Located within the Directorate of Personnel area of the 4* Army HQ, I Dev Branch is responsible for all Army Apprenticeships, career development pathways and structures for all officers and soldiers, personal development opportunities, accreditation, transition policies, instructor development. The Deputy Head role is responsible for a broad scope of complex activities in the policy development, strategies and change programmes of individual development in the Army. Acting as the Programme Manager for the Talent Development Programme which consists of a number of projects including the Officer and Soldier Talent Management Systems, External Placements, Higher Education Pathway, Languages & Culture, Officer and Soldier Development Pathway and Civil Servant Development in line with D Pers' priorities and plans.

The MOD Information Head of Professions role was created to deliver professional and functional capability in line with cross-Government strategy, to the MOD, its agencies and the Armed Services, providing a single, departmental focal point for the Information related professions (Information Technology (IT), Information Assurance (IA) and Knowledge and Information Management (KIM)). The MOD Information Professions Deputy Head leads a team responsible for providing a coherent requirement for the supply of Defence Information professionals, managing Information professionals, setting and evaluating professional standards and training/qualification requirements as well as Information management training and education for all MOD users of it. It is also responsible for professional standards and stakeholder engagement within Defence and externally across Government, professional bodies and industry.

The Commercial Reform Programme is a major transformation programme for the UK Central Government which is coordinating all aspects relating to the establishment of the new Crown Commercial Service (CCS). The CCS is a new Executive Agency and Trading Fund of the Cabinet Office which will transform how procurement and commercial services are managed across Government; it will provide an end-to-end procurement service for all Government departments, using insights based on real, up-to-date market knowledge to help identify and shape requirements and provide an efficient procurement service and to get the best value for money for the Public Purse. The People Transition Lead is responsible for managing the people impacts of aggregating 'common goods and services' spend in to the CCS from across 17 Government departments. This includes negotiating with departments to agree numbers of in-scope staff, departmental and National Trade Union engagement, delivering effective employee communications and managing staff transfers into CCS through Machinery of Government/COSoP arrangements.

- Lead on the human resources and employee engagement issues relating to the DIO Strategic Business Model proposals, transition and implementation; - Lead and manage the people aspects of the procurement for the preferred DIO Strategic Business Partner- Lead Trade Union engagement

Lead and manage the overall provision of Human Resources services, incl. the people transition elements of the transfer of MyCSP to a Mutual Joint Venture model.- Strategic lead for HR policy development (to support move from a public sector organisation to a commercial company); workforce planning; resourcing; learning & development; performance management; talent management; employee engagement; payroll management (through a 3rd party provider); HR services (in-house team); Pension scheme; Trade Union relations

The Civilian Personnel Office is the focal point for all matters pertaining to the recruitment, administration, management, employment, remuneration and discharge of international and locally hired civilian personnel employed by ISAF HQ or by other common funded establishments in the ISAF area of operation. The Theatre Civilian Personnel Officer (CPO) is the principal point of contact for civilian employees on matters affecting their welfare, general terms and conditions of service employed in ISAF Theatre. The CPO provides senior leadership with civilian personnel management expertise.

One of the key elements in ensuring that the Armed Forces of a nation are democratically controlled and held responsible to the people - through Parliament - is establishing a strong civilian component within the Ministry of Defence. This helps to ensure that policy is developed which is impartial and not influenced by self-interest, helps to ensure that Parliamentary control and scrutiny are properly maintained, and also helps to reduce the risk of military insurgency and coup.The Afghan MOD has hitherto been an exclusively military organisation and this project aims to build a civil service capacity in the Afghan MOD, to transform it into an organisation capable of functioning as an effective and democratically controlled Department of State.The Afghan MOD Civilianisation Project Manager reports to the Afghan Minister of Defence and makes a real difference to the long term development of Afghanistan.Responsibilities include: • Development of Afghan MOD structures to shift towards civil primacy; • Capacity building of existing staff; • Recruiting, posting and career progression; • Training and professional development; • Retention policy • Mentoring of Afghan MOD staffThese activities need to be closely co-ordinated with the Afghan MOD and with the Civil Service Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the US-led Coalition.