Defence Business Services - Bristol, United Kingdom - Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence

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Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £33,830- per annum (pro rata) with generous employer pension contributions of approx. 27% depending on your salary.

Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
MOD
Head Office & Corporate Services
DBS
Digital, Information & Technology (DIT)
Type of role:
Information Technology
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

Abbey Wood North, Bristol, Southwest, BS34 8HWAbout the job

Job summary:

Are you a dedicated person who is passionate about making a difference?

Defence Business Services (DBS) is one of the largest shared service organisations in Europe that provides a wide range of corporate services, to over 1.2 million end users, including serving and past military and families, as well as MoD civil servants and industry.

DBS aims to be the 'best business services partner for the UK Defence and Security Communities' by providing critical business services, including Human Resources, Pay, Veterans, Finance and Procurement, that enable our customers to focus on strategic Defence priorities and maintain National Security.

Our Vision
To support UK defence customers with outstanding service every time.

Our Mission

Together we will proudly support Defence, continuously improving and delivering flexible, timely, sustainable and value for money services that underpin the whole force and enhance operational capability.

DBS is committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues. We are building an inclusive culture and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society.

We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us through opportunities to develop your skills and experience.

We also offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career accessible to you and offer a Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.

Where your role permits, we support a blended working approach alternatively known as hybrid working (40% office based pro rata).

Come and join the DBS community today

Job description:

DBS delivers a broad range of services to Defence, supported by the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Enabling Pillar. Release and Environments Management is part of Change Delivery Services within CIO.

The main duties are:

Ensure integrity of environments to enable all software changes to be successfully deployed.
Forecasting overtime requirements, organising the staff requirements for each release to the satisfaction of the customers and technical staff.
Acting as the Environments and Release Subject Matter Expert at various meetings.
Ensuring all governance documentation is kept up to date.
Working in the Oracle Cloud environments.
Planning and forward planning for releases.

Person specification:

Desirable Criteria

ITIL Foundation qualification

Experience

Of Release management
Working in an IT Release, such as Cloud deployment environment
Working with various stakeholders and managing customer expectations
Working to flexible, tight timescales
Working with high volumes of change to meet a Release
Detail focused

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Leadership
Making Effective Decisions
Delivering at Pace
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together
Leadership
Making Effective Decisions
Delivering at Pace

Benefits:

An environment with flexible working options Monday-Friday
25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years' service (pro rata)
In addition to 8 public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The King's birthday
Hybrid working where role permits
An opportunity to be considered for Reward & Recognition

- £250-£5000 per year

Familyfriendly policies including

- parental leave and adoption leave

Learning and development tailored to your role
Professional and personal development of skills
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
Minimum of 15 days special leave in a rolling 12 month period for volunteer reserve commitments
Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days per year

Allowances
The post does not offer relocation expenses.

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.

Employment Hours
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

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Selection process details: