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. 

The Clyde Programme Manager is responsible to the Strategy and Governance Assistant Head (S&G AH) for leading One Clyde Integrated Governance and NBC-level risk management processes. This includes leading support to senior boards, supporting production of the annual Business plan, ongoing work to stand up a One Clyde Mission Delivery Group and Integration Office, managing Clyde’s Third Order Assumptions and developing Clyde risk processes. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

You will support S&G AH in the development, communication and monitoring of Clyde strategy, including creation of the NBC Strategic Business Plan. You will support the generation and management of the base-wide Master Data Assumptions List to support the Strategic Programme and enable the generation of Third Order Assumptions into the financial planning cycle. 

You will lead on Clyde strategic governance, maintaining Clyde's Operation Governance Arrangements. You will support current Clyde senior governance forums (Directors Performance Review and Naval Base Board) and work with key stakeholders, including Clyde Directors, to provide suitable management information and continually improve and refine. This may include making better use of technology to improve the efficiency of reporting.

You will lead on improving risk management at Clyde, working with Directors to mature the strategic-level risk register and continuously improve the Clyde strategic risk management process. You will engage with wider initiatives, including Safety Management and Asset Management, to refine the Clyde strategic risk approach.

You will also have the opportunity to contribute to an ongoing change initiative to establish the One Clyde Mission Delivery Group and One Clyde Integration Office. This will involve working with a wide range of stakeholders to develop and mature the proposed changes, then implement them into normal business.

You will manage the Clyde Risk Manager and Deputy Programme Manager to help deliver these outputs and encourage their own personal development.

Person specification

You will play a pivotal role in embedding the Clyde Integration Office, and therefore you will have a positive approach to change. You will be curious about current ways of working, and be open to suggesting improvements.

You will role model a collaborative approach to engaging with stakeholders. You will be comfortable communicating with individuals of all grades and ranks, military and civilian, internal and external to MOD.

You will take a holistic approach to working with others, avoiding siloed working and adopting a 'One Clyde' approach. 

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.

Provisional sift date: Sift date 28 Jun 2024.

Provisional interview date: Tuesday 16 July. Interviews will be held in person.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

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.

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

• Seeing The Big Picture
• Changing and Improving

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

• Seeing The Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Leadership

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 meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

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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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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.