Army Assistant Head Digitisation

About the job Job summary The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants.
Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations.
Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff.
There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army.
The British Army protects the United Kingdoms interests at home and abroad, providing a secure environment in which all British citizens can live and prosper.
The Civil Service provides critical support to the Army in the delivery of its outputs.
It is a diverse workforce that supports the Army across a variety of functions and professions.
HQ Land Warfare Centre (HQ LWC), commanded by Director Land Warfare (DLW), is a large and busy Headquarters which plays a pivotal role in Army and Defence training.
This is a critical time for the British Army as it begins to transition through a decade of delivery of new training platforms and looks to develop a brand-new training system called the Land Training System (LTS) which will ensure that the whole Army has protected annual key training periods.
The Assistant Head Digitisation post is an exciting and vital role you will operate at the forefront of enabling people capabilities and leading change to support the new Land Training System.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description Do you have excellent interpersonal skills?
Are you flexible and well organised?
We are looking for a self-motivated individual who has a passion for digital change and an eye for detail.
If this is you, we have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Head Digitisation to join the Land Warfare Centre (LWC).
This is a new role that will lead on the development of and implementation of the LWCs Digital and Data Strategy.
This is an opportunity to shape the future digitisation landscape.
Key Focus Areas: Develop and implement the Land Warfare Digital and Data Strategy and plan to ensure that applications are understood by customers, recognising the need for effective business change management and fully exploiting the recording of all training involving Risk to Life (RtL) activities.
Direct the strategic planning and the implementation of digitisation programmes and projects, ensuring efficient, optimisation and accurate digital conversion that exploits new technology and manipulates richer data streams.
Provide the technical expertise and oversight to consider and report on coherence and integration of Army Information Exploitation capabilities and the architecture required for optimum connectivity across both pipeline and training events.
Lead and manage a digital team that will cohere, deliver and integrate the digital capabilities and re-sources required to enable assurance and management of risk for the Land Training System (LTS), along with the crucial data culture change and the business transformation activities required to ensure the capabilities deliver the required outcomes.
Be able to understand the needs of the users and handle changing priorities, sometimes with challenging timescales.
Additionally, assist with setting the requirements for, and helping to develop products and services, capturing evolving needs and proposing design approaches to meet these needs.
Prepare regular reports on programmes and projects progress, performance metrics and budget status.
Key outputs of the role include: Execution of the Digital and Data Strategy and strategic planning in support of Army Operational Management planning, resourcing, coordinating and executing digitisation programmes and projects Directing the priorities for delivering business benefits Leverage emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence Team leadership Quality control Reporting and Documentation Technical oversight Person specification The successful candidate will: Have analytical skills to evaluate information and data to inform decisions based on best available evidence to support improvements in Defence training Be able to work with a diverse range of stakeholders from across the organisation to cohere demands Be an effective communicator who is able to influence and champion digital change The individual will be required to exercise sound judgement and demonstrate application of innovative thought Be computer literate and able to confidently use O365 applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Project, Power BI) Essential Skills and Experience: You will have experience of delivering technological change at pace against a background of organisational transformation, working across organisational boundaries with changing and challenging priorities including high levels of risk, impact and complexity You will have experience of interpreting the voice of the user to inform requirement You will have a track record of working in digitisation with technology teams and multi-disciplinary stakeholders on sensitive workstreams You will have working knowledge of a broad range of technologies, this could include cloud technologies, web application development, micro-services, integration and databases You will have experience and an understand of AI technology and how it can be exploited Experience of communicating the data architecture vision and roadmaps to stakeholders Desirable Skills and Experience Understanding of data modelling platforms and data warehousing A systematic collaborative approach to solving problems Understanding of User Centred Design Experience of product ownership Proven experience in programme and project management.
Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Leadership Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Managing a Quality Service We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form: Leadership Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Requirements definition and management (Practitioner/Expert level) Communicating between the Technical and non-Technical (Practitioner/Expert level) Making Architectural Decisions (Practitioner/Expert level) We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form: Requirements definition and management (Practitioner/Expert level) Benefits Alongside your salary of 59,690, Ministry of Defence contributes 17,292 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
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The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.
Other benefits for Army civil servants include: 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service Highly competitive pension scheme Personal and professional development of skills Alternative working patterns for many roles Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
Enhanced parental and adoption leave 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities Learning and Development We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career.
This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.
A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training.
Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.
This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments.
Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance.
Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details).
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The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
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.
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Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
At application you will need to provide a CV including your job history and previous skills and experience, and a personal statement of no more than 1250 words please outline your relevant experience and skills in relation to the person specification and requirements outlined within the advert.
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences.
Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/ Experience : Leadership CV Personal Statement (1250 words) Technical Skill Requirements definition and management (Practitioner/Expert level) At interview you will be assessed against the following behaviours/ Technical skills Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Managing a Quality Service Technical skills - Communicating between the Technical and non-Technical Technical skills- Practitioner/expert level and Making Architectural Decisions Technical skills are taken from theSkills A to Z - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk) 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.
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As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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.
This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa.
It 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.
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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 Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) 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.
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Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Alison Godfrey Email : ****** Recruitment team Email : ****** Further information Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application.
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