About the job

Job summary

The Field Army IX Programme is an award-winning major business change programme which is delivering business improvements and efficiencies across the Army. Working closely with the Programme Visionary (PV), the Change Manger (CM) is responsible for leading the implementation of the change. In this role the CM will develop and implement business change plans, working closely with, advising and supporting business leaders.  They will be responsible for assessing whether the change had been landed and adjusting the plan where success has not been achieved.  They will be responsible for developing the plan to transfer the new capabilities to BAU. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

In this role the CM will develop and implement business change plans, working closely with, advising and supporting business leaders.  They will be responsible for assessing whether the ch •    Chair the Change Management Board. •    Gather, develop and document process maps and requirements, ensuring that requirements are clearly understood, and necessary information is available to the agile development team. •    Ensure all change resources are fully engaged and deployed in support of change. •    Communicate the change plan verbally and in writing. •    Conduct stakeholder analysis and engagement, ensuring that the needs of stakeholder are reflected in the change plan. •    Identify risk, issues and opportunity to the Programme Visionary and the Programme Manager. •    Be responsive and adapt change plans where levels of adoption and proficiency are not as expected. •    Work with Business Leaders to develop, implement and embed the change plan activities.

Person specification

Previous experience working within the Programme Management field is essential. We are looking for a motivated individual, who loves to handle their own workload and who enjoys working flexibly with strong interpersonal skills. Excellent communication skills are required to interact and mediate across all ranks within the Army especially at a senior level.

You will have an eye for detail, able to identify ways to streamline business process and the ability to remain independent and balanced under outside pressures.   

Strong IT skills are important, confident in the use of Office 365 with a willingness to learn new systems.

Training opportunities exist to help both with your post and your future career/aspirations.  These are fully supported within the Transform team.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

We will require a full CV and a personal statement (500 words) outlining why you are suited to this role and what you will bring to the Productivity team.  

Application sifting is scheduled to take place within 2 weeks after adverts closes.

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture

The Disability Confident Guidance Civilian Disability toolkit (sharepoint.com) gives guidance for recruiting managers when sifting/interviewing applicants that have ticked the disability box in their application.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk 

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.