
• Support the review and progress of BC&BM products and services through the product life cycle.
• Support others in the team to help create the right environment where colleagues feel empowered and motivated. Including understanding the importance of feedback.

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Making a process work

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Family Friendly – Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
• A wide range of discounts – Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes
• Flexible working
• Generous leave allocations
• Please see Benefits Leaflet for more detail

Learning & Development

• 5 days per year Learning & Development
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• Professional and Personal Development of skills
• Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by MOD
• Ability to obtain industry recognised qualifications supported by MOD

Equality and Diversity

Our people are at the heart of everything we do at Defence Digital. It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of both our audience and the wider society in the UK, so we’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for all our roles. Please let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process if this is something you want to explore.

Professional Framework Statement

Defence Digital operates an organisation model in which every individual belongs to a Government Profession. The successful applicant will be posted into one of the defined Government Professions on Standard Terms of Reference for the grade. Defence Digital reserves the right to move individuals between roles, within their allocated profession, to meet the needs of the business and in support of agile resourcing. Within Defence Digital each profession is led by a Professional Head of Community who will lead professional development and support the Continuous Professional Development path for their group.

Transformation Statement

Defence Digital is currently going through a Transformation Programme which aims to ensure we have the right workforce, with the right skills, to deliver the MOD's Digital Strategy. As the programme progresses, Defence Digital staff may be required to undergo an assessment to understand and develop their upskilling needs to support the delivery of this strategy. This post may be impacted by Transformation.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances. External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six month probation period.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Please note, expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.”

Job contact :

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DD Talent Acquisition Team
Email :
ukstratcomdd-hr-talentacqdel@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

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dbscivpers-resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk