Army Information Manager

The purpose of Arms and Services is to support our people and families throughout their career and beyond to enable operational effectiveness and enhance Army and Regimental ethos and identity. This is achieved through 14 RHQ Corps HQs which support all the capbadges of the British Army. A&S also manages Army supported museums (through the Heritage and Museums Branch) and provides advice on Army and Tri-Service ceremonial events through PS12. HQ A&S is a small HQ which provides command and enabling support to these organisations.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

As the Information Manager, you will be the lead adviser for information management, governance and data protection across A&S. Working with military and civilian colleagues, you will influence how information is created, managed, protected and shared, ensuring compliance while enabling effective decision making.

You will play a key role in promoting best practice, improving information flows and supporting digital transformation initiatives across the organisation.

Main Role Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and maintain information management policies, processes and standards, ensure information is captured, stored, organised, shared, retained and disposed of in accordance with legal, regulatory and organisational requirements.
• Promote good information governance, data quality, records management and knowledge management practices across the organisation.
• Act as the focal point for information assurance, data protection, records management and information lifecycle management.
• Support compliance with relevant legislation and policy, including data protection, freedom of information, security classification and records retention requirements.
• Manage information risks, identifying weaknesses in processes, systems or behaviours and recommending improvements.
• Work with stakeholders to improve information flows, reporting, collaboration and access to reliable information.
• Support digital transformation activity by ensuring information requirements, ownership, metadata and governance are properly defined.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At the application stage, you will be assessed against the following criteria, listed in priority order:

• CV
• Personal Statement - of no more than 500 words detailing how you meet the essential skills criteria
• Behaviour - Changing and Improving

Where a large number of applications are received, an initial sift may be conducted against CV only. The remaining evidence submitted at the application stage will be assessed only if you are successful at this initial sift.

At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following criteria, listed in priority order:

Behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working together

Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed and will be held in person. We endeavour to keep to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.

Further information:

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.