UK Ministry of Defence

Kentigern House, 65 Brown Street, Glasgow, G2 8EX
Job Summary
At Navy Command, we lead, support, and sustain the Royal Navy across every theatre of operations. We coordinate the people, platforms, and missions that keep the Fleet ready for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. Together, we uphold centuries of naval tradition while driving innovation that ensures the Royal Navy’s readiness to protect our nation and secure our future.
As the authority for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine capability, the Submarine Directorate oversees one of the most complex and critical elements of UK defence. Covering everything from in‑service management to long‑term fleet modernisation, the directorate ensures the Submarine Flotilla remains safe, reliable, and ready to meet national security requirements.
Clyde Transformation Programme (CTP) is a Navy Command programme delivering critical infrastructure at His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde to support the Royal Navy’s current and future submarine fleet. The programme includes new-build facilities, refurbishment of existing assets, and delivery of a resilient out-of-water engineering capability. The programme is supported by an Integrated Programme Management Office (IPMO) which provides common standards, governance and assurance across sub‑programmes.
You’ll be based at Kentigern House in Glasgow, a key Ministry of Defence hub in the west of Scotland. It provides a central location for a range of defence teams, supporting critical programme delivery and collaboration across the organisation. Its position in the heart of Glasgow offers strong links to wider defence activity, enabling effective engagement with stakeholders while contributing to the city’s vibrant professional community.
For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A ‘sole UK national’ refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description
Are you passionate about helping people make better decisions through trusted information? Do you enjoy improving the way organisations manage, protect and use information? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Navy Command as a Senior Information Manager. You'll play a key role in improving how information is managed across a major transformation programme, ensuring that important information is accessible, secure, well-governed and used effectively. In return, you'll benefit from excellent learning and development opportunities, a supportive team environment, and the chance to make a real impact on the delivery of critical defence programmes.
As a Senior Information Manager, you'll support the governance, management and protection of information across the programme. Working within the Integrated Programme Management Office (IPMO), you'll help establish consistent ways of working, improve compliance with information management requirements and provide assurance that information is being managed effectively.
You'll work with a wide range of stakeholders across the Ministry of Defence, delivery partners and suppliers to improve the visibility, ownership and quality of information. You'll also lead a small team, providing direction, support and development to help deliver programme objectives.
Your work will help reduce information risk, strengthen information governance and ensure trusted information is available to support effective decision-making and programme delivery.
Are you passionate about helping people make better decisions through trusted information? Do you enjoy improving the way organisations manage, protect and use information? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Navy Command as a Senior Information Manager. You'll play a key role in improving how information is managed across a major transformation programme, ensuring that important information is accessible, secure, well-governed and used effectively. In return, you'll benefit from excellent learning and development opportunities, a supportive team environment, and the chance to make a real impact on the delivery of critical defence programmes.
As a Senior Information Manager, you'll support the governance, management and protection of information across the programme. Working within the Integrated Programme Management Office (IPMO), you'll help establish consistent ways of working, improve compliance with information management requirements and provide assurance that information is being managed effectively.
You'll work with a wide range of stakeholders across the Ministry of Defence, delivery partners and suppliers to improve the visibility, ownership and quality of information. You'll also lead a small team, providing direction, support and development to help deliver programme objectives.
Your work will help reduce information risk, strengthen information governance and ensure trusted information is available to support effective decision-making and programme delivery.
Person specification
What You Will Be Doing
<ul>
<li>Lead the development and improvement of information management processes, ensuring information is well-organised, accessible and effectively used across the programme.</li>
<li>Provide expert advice on information governance, records management, security and data protection, helping teams comply with policy and legal requirements.</li>
<li>Manage information risks and assurance activities, including audits, reviews and performance reporting, to improve compliance and reduce risk.</li>
<li>Oversee information systems and collaborative working environments, ensuring information is secure, properly controlled and easy to find.</li>
<li>Build strong relationships across the programme, supply chain and wider Defence community, promoting good information management practices and continuous improvement</li>
</ul>
To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:
<ul>
<li>Experience working within large, complex programmes or projects, ideally in a Defence or government environment.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of information management, information governance, records management or data management, and experience implementing effective ways of working.</li>
<li>Excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels.</li>
<li>An understanding of information governance requirements, including information security, data protection and records management principles.</li>
<li>The ability to work collaboratively with a diverse range of teams, partners and suppliers across multiple locations.</li>
</ul>
Desirable
<ul>
<li>APM/ MSP qualifications</li>
</ul>
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
<ul>
<li>Communicating and Influencing</li>
<li>Working Together</li>
<li>Managing a Quality Service</li>
</ul>
Alongside your salary of £46,040, Ministry of Defence contributes £13,337 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).
<ul>
<li>25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service</li>
<li>Market-leading employer pension contribution of 28.97%</li>
<li>Personal &amp; professional development</li>
<li>Alternative working patterns for many roles</li>
<li>Access to a confidential, professional support service</li>
<li>Discount schemes</li>
<li>Bicycle / season-ticket loans</li>
<li>Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave</li>
<li>Special paid leave to volunteer (up to 6 days a year)</li>
</ul>
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements 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. During the initial period, you may be asked to attend more frequently to get familiar with the site, team, and responsibilities.
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.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at <a href="https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/</a>.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
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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 directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
As part of Defence Reform, Navy Command continues to review and evolve its Target Operating Model to support more agile ways of working. In this context, the role and responsibilities of this role may develop over time to reflect changing business priorities and opportunities.
At Sift, you will be assessed against the following;
<ul>
<li>Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and previous skills and experience.</li>
<li>Candidates will be required to provide a personal statement. This should be a maximum of 500 words that sets out your motivation for applying and shows how your skills and experience meet the essential requirements for the role.</li>
</ul>
At Interview, you will be assessed against the following;
Behaviours
<ul>
<li>Communicating and Influencing</li>
<li>Working Together</li>
<li>Managing a quality service</li>
</ul>
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.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (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.
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (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.
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
<ul>
<li>Name : <a href="mailto:NAVYSM-DIRClydeResource@mod.gov.uk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NAVYSM-DIRClydeResource@mod.gov.uk</a></li>
<li>Email : <a href="mailto:NAVYSM-DIRClydeResource@mod.gov.uk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NAVYSM-DIRClydeResource@mod.gov.uk</a></li>
</ul>
Recruitment team
<ul>
<li>Email : <a href="mailto:DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk</a></li>
</ul>
Further information
Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: <a href="mailto:info@csc.gov.uk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">info@csc.gov.uk</a>.

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