Navy Command - HMNB Devonport - Portfolio Directorate Business Change Manager

HM Naval Base Devonport has evolved into one of the largest bases of its kind in Western Europe and is today, a key Defence asset as a main operating and support base for the Royal Navy. The unique opportunities offered within are varied, challenging and exciting in supporting the Royal Navy to generate and operate forces world-wide for today and ensuring that we are ready for tomorrow by developing and delivering the Naval Service of the future.
The Naval Base provides an open, flexible and supportive work environment with Civil Servants and Armed Forces personnel working together across a wealth of interesting and challenging roles in a variety of disciplines from finance, legal services, personnel and HR, strategic and project planning through to contract management and media services.
The wider Devonport site, consists of HM Naval Base (Devonport) (MOD owned) and Devonport Royal Dockyard Limited (DRDL) (Babcock owned). By its nature, the site is a highly complex environment where a myriad of strategic demands, commercial and financial arrangements combine to deliver Defence outputs. Key to the strategic planning and integration to ensure the Naval Base meets its outputs is the Devonport Portfolio Office (DPO) which is a collaborative MOD and industry partnership who work together to shape the future of the site to deliver best for Defence outputs.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week., 1. Accountable to the Portfolio Business Change Team for analysing user and business need to ensure outcomes are aligned with the One Devonport Vision and business strategy by contributing to the link between current and future business models and delivering to the business architecture.
2. Supports the Portfolio Business Change Team in the coordination and evaluation of requirements against the present state (where we are now) and the end state (where we want to be) through constructive challenge and acting as a critical friend to achieve solutions that are fit for purpose.
3. Supports the Business Change Team to ensure that the potential consequences and impact of change are correctly identified, stakeholders are engaged and are part of the overall process and that benefits have been collated in response to the impact analysis.
4. Responsible for maintaining the Portfolio Change Strategy and Plan and change control framework in collaboration with key MoD stakeholders and Industry Partners.
5. Engages MoD and Industry Partner directing or sponsoring organisations to identify business change programmes / projects.
6. Identifies, qualifies, and updates the business readiness criteria across the Devonport enterprise prior to implementation. Reports on the tracking of these to ‘approve/refuse’ go-live to the Business Change Lead.
7. Supports business change and improvement working closely with key stakeholders in providing communication strategies relating to business change across the Devonport site.
8. Identifies and classifies stakeholders and reflects in stakeholder engagement plans and organises senior stakeholder engagement forums across the Devonport Enterprise in pursuit of business change and transformation.
9. Will regularly support in the facilitation and execution of senior stakeholder workshops (MoD and Industry Partners) in the delivery of transformation and change programmes., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Seeing the Big Picture
+ Changing and Improving
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Delivering at Pace, At Interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:
+ Seeing The Big Picture
+ Changing and Improving
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Delivering at Pace
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. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPersResourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into 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.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.
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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
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A confident leader with a track record of successfully and carefully managing change and collaborating with others to find solutions together.
Relationship management expertise, able to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to maintain service and solve problems.
Excellent communication skills both oral and written. Able to staff and submit written work to a high standard including Business Cases; Project Initiation Documents; User Requirement Documents and Staff Reports., Minimum UK Regulated Qualification Framework – Level 5 qualification preferably P3M (Change Management) or,
Experience of Business and/or Defence Portfolio or Programme Office role.

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,480 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Annual leave of 25 days; rising 1 day per year to 30 days upon completion of 5 years
Ability to roll over up to 10 days annual leave per year
Special paid leave for volunteering (up to 6 days per year)
On site gym and catering facility
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.
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. Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
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