Army - Developer (Power Platforms)

UK Ministry of Defence; Andover; On-site; GBP 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at the UK Ministry of Defence as a member of the Development Team within the Information Capability Support Team (ICST). You will design, build, and implement digital solutions using Microsoft Power Platform tools to enhance workflows and efficiency. This role offers the chance to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and contribute to meaningful projects that impact the Army Headquarters.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Pension contribution: 28.97%

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Enhanced parental and adoption leave

Learning and Development

Access to on-Site Gym

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and managing solutions using Microsoft tools.
• Ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary contact for end users, improving workflows.
• Design and implement digital solutions using Microsoft tools.
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for solutions.

Skills

Solution focused

Customer focused

Experience in communicating and influencing

Organising and planning

Strong leadership

Education

Knowledge & Information Management

Cyber Security

Business Management

Tools

Microsoft 365 products

Microsoft Power Platform Suite

SharePoint Online

Power Apps

Power Automate

Power BI

Job description

Andover, SP11 8HT

We are passionate about Smarter Working and believe that a combination of flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance, while ensuing you deliver your outcomes effectively and efficiently – we expect you to know where to be to have the most impact, balancing your individual needs with that of your team and the organisation. However, recognising the benefits of face to face working, especially for new joiners, there is an expectation that you would be in the office at least 60% of the time (3 days a week).

Job Summary

The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants, with the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) accounting for around 12,000 of them across more than 300 locations. Our workforce is diverse, encompassing roles such as trainers, human resources, teachers, psychologists, storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. Each function and profession play a crucial role in delivering key outputs for the Army, making data-driven insights essential for understanding our workforce.

We are committed to delivering exceptional results for our customers while respecting your work-life balance. Our industry-leading flexible working practices provide you with the freedom to balance work and personal life effectively. At Army Headquarters, our people are our greatest asset. We foster an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and perform at their best. You will be part of a diverse and supportive community, whether working alongside project teams with a shared vision or participating in employee networks of like-minded individuals. By celebrating different backgrounds and perspectives, we achieve outstanding results together.

The Information Capability Support Team (ICST) is a centralised digital support hub at the core of Army Headquarters (AHQ), providing first-line assistance for MODNet and enabling smarter, more connected ways of working across the organisation.

ICST is made up of five specialist teams, each delivering essential services to the entire AHQ community:

• SharePoint Admin Team – Ensures seamless collaboration and content management through expert SharePoint support.
• Development Team – Champions innovation by designing digital tools and automations that streamline workflows and enhance productivity.
• Digital Skills & Development Team – Builds digital confidence across AHQ through tailored upskilling and learning opportunities.
• Security Risk Team – Maintains digital resilience by managing information assurance and mitigating cyber risks.
• HelpPoint Team – Acts as the first point of contact for MODNet support, resolving issues quickly to keep everyone connected.
  
  

What makes ICST unique is its reach: team members work with a wide range of stakeholders across all grades and ranks, offering exposure to diverse perspectives and challenges. This variety creates a dynamic environment where no two days are the same.

As a department, ICST plays a vital role in keeping AHQ online and operational—empowering people with the tools, knowledge, and support they need not just to do their jobs, but to do them better. The Development Team, in particular, leads the charge in creating smarter, more efficient ways of working that benefit the entire organisation.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job Description

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and evolving team committed to delivering outstanding customer service across the Army Headquarters.

As a member of the Development Team within the ICST, you will support personnel across Headquarters in designing, building, and implementing smarter working solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform suite—including Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI. These tools help streamline outdated processes, delivering significant time and cost savings across the organisation.

You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, from senior leadership to contractors and Civil Service colleagues. The team operates in a fast-paced environment that values professionalism, innovation, and a positive team culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a primary point of contact for end users, reviewing current workflows and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency using Microsoft Power Platform tools.
• Design, build, test, and implement digital solutions in line with current policy and guidance.
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance through regular reviews and updates, ensuring solutions remain effective and user-focused.
• Offer third-line support for technical queries submitted via ICST HelpPoint, using specialist knowledge and research.
• Engage in continuous learning through training and collaboration with internal and external Power Platform communities to stay current with best practices and emerging tools.
• Work closely with the Service Desk Manager, Power Platform community, SharePoint Admin Team, Security Team, O365 Digital Skills Manager, and end users to understand needs and deliver high-quality service.
• Contribute to the development of standard procedures and process improvements to enhance team performance and service delivery.
  
  

Learning & Development Opportunities:

• Professional development in areas such as Knowledge & Information Management, Cyber Security, and Business Management.
• Personal development opportunities including leadership, problem-solving, assertiveness, and coaching/mentoring.
  
  

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and evolving team committed to delivering outstanding customer service across the Army Headquarters.

As a member of the Development Team within the ICST, you will support personnel across Headquarters in designing, building, and implementing smarter working solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform suite—including Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI. These tools help streamline outdated processes, delivering significant time and cost savings across the organisation.

You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, from senior leadership to contractors and Civil Service colleagues. The team operates in a fast-paced environment that values professionalism, innovation, and a positive team culture.

Learning & Development Opportunities:

• Professional development in areas such as Knowledge & Information Management, Cyber Security, and Business Management.
• Personal development opportunities including leadership, problem-solving, assertiveness, and coaching/mentoring.
  
  

Person specification

Organisational skills, accuracy, and attention to detail will be key. If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Essential Skills Required:

• Solution focused.
• Experience of designing, testing, documenting, implementing and managing solutions using Microsoft 365 products including SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams & Microsoft Power Platform Suite.
• Experience in customer focused roles.
• Experience in communicating and influencing.
• Demonstrate your ability to engage with stakeholders at varying levels.
• Elaborate on your proficiency in organising, planning, and working to deadlines.
• Experience/ Knowledge around exploiting information to support organisational goals.
• Experience of managing own workload, working independently and as part of a team.
• Able to provide examples of Strong and empowering leadership.
• Good working knowledge of Applying relevant legislation Customer focused.
  
  

Desirable Skills:

• Good understanding of information security such as the requirements for DPIA’s (Data Protection Impact Statement).
• Experience in working in a military environment.
  
  

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
  
  

Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.

Other Benefits For Army Civil Servants Include:

• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Pension contribution: 28.97%
• Personal and professional development of skills
• Alternative working patterns for many roles
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave
• 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
• Learning and Development
• Free Parking
• Access to on-Site Gym
  
  

We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.

A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this 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.

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 https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.

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.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

• Personal Statement - No more than 750 words evidencing your relevant experience in line with the person specification section on this advert. Please demonstrate your ability to engage with stakeholders at varying levels and elaborate on your proficiency in organising, planning, and working to deadlines.
• Behaviours
• Changing & Improving
• Communicating & Influencing
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
  

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

Applications will be sifted using the Behaviours and Personal Statement that have been chosen for this campaign, but in the event of there being a high number of applications, a sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour 'Changing & Improving' only.

At interview stage you will be assessed against the following:

• Behaviours
• Changing & Improving
• Communicating & Influencing
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
  

Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed and will be held in person. We endeavour to keep to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.

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.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: [e-mail].

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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

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 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 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

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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 :

• Name : Emma Clements
• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

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: [e-mail].