Defence Business Services (DBS) DIT Information Rights (Disclosures) Officer

This is a recruitment campaign for Executive Officer positions within Defence Business Services (DBS) Integrated Assurance Team. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce with a diverse group of backgrounds. The Integrated Assurance Team provides assistance and guidance to colleagues and customers on Information Assurance, Information and Records Management, Security and Data Protection. The team aim to provide consistency within policy to harness best practice across the business and are engaged in a wide array of activities to achieve this aim.

Our teams are highly committed to employee engagement and customer service. You will receive full training in the role you are offered with opportunities to develop yourself professionally.

Our Disclosures Team deliver a high-quality service to all customers, ensuring compliance with information rights legislation and application of Data Protection (DP) legislation. The successful candidate will manage the delivery of Subject Access Requests in accordance with DP legislation, providing information in response to Data Protection Subject Access Requests and other Information Rights requests for Civilians (MOD employees and non-employees) and UK Veterans and ensuring compliance with Data Protection Legislation across DBS. This role is currently office based. Applicants for this role will be assessed against the working level of GKIM Framework Skill P01 , Carrying out casework on Data Protection (including SARs and complaints) at interview.

To enable the delivery of these services we use a flexible resourcing model to respond to changes in demand to ensure continuity of business critical services to MOD.

Person specification
As an Executive Officer, you will be expected to:

Utilise effective communication for correspondence with customers, colleagues and stakeholders at various grades throughout the business.
Apply established principles, methods and best practice to situations. Analysis and interpretation of material and options may also be applicable in these roles.
Make decisions focused on the day-to-day operation within your areas of responsibility.
Provide detailed, authoritative advice to decision makers, utilising specialist knowledge.
Work independently but subject to senior direction.
Manage staff (where relevant), including performance reporting.
Provide specialist advice and guidance to customers and business areas alike.
Apply and adhere to legislation, ensuring compliance across your area of responsibility.
For the specific post advertised, the following criteria is essential

Minimum of two years' experience in Data protection Information Rights (Disclosures) casework.
Knowledge of Data Protection Legislation.

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.

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). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

DBS has recently undertaken a review of its operational locations in the North West, and have consolidated all activities in Norcross, Blackpool. A further move, to the new Government Hub at Talbot Gateway in Blackpool, is scheduled to take place in 2026.