Lead M365 Specialist

The Pensions Regulator; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Learning & development

Civil Service Pension

Job summary

The Pensions Regulator is seeking a Lead M365 Specialist in Brighton. You will act as a Microsoft 365 expert, focusing on SharePoint and the broader M365 ecosystem, including Purview governance, and support Copilot readiness and adoption.

You will develop roadmaps, govern cloud solutions, and collaborate with stakeholders to implement new applications while ensuring robust documentation and governance across the M365 platform.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of MS Purview and other MS product-based solutions.
• Thorough understanding of MS 365 core technologies, especially SharePoint administration.
• Designing and updating MS 365 solutions and roadmaps with clear user documentation.
• Increase user adoption and support CAB in delivering implementations.
• Certification in Microsoft 365 with experience delivering MS 365 solutions.

Responsibilities

• Act as a specialist on Microsoft 365, SharePoint and the modern collaboration suite.
• Configure and govern Microsoft Purview and related MS products.
• Provide MS 365 technical support for Copilot readiness, testing and adoption.
• Develop and implement changes to the systems described.
• Collaborate with teams to build roadmaps and ensure requirements are met.
• Perform admin tasks: monitoring storage, governance and lifecycle management.
• Work with other teams on system integrations, data migration and automated testing.

Skills

SharePoint admin

M365 knowledge

CAB participation

Cloud governance

Documentation

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft 365 Suite

Job description

Role title: Lead M365 Specialist

TPR grade & pay group: Grade 7 & Digital

Directorate: Digital, Data & Technology

Salary: £66,689.00 Per Annum

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Brighton: Hybrid (6 days per month in the office)

The Role And Responsibilities

• Act as a specialist on the Microsoft 365 Suite of products, particularly SharePoint and the modern collaborative suite of products available in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.
• Act as a specialist on configuring and governing Microsoft Purview.
• Provide Microsoft 365 technical expertise to support Copilot readiness, testing and adoption, identifying dependencies and supporting integration across the wider M365 platform.
• Develop and implement changes to the systems mentioned above.
• Liaise with the M365 Product Owner and internal customers to build a roadmap of applications to implement into TPR, ensuring that business requirements of the application are fulfilled.
• Perform administrative tasks for the applications (monitoring storage, governance and site lifecycle management etc)
• Collaborate with other teams to develop system integrations, data migration and automated testing.

The role criteria

• Knowledge of MS Purview and other MS product-based solutions.
• Maintaining a thorough understanding of existing and emerging Microsoft 365 core technologies in particular SharePoint administration
• Designing and updating Microsoft 365 solutions and technical roadmaps, as well as producing high-quality documentation and user guides for the wider business.
• Increase user adoption.
• Acting as a part of the Change Advisory Board (CAB) whilst delivering technical implementations
• Championing Microsoft 365-based solutions embracing new functionality.
• Overseeing the delivery of cloud solutions, in line with business objectives
• Microsoft 365 certification, with demonstrable experience delivering Microsoft 365 solutions in a fast-paced environment.

The team

Our vision is to use digital, data, and technology to revolutionise pension regulation, making it more efficient, secure, transparent, and customer centred. We believe only our people can change things. In DDaT, we’re customer obsessed, whether the customer is a saver, scheme provider, a user in one of our teams or one of our immediate colleagues. We focus on outcomes, are willing to experiment, collaborate and learn with our colleagues. We need brilliant people to help bring our ambitions to life.

TPR Offers

• Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
• A values-led, inclusive environment.
• Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
• A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Mental Health, Women’s).

Reward And Benefits

We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.

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Our culture

TPR strives to be a high-performing organisation, and we prioritise our people's growth and well-being. We offer various learning, secondment and development opportunities, support flexible working, and foster a diverse and inclusive environment.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is very important to us and we strive to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our modern Brighton offices are in Telecom House overlooking Preston Park, they are over two floors of a shared building facility and when designed in 2023 we followed the government’s workplace design guide to ensure accessibility by design was achieved for our section.

We're proud to have a range of networks and opportunities to bring people together with supportive and safe spaces to connect with one another.

About The Pensions Regulator

With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe.

Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We’re committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society.

Find out more about us.

Selection and interview

If you are shortlisted for interview, we’ll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria will be an offered an interview. Please note that if we receive a high volume of Disability Confident applicants, we reserve the right to offer an interview to those who best meet the essential criteria.

Diversity and inclusion

TPR is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace, creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported, represented and do their best work.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.

Further information

Please visit our website to find out what it is like to work at TPR, our culture, interview process and our commitment to our employees.

If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email [e-mail] .