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Job summary
Do you want to work at the forefront of UK Defence, supporting operations that are beyond the reach, capability, and expertise of other armed forces?
We are a tri-service organisation that recruits the best of the armed forces to perform the most arduous and complex tasks. We are recruiting exceptional individuals to support our activities tackling some of the most interesting and challenging national security issues in government.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
The effective use of data to inform decision making is at the heart of our organisation. You will design, create and manage the organisation’s Data Architecture across all five domains, to identify opportunities, deliver operational effect and keep our soldiers and marines safe.
Some of the problems you will face include
- Modernising legacy data systems to create a federated data fabric across the organisation.
- Working with partners and allies to ensure that data is discoverable and accessible, such as implementing ontologies to manage data across security classifications, domains and geographies.
- Working with standards bodies to influence the development of NATO, IES and NCGI standards.
Your main day to day responsibilities will be:
- Designing data models and metadata systems and help the Chief Digital and Data Officer to interpret business needs.
- Providing oversight and advice to other data professionals who are undertaking the design of data systems.
- Ensuring that respective teams are working in accordance with the NATO, IES and NCGI data standards and manage the governance of those standards.
- Working with Technical Architects to make sure that organisation’s systems are designed in accordance with the appropriate data architecture.
- Working with stakeholders bringing differing views together to facilitate reaching a consensus in line with data strategy.
- Providing oversight and advice in the form of coaching and mentoring to other Data professionals who are undertaking the design of data models and reference data.
Person specification
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Turning business problems into data design
- Data Standards
- Data governance (data architect).
- Strategic thinking
Benefits
- 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%
- This post is eligible for a Digital Skills Allowance of up to £15,300 per annum. Eligibility for this allowance will be assessed at interview against 4 core technical skills only and reviewed annually in line with MOD policy.
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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