Jobs with MOD/GCHQ etc.
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Hi All.
Am looking for a career change. Currently work in finance as an insight manager, so working with massive databases, on SQL, SAS, VB etc to get data out, and providing reporting, insight and analysis to the top of the company and external organisations etc.
It pays well, but being finance can never be all that interesting, or meaningful.
Have always liked the idea of doing a similar thing for the MOD, or GCHQ or someone like this. Something meaningful that actually benefits society.
However, haven't been able to find a decent jobs portal for this type of job, other than the generic graduate schemes etc, and given that I am a very experienced senior manager, was not really wanting to start off again at the bottom!
Does anyone work in this sector, or know of the approach to it?
Am looking for a career change. Currently work in finance as an insight manager, so working with massive databases, on SQL, SAS, VB etc to get data out, and providing reporting, insight and analysis to the top of the company and external organisations etc.
It pays well, but being finance can never be all that interesting, or meaningful.
Have always liked the idea of doing a similar thing for the MOD, or GCHQ or someone like this. Something meaningful that actually benefits society.
However, haven't been able to find a decent jobs portal for this type of job, other than the generic graduate schemes etc, and given that I am a very experienced senior manager, was not really wanting to start off again at the bottom!
Does anyone work in this sector, or know of the approach to it?
0000 said:
Thanks 0sI had looked on this, and took these to be the entry/low level vacancies.
The MOD recruitment process is massively biased to internal advancement. Every vacancy needs huge justification to go out to the open market and most don't get there.
In my experience the MOD desperately need some decent technical IT managers but the impetus to recruit from other industries is low. If you want to work in analytics with the MOD (or the NHS as another large organisation awash with data but struggling for meaningful information) I'd suggest doing it via a consultancy organisation rather than as an employee.
Edit: The CS Jobs portal is where all the jobs are advertised but as I say, many never make it to the open market: https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/in...
In my experience the MOD desperately need some decent technical IT managers but the impetus to recruit from other industries is low. If you want to work in analytics with the MOD (or the NHS as another large organisation awash with data but struggling for meaningful information) I'd suggest doing it via a consultancy organisation rather than as an employee.
Edit: The CS Jobs portal is where all the jobs are advertised but as I say, many never make it to the open market: https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/in...
ewenm said:
The MOD recruitment process is massively biased to internal advancement. Every vacancy needs huge justification to go out to the open market and most don't get there.
In my experience the MOD desperately need some decent technical IT managers but the impetus to recruit from other industries is low. If you want to work in analytics with the MOD (or the NHS as another large organisation awash with data but struggling for meaningful information) I'd suggest doing it via a consultancy organisation rather than as an employee.
Edit: The CS Jobs portal is where all the jobs are advertised but as I say, many never make it to the open market: https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/in...
thanks for that. will have a look to see if I can work out which consultancies those are then. I assume there are a handful of preferred ones. I work with quite a few contractors, so will ask if they have any visibility of other opportunities like this. They prob look a this sort of work as not being well paid enough In my experience the MOD desperately need some decent technical IT managers but the impetus to recruit from other industries is low. If you want to work in analytics with the MOD (or the NHS as another large organisation awash with data but struggling for meaningful information) I'd suggest doing it via a consultancy organisation rather than as an employee.
Edit: The CS Jobs portal is where all the jobs are advertised but as I say, many never make it to the open market: https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/in...
98elise said:
eliot said:
Posting this thread will probably exclude you from anything interesting so to speak.
I was thinking exactly the same thing. The last thing GCHQ would be looking for is someone advertising that want to work at GCHQ with access to data.Good morning GCHQ
https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/f?type=all&ke...
Efbe said:
98elise said:
eliot said:
Posting this thread will probably exclude you from anything interesting so to speak.
I was thinking exactly the same thing. The last thing GCHQ would be looking for is someone advertising that want to work at GCHQ with access to data.Good morning GCHQ
https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/f?type=all&ke...
The Moose said:
98elise said:
I don't have a facebook account so you will have to enlighten me
Presume it's his LinkedIn page trying to get them to recruit through the thread?!98elise said:
The Moose said:
98elise said:
I don't have a facebook account so you will have to enlighten me
Presume it's his LinkedIn page trying to get them to recruit through the thread?!Jakg said:
If your looking at the analysis side, even at a management level, bear in mind the police also do something similar (civilian staff, not officers).
interesting, I hadn't thought of that.I would also be interested in something more along the lines of scientific research, though have no idea how well my skills would fit in there!
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