24/7 Major Incident Manager

  • Telford
  • Parhaol
  • Cau ar: Tach 30 2025
  • £45,544 - £49,523
HMRC is looking for a dynamic and proactive Major Incident Manager to join our team, playing a pivotal role in safeguarding the reliability and resilience of our IT estate.

As a Major Incident Manager, you will be at the heart of our response to major IT incidents and escalations, working collaboratively across the organisation 365 days a year. You will champion rapid and effective incident management to restore services swiftly, minimising disruption to business operations and ensuring our colleagues and customers experience the highest standards of service quality and availability.

In this exciting role, you will:
• Assess complex situations and make decisive interventions to resolve major incidents.
• Rapidly coordinate resolution activities and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including 3rd parties.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and act as a trusted point of contact for business areas, translating technical information into clear, accessible language.
• Provide visible leadership, taking ownership of issues and inspiring teams to deliver outstanding incident management.
• Go beyond technical expertise, demonstrating initiative, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Respond to IT incidents and flex to support higher organisational priorities as needed.

This post is not a highly technical role, and the ability to provide visible leadership, rapidly take ownership of emerging issues and proactively direct activities is critical to this role.

The Role

Due to operational needs, this post can only be offered as Full-time only.

This role can offer hybrid working, but 60% of your time must be spent within our Telford bridge operations room. You must therefore be able to commute to the Telford location and initial training will be entirely office based in Telford.

You will be joining a team that provides round the clock cover and service, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.

This role attracts an Annual Attendance Allowance (AAA) payment which is typically a 26.11% monthly payment on top of your basic salary. This payment could vary to reflect the specific type and number of unsocial hours you are rostered to work.

You will perform your contracted hours on an annualised hours basis, working fixed shift patterns over a 4 week rostering period consisting of days, nights, weekends and public holidays.

The total number of hours worked over the 4 week rostering period is 148 hours. This is not inclusive of breaks which are unpaid.

If the rostered shift falls on a Bank Holiday, colleagues are expected to work this.

Typically, in 2 out of the 4 weeks, there is a requirement to work 52.75 hours per week, and in the other 2 weeks, a requirement to work 21.25 hours per week. This is subject to change in accordance with business needs.

Current (typical) shift patterns are as follows:

Week 1:
Monday 6:45am - 7pm
Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 7am - 7pm

Week 2:
Wednesday 6:45am - 7pm
Thursday 7am to 7pm

Week 3:
Monday 6:45pm - 7am
Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 7pm - 7am

Week 4:
Wednesday 6:45pm - 7am
Thursday 7pm - 7am

Please note that allowances paid within HMRC are subject to change in accordance with respective policy changes, the Annual Attendance Allowance is currently under review.

The team also operate a further out of hours on call rota which colleagues are expected to join once fully trained. Colleagues joining the rota will be reimbursed as per HMRC policy.

Person specification

We are seeking a dynamic individual with extensive experience in handling Major Incidents within a large, multi-functional organisation. You should possess a deep understanding of both business and service impacts.

A strong and effective leader, you are self-motivated, resilient, and confident in working both proactively and reactively. You are comfortable delivering reports and briefings to senior leaders.

As an excellent communicator, you can set the right tone for both business and technical audiences. You thrive in a team environment and quickly build strong working relationships across multiple locations. Additionally, you are open minded, ready to consider the ideas of others, and readily accept feedback on your work.

Responsibilities:
  • Facilitating and directing Major Incident resolution activity.
  • Producing high quality communications for business and technical audiences within tight timescales.
  • Challenging others to facilitate service restoration, while constantly reprioritising tasks and workload.
  • Understand IT issues from a customer perspective, draw logical conclusions and make sensible suggestions whilst negotiating with suppliers.
  • Proactively participating in post incident reviews and any residual recovery activity.
  • Making critical decisions in relation to incidents/changes required out of hours.
  • Working closely with partners to provide assurance of delivery to support Key Business Events.
Please note: Security Check (SC) clearance level, either already held or willing to obtain, is a requirement of this role. Please see Additional Security Information and Security sections below.

