To apply for this role, please provide the following documents:
- A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
- Please include contact details for 2 referees.
- A Statement of Suitability (no longer than two pages). In your supporting statement please draw out where you have had experience in the following 3 areas:
- Experience of working with Board level exposure in organisations of comparable size and complexity to the UKHO.
- How your digital strategy experience has resulted in tangible business outcomes, that have benefitted customers.
- Significant changes you have led within a large and complex organisation, particularly concerning the application of new technology to operational processes and development of new services.
- A completed Diversity monitoring and Conflicts of Interest form HERE. All information is anonymous and is not used as a part of your application.
- Please ensure you meet the eligibility and nationality requirements for this role as detailed on the Eligibility Requirements tab of this site.
Green Park are managing this competition on behalf of MOD. To apply for this post, please submit the following no later than 07:55 on Monday 8 April 2024.
If you want to know more about the role or selection process, please contact Lucy Kythreotis from our executive search partners on lucy.kythreotis@green-park.co.uk.
Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS)
Candidates applying under the Disability Confidence Scheme are guaranteed an interview if they meet the minimum criteria outlined in the person specification. When you apply you will have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments to the application process.
Reasonable adjustments:
Government departments are committed to making reasonable adjustments to make sure applicants with disabilities, physical or mental health conditions, or other needs are not substantially disadvantaged when applying for public appointments. This can include changing the recruitment process to enable people who wish to apply to do so. Some examples of reasonable adjustments are:
- Ensuring that application forms are available in different or accessible formats
- Making adaptations to interview locations
- Allowing candidates to present their skills and experience in a different way.
- Giving detailed information on the selection / interview process in advance to allow candidates time to prepare themselves.
- Allowing support workers, for example sign language interpreters
- Making provision for support animals to attend.
Selection Panel
The selection process will be chaired by Marion Leslie – Non-Executive Chair, UKHO, and will include the following panel members:
- Tara Usher – MOD representative / Head of Enabling Organisations Sponsorship
- Marc Overton– Digital Non-Executive Director for Defence Equipment & Support – independent panel member
Selection Process
- The Assessment Advisory Panel (AAP) will sift and assess each application against the criteria (professional and strategic & stakeholder engagement expertise) to produce a shortlist to invite to interview.
- Subject to agreement by the MOD Chief Operating Officer (COO), the AAP will then conduct interviews to ascertain which candidates are appointable to the role.
- The decision to appoint to this role rests with the MOD COO (delegated to the MOD COO by ministers).
- Candidates considered appointable by the AAP may be invited to meet with the MOD COO before a final decision is made. As a result, there may be a delay in informing candidates of the outcome of the competition.
Status of application / feedback:
We will notify you of the status of your application. We regret that we are only able to offer detailed feedback to candidates who have been unsuccessful at the interview stage.
What do I do if I want to make a complaint?
We aim to process all applications as quickly as possible and to treat all applicants with courtesy. If you feel that you have a complaint about the way in which your application has been handled, please contact in the first instance Defence Business Service (DBS) Civilian Personnel Public Appointments Team DBSCivPers-ResPublicAppts@mod.gov.uk . If you are not completely satisfied with the response, please contact the MOD Public Appointments Team at DSOP-PublicAppointments@mod.gov.uk.
We will acknowledge your complaint upon receipt and aim to provide a response within 15 working days.