Business Change Opportunities

Business Change Opportunities

GCHQ
Full Time 32092 - 67782 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Details

Reference number

286613

Salary

£32,092 - £67,782

Job grade

Executive Officer
Higher Executive Officer
Senior Executive Officer
Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Business Management and Improvement
Project Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Term time working, Compressed Hours

Contents

    Location

    About the job

    Benefits

    Things you need to know

    Apply and further information

Location

London (region), North West England, South West England

About the job

Job summary

Mi5, Mi6 and GCHQ are the UK’s Intelligence Services. We work together to safeguard Britain’s people, interests and businesses from various threats at home, overseas and online, including cyber-attacks, espionage, terrorism, and organised crime. Working across our vital missions, you’ll deliver impact at the heart of national security, all within a supportive and inclusive environment that allows everyone to thrive.

We’re looking for talented people across a range of Business Change professions, to help us stay ahead of the latest developments and protect national security. When you apply, you’ll be allocated to the agency that best matches your unique skills and lived experience, where you’ll support projects that make a real difference. Whichever role you apply for, you’ll need to be a problem-solver who thinks creatively and collaboratively – and is keen to learn and develop new skills.

Job description

There are roles available under each profession listed below.

Scrum Master

Our Scrum Master role helps to foster a productive, effective, and inclusive work environment. You’ll be people-orientated, organised, and proactive, bringing innovative ideas to the organisation and using your emotional intelligence to help staff settle in, learn, and grow.

Change Leadership

Our Change Leadership professional area enables and supports positive transformation across the organisation, helping to deliver new capabilities and tools to overcome business challenges. Available roles in this department include Change Analysts; Business Change Managers; and Change Lead Managers.

Business Relationship Management

This professional area enables effective communication across the business, between customers and departments: promoting an understanding of operational and developmental needs. We’re recruiting for Business Relationship Managers to deliver an excellent user experience, provide insight to our technical teams, and ensure the smooth running of our IT services.

Project Management

Our Project Management professional area is at the heart of our mission, responsible for the planning, procurement, and completion of projects. Members of this team scope out work, bring vital structure, and use their organisation skills to plan, budget, and resource missions. Available roles in this department include Project Managers; Senior Project Managers; Project Support Officers; and Project Control Officers.

Product Management

Product Management reimagines our products and services to meet user needs, providing the best technology solutions to help deliver critical intelligence, evidence, and data to our frontline missions. Keeping calm in the face of uncertainty, members of this team decide what products we should build to keep our organisation– and the country– safe. Available roles in this department include Product Managers; Product Owners; and Senior Innovation Product Managers.

Business Analysis

This profession assesses how the organisation is performing and helps to improve processes and systems, proposing solutions to business problems to keep the UK safe and secure. We’re currently recruiting for a Business Analyst and Senior Business Analyst to understand our unique problems and work with stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.

Person specification

Please refer to the careers website via the apply button to review the essential criteria for each role.

To be eligible to apply, you must be a British Citizen. If you hold dual nationality, of which one component is British, you’ll l nonetheless be considered. Candidates must normally have been resident in the UK for seven out of the last ten years. This is particularly important if you were born outside the UK. You can apply at the age of 17 years, if successful you’ll not be offered a start date prior to your 18th birthday. Full eligibility details can be found on our websites.

At Mi5, Mi6, and GCHQ, diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including those from groups that are under-represented in our workforce such as women, those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.

To find out more, visit our website via the apply button.

Benefits

When you join our organisations, you’ll enjoy a supportive environment where collaboration, wellbeing, and balance are just as important as completing our missions. We offer excellent benefits and plenty of development opportunities, including access to professional qualifications, and experienced mentors. As you support us fulfilling projects that protect national security, we’ll support you.

Other benefits include:

  • 25 days Annual Leave automatically rising to 30 days after 5 years' service, and an additional 10.5 days public and privilege holidays
  • Opportunities to be recognised through our employee performance scheme
  • Interest-free season ticket loan (parking and travel)
  • Excellent pension scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Facilities such as a gym and restaurant, and on-site coffee bars (at some locations)
  • Paid parental and adoption leave

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and based on merit. Here is a brief overview of each stage, in order:

  • Paper sift – you are advised to make full use of the word allowance for each question
  • Interview
  • Drugs Test
  • Vetting Interview

Please note, you must successfully pass each stage of the process to progress to the next. Your application may take around 6 - 9 months to process including vetting, so we advise you continue any current employment until you have received your final job offer.


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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Recruitment team

Business Change Opportunities
GCHQ

www.gchq.gov.uk
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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Company - Private
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