Location
MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Corsham, SN13 9NR
About the job
Job summary
Defence Digital ensures our Armed Forces remain among the most technologically advanced in the world. We do this by putting innovative and effective technology into the hands of over 200,000 users, from the boardroom to the front line.
We lead on cutting-edge data science, automation, and cyber security at scale. Our mission goes beyond the battlefield by leading humanitarian efforts and driving digital innovation that impacts lives across the globe.
Defence Digital forms part of Strategic Command which manages the MOD’s joint capabilities for the Army, RAF, and Royal Navy.
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Job description
Join a dynamic team, where you'll help shape and deliver our Business Rigour Services. From configuring policies and processes to maintaining essential templates, you'll play a key role in driving consistent, meaningful change across the organisation.
Collaborating with experts across the Portfolio Team, you'll champion a risk-based approach to assess and strengthen Business Rigour maturity across our delivery areas, ensuring we stay sharp, aligned, and effective.
You'll also be instrumental in managing corporate tools and coordinating our continuous improvement backlog, helping to prioritise and allocate work that keeps us evolving. This includes updating key portfolio policies and standards to ensure they stay relevant and support the modern delivery methods used across Defence Digital.
In this role you will:
* Support the Business Rigour Service Owner with ensuring the teams compliance, with Agile ceremonies and reporting, including the planning of pre-planning and end of sprint reporting.
* Work across organisational boundaries, with guidance and mentorship, to support agenda management and act as secretariat for Defence Digital’s working groups.
* Manage a busy shared mailbox, prioritising workload to ensure service level agreements are consistently met.
* Advise users on Defence Digital’s processes and working practices, delivering support through email and one-to-one interactions.
* Support the administration of corporate tools and the creation of user accounts.
* On-boarding of personnel onto DDPT led courses.
Your role emphasises the importance of addressing the right challenges in the most effective manner, and ensuring that the products produced, are not only comprehensible but also highly valued by users.
For further information on the role and duties of an Associate Product Manager, please refer to the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework: Product manager - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework
Person specification
We seek a driven, enthusiastic, and self-assured individual with outstanding communication abilities, a positive outlook, and has a proactive approach to learning. The ideal candidate will exhibit a growth-oriented mindset, showing a keen interest in Agile methodologies and personal development.
Working alongside diverse teams, you will collaborate to integrate their perspectives, user requirements, and business objectives in defining the problem at hand. The perfect candidate will showcase a practical focus on precision, possessing the flexibility to adjust as needed, and will thrive in a dynamic and intricate work setting.
When submitting your CV, highlight your relevant career experience. In addition, refer to the “Things You Need to Know” section and provide a personal statement (max. 1250 words) demonstrating the following essential criteria:
* Please explain your awareness and understanding of Agile practices.
* Describe your experience in building, managing, and influencing stakeholder relationships to achieve successful outcomes.
Please note that this post is a job share, working 22.5 hours per week over 3 days. However, working patterns are negotiable and can be discussed at interview.
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.
To apply please complete the CV template provided on the CS Jobs dashboard, ensuring your CV highlights your relevance to the essential criteria.
All applicants will also need to provide a personal statement (max. 1250 words) and it is vital that this includes evidence of the essential criteria (which is also listed within the Person Specification). Each one will be scored 1-7 and make up part of your overall score to assess your suitability to be invited to interview.
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AI Usage in Job Applications
We encourage the use of technology to streamline the job application process. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be helpful in generating ideas, improving writing style, and increasing efficiency. However, it is essential that any content submitted as part of a job application is truthful, accurate, and a genuine reflection of the applicant’s qualifications and experiences. Any use of AI should be supplementary to your own knowledge and abilities. Ultimately, the application should demonstrate your unique skills and suitability for the role.
We’ll assess you against these Behaviours and Technical Skills during the interview:
Behaviours:
* Leadership
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
* Developing Self and Others
Technical Skills:
* User Focus
Further information:
Please note, that if you are selected for an interview, it will be via Teams and we will try and offer as much flexibility as we can, but it may not be possible to offer alternative dates for interviews or assessments.
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
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
* Name :Defence Digital Talent Acquisition Team
* Email :UKStratComDD-HR-TalentAcqDel@mod.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Email :DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk
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