Business Change Opportunities London, England
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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 work that makes 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.
Join us and you’ll enjoy work which is unique, varied and far from average and you’ll provide essential support to our mission.
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Professions we are recruiting in:
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, a good listener you’ll support the team, and help colleagues to discover their full potential.
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 Analyst; Business Change Manager; and Change Lead Manager.
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 currently recruiting for a Business Relationship Manager to deliver an excellent user experience, provide insight to our technical teams, and ensure the smooth running of our 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. Available roles in this department include Project Manager; Senior Project; Manager; Project Support Officer; and Project Control Officer.
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 Manager; Product Owner; Senior Innovation Product Manager.
Business Analysis
This profession assesses how the organisation is performing and helps to improve processes and systems, proposing solutions to business problems in order to keep the UK safe and secure. We’re currently recruiting for a Business Analyst to understand our unique problems and work with stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.
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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 will 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 will 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.
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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 and 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
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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.
Right to Withdraw Statement:
Please be aware that we reserve the right to bring the closing date for this role from the original closing date once a certain number of applications have been received. Please be mindful of this and submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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