Army - Evidence and Exploitation Officer

Job summary

The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, with responsibility for an annual budget of over £10bn, the Army is a major part of the Ministry of Defence and one of its largest operating centres who employ around 12,000 Civil Servants located at over 300 locations supporting the 110K regular and reserve soldiers across the Army. This Civil Service workforce is diverse, with many different functions and professions ranging from police officers, security guards, trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff.

This an exciting role that combines knowledge management and librarianship skills with military capability, science and technology and acquisition skills to enable the Army to win in battle. It sits in the Future Force Development branch, in the Research and Experimentation (R&E) team which is responsible for filling the knowledge gaps to inform capability development choices, nested in Army and Defence priorities, testing hypotheses and validating solutions.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

This role is responsible for conducting the routine management of the Army Research Reports Repository (ARRR) SharePoint library at Official-Sensitive and Secret. You will manage the file plan for large, rapidly growing, ever-evolving sites (OS and Secret) to ensure file structures and contents remain easily navigable and up to date in line with Army Science and Technology (S&T) and Capability and Acquisition (CAPAC) requirements and Army and MOD KIM (Knowledge and Information Management) policy. This post will work to a Senior Executive officer in the Research and Experimentation (R&E) team.

Key responsibilities:

• Identify, capture and track relevant Science and Technology and Capability and Acquisition knowledge and information and knowledge assets.
• Manage information quality and integrity for report retrieval from multiple other current and legacy systems.
• Work with multiple stakeholders to ensure the constant inflow of relevant and useful research reports into ARRR.
• Manage and audit access and permissions for multiple limited access commercially sensitive usergroups at OS, Secret and on the ARRR AI Large Language Models (LLMs). This will include the creation and use of a partially automated user access request system.
• Advise and assist users with basic MODNET SharePoint skills to optimise their searching. Advise users on appropriate information sharing to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of commercially sensitive and MOD IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) information.
• To work with customers to determine their information requirements.
• Advise and assist users with access and security considerations and to help users to understand and apply search techniques to optimise their searching and information sharing.
• Assist with stakeholder communications, queries and the production and distribution of the ARRR monthly newsletters.
• To work in a mixed military/civilian team including contractors in a fast moving but supportive environment. You will need to be able to work at times with minimal supervision.
• Help to ensure that the evidentiary outputs of Army research and experimentation are captured and exploited across the Army and wider MOD.
• The role currently has no line management responsibilities but the post holder may be required to line manage Administrative Grade staff at some point in the future.
• The role may involve occasional travel to meetings outside the Andover area and so a willingness to attend occasional off-site events is beneficial.

Person specification

Essential skills required:

• Experienced and skilled SharePoint user willing to explore and exploit current and new SharePoint features to best effect.
• Must be a sole UK National to manage the UK Eyes Only section of the Secret ARRR.
• Good basic professional written and verbal communication skills in the workplace.
• Positive and focused attitude.

Desirable skills:

• A basic interest in science and technology, defence acquisition, AI and/or capability.

Behaviours

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,740, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,905 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.

Other benefits for Army civil servants include:

- 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
- Highly competitive pension scheme with a 28.97% contribution
- Personal and professional development of skills
- Alternative working patterns for many roles
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
- 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
- Learning and Development

We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.

A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career.

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, conside