JOB SUMMARY

This IHUB post is with UK Strategic Command within the Unified Career Management (UCM) and provides support to UCM North and South hubs based in Whale Island, Portsmouth and Kentigern House, Glasgow.
The UCM Team delivers the key functions of CM, Work Force Plans and personnel policy for tri-Service cohorts within the UCM model. The first UCM Cohort (Cyber) launched in June 2021 with responsibility for medical cohorts transferring to UKStratCom in 2022 and 2023; the HUMINT Cohort was launched late 2024. This sees personnel from the RN, RM, Army and RAF within UCM models experiencing the same career management, career pathways and terms and conditions of Service. This job brings an opportunity to be part of a dynamic team.
Strategic Command develops, generates, operates, integrates unique and pan-Defence capabilities to maintain operational and strategic advantage. Unified Career Management is a pan-Defence people transformation programme bringing career management, workforce planning and policy under a lead command.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible for supporting the IHub Mgr and ensuring that there is an attitude of continuous improvement within the UCM Team towards knowledge management and exploitation. The position is primarily responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of all UCM SharePoint pages, ensuring that they are easy to navigate and enable users to find information and products quickly and efficiently.

The main roles of this job include:

• Enable SharePoint development for the UCM Team, including the development of and introduction of workflows, InfoPath forms and SharePoint designer customisations.
• Provide SharePoint technical support by troubleshooting user issues.
• Maintain and develop all UCM SharePoint pages to ensure they remain current and relevant including:
• The creation, publishing and removal of UCM content.
• Support/monitoring to ensure compliance with MOD Governance Policies and advice on complying with MOD standards.
• Provide technical support for the rollout of new software and systems including troubleshooting IT user experience issues, provide guidance and raise awareness.

BENEFITS

Alongside your salary of £26,235, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,600 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
• An opportunity to be considered for Reward and Recognition - £250-£5000 per year
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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/.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
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EXPERIENCE

• Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
  At interview, you will be assessed agaisnt the following Success Profiles:

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

Open to UK nationals only.

The main roles of this job include:

• Enable SharePoint development for the UCM Team, including the development of and introduction of workflows, InfoPath forms and SharePoint designer customisations.
• Provide SharePoint technical support by troubleshooting user issues.
• Maintain and develop all UCM SharePoint pages to ensure they remain current and relevant including:
• The creation, publishing and removal of UCM content.
• Support/monitoring to ensure compliance with MOD Governance Policies and advice on complying with MOD standards.
• Provide technical support for the rollout of new software and systems including troubleshooting IT user experience issues, provide guidance and raise awareness