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

Ministry of Defence

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Blackpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £41,000- per annum (pro rata) with generous employer pension contributions of approx.

27% depending on your salary
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
MOD
Head Office & Corporate Services
DBS
Programme Delivery (PD)
Type of role:
Business Management and Improvement
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
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Norcross, Blackpool, north westAbout the job

Job summary:

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

Would you like to work for the Ministry of Defence?

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 delivers large scale administration and smaller specialist services to enable the wider MOD to focus on its core aims, maintaining the UK's Defence and Security. Services include Human Resources, Pay, Veterans, Finance and Procurement.
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.

Come and join the DBS community today

Applicants should note that DBS has recently undertaken a review of its operational locations in the North West, and will consolidate all activities in Blackpool.

This means that DBS staff will move from both Walker House (Liverpool) and Cheadle Hulme in the late Summer of 2023 and initially relocate to Tomlinson House (Norcross).

A further move, to the new Government Hub at Talbot Gateway in Blackpool, is scheduled to take place in 2026.

As a result, all vacant DBS posts in the North West will be advertised at Tomlinson House (Norcross).

There is, however, an expectation that all DBS staff, irrespective of their agreed duty station, will travel to other DBS and/or MOD site(s), as required, to complete all necessary training and to participate in team or additional collaborative activities - detached duty terms may apply.

Terms of transfer have been negotiated for DBS posts relocating in the North West. DBS also supports Flexible Working, which can be discussed in more detail at interview.

Job description:

This is an exciting role in operational delivery within a multi-disciplined team as part of the DBS Programme Delivery function.

The role is designed to maintain our focus on Continuous Improvement as outlined in the DBS Business Plan and embed a CI culture across DBS.

This involves demonstrating a facilitative and coaching leadership style and building awareness and capability across DBS, ultimately, enabling our people to become continuously improving Teams alongside supporting wider organisational design changes.

You will be responsible for leading a small team of CI Coaches and will collaborate across the business functions and lead on transitioning from "old ways of delivering our services to new ways of working" and provide consultative oversight of improvement projects supporting smaller enabling functions.

Reporting directly into the Assistant Head of CI you will be trusted to take responsibility for delivering a range of better business outcomes aligned to organisational priorities and build a strong rapport and effective relationships within Programme Delivery and across DBS.

Lean Six Sigma accreditation (Green Belt) is desirable but not essential as training will be given - however, a willingness to work towards accreditation is essential.

Specific responsibilities include:

Lead and motivate a diverse, multidisciplined team to deliver high quality business outputs in continuous improvement.
Be visible to staff and stakeholders and build positive relationships. You will encourage innovation and value add solutions, engendering a strong customer service excellence ethos and embedding a culture of continuous improvement across DBS.
Role model, advocate and champion continuou