About the job

Job summary

The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) is a part of the Ministry of Defence responsible for the procurement, in-service support, and disposal of the UK’s nuclear submarines. Our work is of unparalleled strategic importance nationally and internationally, ensuring the security of the UK’s continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent, and delivering some of the most technically complex programmes in defence.

Here you’ll find a community to belong to – whether that’s alongside project teams with a shared vision or as part of an employee network of like-minded individuals. We believe that, by celebrating different backgrounds and perspectives, together we’ll achieve the extraordinary.

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We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of around 27%, to help work for you.

For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A sole UK national refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country. We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you have been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.

Job description

The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) are recruiting for an exciting Associate Information Manager role based in Barrow-in-Furness. You will be joining a small knowledge and information management team delivering activities in support of information, records and knowledge management working with a range of stakeholders across the business and its suppliers. The team is responsible for the development, delivery and future support of Information Management Solutions including Office 365 SharePoint sites and Microsoft Teams. You will also support the development, implementation and use of collaborative working capabilities between the SDA and its suppliers.

At the SDA, we champion flexible ways of working. Regular in-person attendance is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance. Initially, you may be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourselves with the site, the team, and your role. This is a predominantly office-based role, and you will typically be required on site 3-4 days per week.

Whilst on-site, you will benefit from our wide range of facilities which include a restaurant and cafe, free parking, good public transport links and with being based on a dockyard, a chance to get up close to the submarines.

What you’ll be doing

• Ensure information is being captured, stored, distributed, used, processed, retained and eventually disposed of, to meet the requirements of the law, MOD policy and guidance and the requirements of the business.
• Manage an Information Support Officer to deliver Knowledge and Information Management projects to meet the needs of the business, understanding business requirements and ensuring solutions meet customer and legislative requirements.
• Carry out knowledge, information & records management requirements capture; support development and build of information solutions to agreed standards; work with digital partners to provide advice.
• Review business processes, technical capability and customer experience, identify improvements, assess feasibility and recommend new approaches where appropriate and share in the community.
• Deliver knowledge and information management related training and briefings.

Person specification

To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Experience and/or Relevant qualification in Knowledge and Information Management in a large organisation.
• Relevant experience dealing with a wide range of stakeholders.

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Knowledge and Information Management - Practitioner
• Service Delivery and Operations – Supervised Practitioner
• Communicating and Influencing – CSBC 3
• Changing and Improving – CSBC 3

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,800, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,396 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

Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:

1. Pre-sift - We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.

2. Sift - Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills

Please follow our guidance on CV writing for best chance of success.

3. Interview - If you're invited to interview, you'll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

Security

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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.