About the job

Job summary

RMAS Group delivers initial officer training to Regular and Reserve officers for the British Army and our international allies; the University Officer Training Corps; instructor development for allies overseas; pre-employment training for Commanding Officers; and professional development for members of the General Staff.

It is also the home of the Centre for Army Leadership; whose role is to champion Army leadership excellence. Through these activities, Commandant RMAS delivers Defence Engagement on behalf of the Army and the nation through its continuous engagement across the UK and with allies from across the world.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week, flexible and hybrid working arrangements considered.

Job description

Join our world-renowned military training academy as an Information Manager and drive the organisation's success through effective management and exploitation of data and information assets.

Have you got an eye for detail with excellent leadership and communication skills? Can you build a rapport with military and civilian partners in a diverse and inclusive environment to identify needs and develop effective solutions? Are you ready to optimise knowledge, information and data usage with current technologies and make a meaningful impact on the success of our organisation? If so, then we are looking for you!

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of our friendly team and use your skills to develop and implement strategies for managing and exploiting knowledge, information and data. As well as designing, implementing, and enabling maintenance of databases and information management systems.

This role plays a critical part in shaping how data and information is managed and exploited within the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Group (RMAS Gp), driving efficiency, compliance, and innovation.

You will have the challenge of handling complex information repositories and training data sets and developing strategies for organising and exploiting information.

Person specification

We are looking for an experienced information management and business intelligence professional, who has a knowledge of relevant technologies and tools. This will include data analytics and visualisation including PowerBI, as well as experience in managing databases, repositories, knowledge and information management systems and the architectures they are built upon. Strong communication and collaboration skills are also crucial, as the successful candidate will need to work closely with internal and external customers to understand their information needs and develop effective solutions. Additionally, the candidate should have a solid understanding of relevant laws, regulations, and policies related to information management and exploitation. Leadership skills and the ability to lead and mentor staff will also be important for success in this role. Overall, we are looking for a driven and innovative individual who is passionate about making a substantial impact on the success of RMAS Gp.

The business intelligence manager is the primary staff officer for IM & IX in supporting the Chain of Command to:

• Develop and implement strategies for managing, organising and disseminating information assets and business intelligence data.
• Work with specialist teams to design, implement and manage databases, repositories knowledge management systems and their security architectures as product and application owner.
• Use business intelligence tools and techniques (including the use of the O365 suite of applications) to enable the identification of patterns and trends in data to support decision making.
• Develop, maintain and enforce the Information Management plan to provide coherent direction to Heads of Departments (HoDs) including include leading briefs and providing training.
• Lead on data governance, ensuring compliance, accountability and determine requirements that reflects the organisations ethos and values.
• Supervise and enable the Gp HQ iHub and the coherence of distributed iHub staff across the academy to support delivery of iAdmin, IM, IX and user account and security management.
• Be the authority for the retention policy of records including Protectively Marked material where held and be the authority on DPA.
• Deliver project management functions across relevant data projects to cohere outputs and deliver outcomes.
• Line Manager Responsibilities for 1 x Civil Servant and 2 x Military staff.
• Health & Safety responsibility for staff and promote Diversity and Inclusion within the workplace.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 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.

At application applicants will be asked to provide a personal statement consisting of no more than 500 words. They will also be assessed against the following:

• Behaviours: Leadership, Making Effective Decisions, Changing and Improving.

At interview, be prepared to elaborate on the examples used in your application.

In addition, at interview applicants will be assessed against the following:

• Behaviours: Communicating and Influencing, Managing a Quality Service, Working Together.

Applicants should provide specific examples of the behaviours being tested. It may be helpful to use the STAR format for answers - Situation, Task, Action and Result - with the bulk of the answer in the Action area demonstrating what the applicant's actions were and how they contributed to the completion of the task. Applicants are strongly recommended to use the maximum 250 words per statement to provide the required evidence.

Use the STAR format for answers - Situation, Task, Action and Result - with the bulk of the answer in the Action area demonstrating what the applicant's actions were and how they contributed to the completion of the task. Applicants are strongly recommended to use the maximum 250 words per statement to provide the required evidence.

Application sifting is scheduled for the week following the closing date of this advert.

Interviews will take place in Academy HQ, RMAS. A minimum of 2 full working days notice will be provided for interviews. We seek to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

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 .

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.

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

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

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

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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.