Change Administrator

Job summary

Northwood hosts a diverse and complex range of operational headquarters, infrastructure, and personnel, whose combined efforts directly support UK and allied operational objectives. Effectively managing change across this dynamic environment is essential to ensuring that CO Northwood continues to provide a site that enables and supports the operational effectiveness of its constituent headquarters.

This responsibility encompasses both strategic, long-term developments that will shape the site over the coming years and decades, as well as shorter-term, tactical changes that often require delivery within demanding timescales.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Due to the nature of the role, part time and job share arrangements may be considered, subject to the requirement that full-time hours are fully covered.

Job description

The Northwood Change Team is responsible for delivering and coordinating all aspects of the local change management process across the Northwood Headquarters site, working closely with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation Contract Management Team and the Northwood Private Finance Initiative contractors.

The Northwood Change Administrator plays a key role in managing and processing Northwood Change Requests, ensuring they are handled efficiently and in accordance with established procedures. The role provides expert advice, guidance and support on all aspects of the change process, acting as a central point of contact for customers, contractors and service providers. The post holder works collaboratively with personnel from across all headquarters and organisations based at the Northwood site to facilitate the successful planning, coordination and delivery of infrastructure and estate-related changes. Undertake learning and development and upskilling as required

Person specification

Essential:

• Ability to communicate effectively, accurately and succinctly across a diverse audience of military and civilian interlocutors.
• Ability to utilise Microsoft applications effectively and manage multiple IMS

  Desirable:

• Experience of delivering hard and soft Facilities Management change through a Private Finance Initiative.

Behaviours

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Managing a Quality Service
• 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).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).

• 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 employer contribution of 28.97%

Northwood HQ is a well-served site, offering a variety of facilities such as gym, nursery, salon and local shop. Transport links are good with a regular shuttle service to Moor Park tube station and limited access to free on-site parking (subject to capacity and on first come first served basis). There are several catering options and opportunities to join the Northwood Officers' Mess. As a civil servant, flexible working is encouraged and opportunities for professional and personal development are available and tailored to your role. The Permanent Joint Headquarters promotes and values a culture of inclusion and diversity within its 500 staff of military and civil service personnel. Additional benefits include a Civil Service Pension, and an annual leave allowance starting at 25 days, increasing annually thereafter.

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.

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Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken