About the job

Job summary

His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde (HMNB Clyde) is home to the United Kingdom’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, Astute Class Attack Submarines, First Mine Counter Measure Squadron and 43 Cdo Royal Marines. It is an operational support and maintenance base, within the Navy Command TLB and comprises both Faslane and Coulport sites. HMNB Clyde’s primary purpose is to provide engineering and logistical support to the Royal Navy in maintaining Continuous at Sea Deterrent (CASD). This is achieved by ensuring at least one Vanguard Class submarine is on patrol at sea every day of the year.                  

RNAD Coulport is responsible for the storage, processing, maintenance and issue of the Trident Weapon System and the ammunitioning of all submarine-embarked tactical weapons.  

HMNB Clyde is the single operational home of the Submarine Service and will become the United Kingdom’s Submarine Centre of Excellence. This single integrated operating base is to ensure that the Royal Navy can deliver its operational commitments across all Defence Lines of Development from Scotland on an enduring basis. This transition will provide excellent opportunities for commencing and developing exciting and challenging careers within the Civil Service across a broad range of functions and numerous skillsets in direct support of output delivery.

This post is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Authorised Demander Telecoms Support & Security post is part of Support & Security Department under the Deputy Head Infrastructure Directorate. As the successful candidate you will be part of a 6-person team delivering ITC Services to HMNB Clyde and its off-site stations. You will be delivering customer requirements and technology changes to Telecoms Services to the user community on these sites.

As a Deputy Authorised Telecommunications Officer for HMNB Clyde you will be responsible for the management of Navy Command Telecoms Service and Requirements Management processes as follows:  

• Manage customer requirements through Telephone Request Form process & Navy Command financial approval route for all NSI & Non NSI Telecoms services including Secure Speech, Video Conferencing, Broadband, Pagers etc ensuring robust business case & value for money.
• Update site records to maintain configuration control of site telecommunications infrastructure.
• Manage the provision of mobile services & usage services ensuring devices are connected to the best tariff to offer value for money. Ensuring issue of appropriate carriage certificates & User SyOps sign off.  
• Maintain asset registers for telecom assets Pagers/Mobiles/Direct Exchange Lines & review holdings annually i.a.w DDP 311.
• Act as focal point for fault reporting, progression, rectification & maintain the fault log i.a.w DDP 311 & AC 28.
• Upkeep of the Mobile Telecommunications Privilege Access scheme (MTPAS) for the NERO i.a.w the Site Safety Justification Plan for nuclear telecom systems.
• Act as intelligent customer to manage nuclear  & non nuclear telecommunication services in support of current and future business and other enabling objectives. Monitoring contractor performance to ensure contract timescales & service deliverables are adhered to. Ensure compliance to DDP311, JSP 440; JSP740, Base Policy, AC 19 & 20 and Site Safety Justification Plan for nuclear telecom systems.
• Manage & deliver a full audit programme of telecommunication assets which includes Fallbacks/Landlines/eVTC/Mobiles/Pagers covering every asset at least once annually.
• Act as departmental  Local Security Officer in assisting with MODNET Laptop Bitlockers resets for NBC Staff.
• Maintain Defence Digital Contractors Access Lists; car permits and laptop carriage authorisations.
• Conduct monthly Fallback functional tests and review and up issue the Fallback telephone directory yearly.
• Act as Departmental Authorised Motor Transport Supervisor for Official Work Vehicle.

Person specification

To be successful in this position you need to be a good organiser, who can interrogate information and make sound judgements. You should also have good written and verbal communications skills and enjoy collaborative working and stakeholder management. Lastly working in an operational environment you will need to have flexibility to adapt and accommodate changing priorities.

Previous working knowledge and experience of working in a Telecoms delivery environment, in a project or requirements management role or as an Authorised Telecommunications Officer or Local Security Officer are highly desirable.

A Full UK driving licence, is also highly desirable to visit departments and sites across the Clyde Estate.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 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 be required to provide a statement of suitability.(500)

At sift, you will be assessed against your statement of suitability and the following Behaviours: 

• Leadership
• Making effective decisions
• Working together 
• Managing a quality service

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Making effective decisions
• Working together 
• Managing a quality service

Interview timing to be confirmed. 

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

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The minimum level of security needed for Navy Command staff is Security Check

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.

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 

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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.