Essential Criteria:

We are looking for an experienced Major Incident Manager who clearly demonstrates the below:
• Proven experience in managing major IT incidents, including triage, escalation and resolution within a complex organisational environment.
• Capable of managing multiple incidents simultaneously, prioritising tasks effectively and maintaining focus in a constantly evolving environment to deliver rapid results.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences ensuring everyone is aligned.
• Demonstrates a positive influence on teams and excels at building strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
• Strong and effective leadership.

Desirable Criteria:
• Existing knowledge of how a business service is supported by the IT.
• Service Management experience within a large organisation and meaningful experience in IT Operational Management.
• Proven dedication to IT Service Management standard methodologies, along with a track record of delivering continuous improvement in a customer centric environment.
• ITIL Foundation V3 or V4 and a fundamental understanding of the Major Incident Management function and how to apply it.

Additional Location information - Transitional sites:

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations .

It's important to note this is not a long-term site for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time:
  • Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford.
You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
  • Technical understanding.
Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,544, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £13,194 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
  • Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
  • Family friendly policies.
  • Personal support.
  • Coaching and development.
To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it's really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service .

Things you need to know

Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

How to Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:
  • A name-blind CV, to include your job history and previous skills/experience. Please give a brief summary of what you delivered and any key achievements in each role (max 100-words per role), covering up to your last 5 jobs/roles. Your CV will be scored against the experience required outlined in the advert.
  • A 250-word Personal Statement, describing how your skills and experience would be suitable for the role, using evidence to align that experience to the role Responsibilities and Essential Criteria.
Please also provide a statement (max 250-words) for the Desirable Criteria , if applicable to you, on the application form. This is not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy-holder where candidates have the same scores at sift or interview.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on the CV.

At full sift your CV and Personal Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, you will be asked Experience-based questions that let you demonstrate your experience and skills relevant to the role. We will also discuss what you can bring to the role and ask you to talk through examples of your accomplishments.

There will also be a Technical written task involved, with details to be shared with candidates during the interview. There is no need to prepare for this task.

Please see technical skills associated to this role: Incident manager - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework

Interviews will take place via video link (Microsoft Teams).

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days(Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - 'Please re-open my application - [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]'

To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application .

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles - if this applies to you, we'll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.

Criminal Record Check

Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.

Merit List

After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.

Hybrid working at HMRC

HMRC is an office-based organisation, and colleagues are expected to spend 60% of their working time in the office. Our offices provide opportunity for interaction, collaboration which aids learning and development and a sense of community. Where the role allows it, and where the home environment is suitable, colleagues can work from home for up to 2 days a week, averaged over a calendar month (or a proportionate amount of time for colleagues who work less than full time).

Reasonable Adjustments

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
  • Contact the UBS Recruitment Team via unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the "Assistance required" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Additional Security Information

Please note: in addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, all candidates must also obtain National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level for this vacancy. You will normally need to meet the minimum UK residency period as determined by the level of vetting being undertaken, which for SC is 5 years UK residency prior to your vetting application. If you have any questions about this residency requirement, please speak to the vacancy holder for this post.

Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers

Please note that this role is unsuitable for contractual homeworkers due to the nature and/or requirements of the role.

Terms and Conditions

Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.

HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations .

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.

Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application(s) will be withdrawn from the process.

Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.

Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band.

Please note that if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract.

If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

For more Information for people applying for, or thinking of applying for, roles at HM Revenue and Customs, please see link: Working for HMRC: information for applicants - GOV.UK .

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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.

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.

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) .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :
  • Name : Margaret Tron Eglintine
  • Email : margaret.tron@hmrc.gov.uk
  • Telephone : 03000557674
Recruitment team
  • Email : unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of the Recruitment Principles.

In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via ubsrecruitmentcomplaints@hmrc.gov.uk. Please note that we do not accept complaints or appeals regarding scoring of outcomes of campaigns unless candidates can provide clear evidence that the campaign did not follow the Recruitment Principles.

If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their website.

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