About the job

Job summary

Looking for a role with real-world impact? Do you have the passion and dedication to be part of an ambitious organization at the forefront of supporting the Ministry of Defence to ensure the safety of personnel? If so, then the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) would like to hear from you!

The successful applicant will be a member of Certification Division's, Structures and Aircraft Design Standards branch, where they will be the lead project manager and editor for all MAA-managed Aircraft Design Standards (ADS).

We’ll provide the training to develop your knowledge and skills, enabling you to effectively undertake your responsibilities. You’ll have the authority and autonomy to deliver objectives while remaining accountable to the Head of Branch for the delivery of the Def Stan 00-970 management plan.

You can learn more about the Military Aviation Authority on our website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/military-aviation-authority The MAA are the military equivalent to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week and is based at MOD Abbey Wood North.

Job description

You will lead a highly knowledgeable team to develop and maintain the Defence Standards 00-970 in support of the Certification of new UK military Air Systems and design changes, covering Fixed and Rotary Wing aircraft, Remotely Piloted Air Systems and aero-engines.

The key responsibilities include;

Effective coordination of stakeholders to improve the content and quality of certification specifications, to support MAA air safety activity, update and upkeep the ADS-managed Defence Standards.

Project management of Defence Standard 00-970 updates, including: collaborating closely with Subject Matter Experts within Certification Division and wider-MAA; writing and maintaining project schedules and ensuring that milestones are met; and assuring the editorial output.

Support the MAA, DE&S Delivery Teams, and Industry by providing appropriate and timely direction and guidance regarding ADS-managed Defence Standards; collaborating closely with Certification Division Subject Matter Experts where additional technical guidance is required.

Attendance at NATO standardisation agreement ‘STANAG’ working groups (including Remotely-Piloted Air Systems STANAGs 4671, 4702, 4703 and 4746), ensuring the MAA and its interests are appropriately represented. (A STANAG defines processes, procedures or equipment between member countries of the alliance).

Leadership and development of ADS section personnel.

Person specification

Essential

• You will need to be able to achieve Professional registration at I Eng level within 18 months of appointment.
• You will be expected to have a strong AeroSystems engineering background.
• We will need you to demonstrate that you have experience of working in a leadership role in a team environment.

Desirable

• Practical experience of working with certification standards will be an advantage.
• We will welcome applicants with practical experience of the development or assessment of aircraft level performance and technical requirements.
• Experience of the application of Military Air System Certification Process (MACP) will be beneficial

 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

You will need to submit a CV which will demonstrate your Career History, Qualifications and Key Achievements and a Personal Statement (no longer than 500 words).

Please note that personal statements that exceed the 500-word limit may result in the candidate being sifted out.

The initial application will consist of your CV and statement of suitability.

If you wish to apply for this vacancy, you must submit your application by 23:55 on the closing date.

Once submitted your application will be acknowledged by the Government Recruitment Service.

A panel will then assess your application (CV and statement of suitability) to see if you are a good match for the role.

Failure to address any or all of the Essential/Desirable criteria specified in the advert may affect your application.

Sift results are expected to be released 2 weeks from closing date.

If successful at sift, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles elements;

Behaviours

• Leadership
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing 

Technical skills

• Airworthiness ACS1.1 Defence Aviation Context (Awareness level)
• Airworthiness ACS2.1: Type Certification (Awareness level)
• Airworthiness ACS4.1: Aircraft Systems (Practitioner level)

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans 

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: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

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

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.

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

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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.