About the job

Job summary

We are looking for a confident manager with exceptional communication skills and the ability to remain highly disciplined and organised. This unique role needs an energetic and enthusiastic team leader to deliver tangible support to an integral part of the UK’s Air Defence Network. No two days are the same and whilst the role will stretch your influencing and communication skills and fully challenge your problem-solving abilities, it is also immensely rewarding. You will be responsible for infrastructure delivery at RAF Boulmer as well as the geographically dispersed radar and communications sites across the UK. Whilst the team’s work is challeging and diverse across the many business areas, you will be working alongside many specialists who are on hand to provide support; the key criteria for success are excellent people skills and the desire to build a strong team. There will be a requirement to travel to other stations and locations as part of this role.

 This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. 

Job description

Working alongside military and industry colleagues, you will provide advice and guidance on all matters relating to infrastructure for RAF Boulmer and Air Surveillance and Control Systems sites UK-wide. This includes alerting the HoE to Urgent Estate Requirements and emerging programme dependencies to ensure the business needs are met.

 The post holder will support the Head of Establishment (HOE) Station Commander by: 

• Assessing the infrastructure plans for all programmes and projects at RAF Boulmer and supported sites around the UK.
• Acting as the “Intelligent End User” and single point of contact for all infrastructure delivery issues to ensure that the Station Commander’s duties, as Head of Establishment, are met and that the estate is maintained to an optimal standard. 
• Effectively understanding, communicating and responding to urgent estate requirements, short notice infrastructure issues, and risks to life and/or operational capability.
• Managing the local infrastructure funds in accordance with HQ policy and prioritise spending within a locally agreed framework.
• Reporting monthly on plans and delivery across the infrastructure area as well as completing performance and risk reporting.
•  Building networks and working collaboratively with other agencies and contractors, including the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Industry Partners, and HQ staff, to facilitate efficient and value for money infrastructure delivery. 
• Representing the HoE at infrastructure meetings and as required. As chair of siting boards, the post holder will conduct design and construction reviews to deconflict existing operational outputs, ensure safeguarding of capability is maintained, and to ensure the business need is met.
• Leading and supporting the infrastructure delivery team; you will be line manager for a combination of 3 regular and reserve Service Personnel and 3 Civil Service colleagues.
• Briefing at an executive level to relevant stakeholders on infrastructure risks and programme progress.
• These tasks are not exhaustive, and you may be required to undertake other tasks within the remit of your grade. 

Person specification

The position requires excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to build strong trust-based relationships with a range of stakeholders across the Station. Whilst previous experience in the infrastructure area would be an advantage, it is not essential; an energetic approach and willingness to learn is just as important.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 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 and Experience.

Candidates will apply online providing a statement of suitability and evidence of how they have demonstrated the Civil Service Success profile Behaviours. If invited to interview you will be asked to give a short 5 minute presentation on ‘dealing with a difficult or challenging scenario’. Please do not prepare any power point slides as there will not be any IT facilities available 

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

 

• Seeing the Bigger Picture
• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

 

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

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

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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.