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Job summary
ONR is not a Civil Service department, however, we are an arms length body of Department of Work and Pensions.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is responsible for the regulation of nuclear safety and security across the UK. Our mission is to provide efficient and effective regulation of the nuclear industry, holding it to account on behalf of the public.
As part of its 2025 strategy ONR is committed to being a modern and transparent regulator, delivering trusted outcomes and value. We are making substantial investments in new digital technologies and skills to enhance our regulatory processes and management of information.
Job description
Principal Responsibilities
- Responsible for designing and leading the team to administer the approach for managing IT service transitions and change.
- Make recommendations on go-live, early-life support and service acceptance
- Ensure that the acceptance criteria are understood by the wider IT operations
- Manage operational readiness review on behalf of ITDD.
- Reporting on service transition, change, category and success rate and taking remedial action in response to any negative trends
- Ensuring service transition resources are in place to support successful service delivery
- Embed all change and service transition processes throughout the ITDD team, the organisation and associated third parties
- Responsible for decision making on change implementation slots
- Ensuring personal knowledge and exposure to change management and service transition methods remains up to date, appropriate and relevant.
- Ensuring that the capacity and capability of the team match its current and future requirements
Person specification
ONR is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome and encourage applications from all applicants. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptations to ensure the recruitment process is inclusive and barrier-free. For example, providing job descriptions in alternative formats, and providing communication support and accessible venues. If you would like to discuss how we can support you, please contact (ONR.Human-Resources@onr.gov.uk/ or 0203 028 0133 / 0203 028 0120) who will be able to provide further information and discuss any reasonable adjustments you may need during the recruitment process. We will offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Applicants also have the choice to opt into our Guaranteed Interview Scheme when completing their application where we will offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
ONR recognises it has a role to play in helping those leaving the Armed Forces (veterans) and have introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans. This is part of a Government initiative known as the Great Place to Work for veterans. Veterans are officially defined as anyone who has served for at least one day in His Majestys Armed Forces (Regular or Reserve). All veterans who meet the minimum critera for a role will be invited to interview and they have the choice to opt into this scheme when completing their application. To be eligible to apply for roles under the initiative, veterans must meet certain eligibility criteria below;
- have served for at least one year in His Majesty’s Armed Forces (as a Regular or Reserve)
- be in transition from, or ceased to be a member of, His Majestys Armed Forces; and
- not already be employed by ONR
Essential Qualifications
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation V4 – Essential
Desirable Qualifications
- AMPG Change Management Foundation Certificate or equivalent – Desirable
Skills/Job Related Expertise
Essential
- ITIL Foundation accreditation, in particular expertise of Service Transition and Change processes
- Experience of ITIL service delivery framework, with a focus on IT operations.
- Extensive experience of the planning and transition of IT Services into business as usual operations. Should have wider exposure to ITIL processes and familiar with IT operational processes.
- Understanding of the project delivery lifecycle and experience of delivering projects using this model.
- Experience with the deliverables within a Managed Service Operating Model
Desirable
- Experience of resource planning and forecasting for Service Design activities
Competencies
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong customer service awareness focus.
- Makes customer-oriented decisions.
- Works collaboratively with a range of people to support the wider business and service delivery agenda.
Benefits
£13,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
An annual leave allowance of 25 plus 8 days public holiday. There is also an entitlement to 1 privilege day. Your annual leave allowance will increase by 1 day each year up to a maximum of 30 days.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A civil service pension
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Selection process details
Please submit your application through the recruitment portal on the ONR website directly by clicking onto the link above apply at advertisers site where you can also download full job description.
For more information about this vacancy please contact:
E – Adrian.davies@onr.gov.uk
How To apply
Please submit your application through the recruitment portal.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 21st August 2023 at 23:45
Your application should include:
- CV to include a full record of your education and professional qualifications and a full employment history
- A suitability statement highlighting the essential skills and experience (please provide specific evidence/examples where possible up to a maximum of 350 words relating to each essential criteria) you will be prompted to copy and paste your statement into our online portal
- If you have any experience under desirable skills and experience, please also highlight these within your statement
Throughout our selection process, we will make decisions about your capability to do the job, based on evidence you provide against the essential criteria for the role which are detailed on the job description, if you are shortlisted you will be invited to a technical and competency-based interview. We will offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
Please note – if whilst completing your application, you use special characters such as (; - _ *) within your examples, Hireserve will convert these characters into symbols. We are currently unable to change this.
Whilst these examples will appear on your application, this will not prevent it from being reviewed at the shortlisting stage.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Job contact :
- Name : Adrian Davies
- Email : Adrian.Davies@onr.gov.uk
- Telephone : 07767185170
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- Email : ONR.Human-Resources@onr.gov.uk
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