About the job

Job summary

Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde (HMNB Clyde) is home to the United Kingdom’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, Astute Class Attack Submarines, Sandown Class Mine Hunter Vessels and 43 Cdo Royal Marines. We 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 HMNB Clyde Design Authority (DA) are responsible for adequate safety justification and design substantiation of the site’s nuclear facilities. We are looking for a senior planner to co-ordinate and align our activities into a rolling programme of work. This includes oversight and integration with our agreed industrial partners work programme.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

The DA Senior planner is responsible in leading a small team to develop, upkeep and run the DA Work Control System co-ordinating with the internal team and working with the DA senior leadership team to align the programme of work to the teams’ priorities. This includes:

• Development and management of the coordinated master schedule for the DA work, including integration with both Infrastructure and Operating programmes and other relevant work programmes.
• Production and upkeep of the DA RACI across all DA partners.
• Change Management / Control of the DA integrated schedule.
• Management of the DA integrated schedule resource management plan (including DA resource / skills baseline)
• Performance management and reporting against the DA integrated schedule.
• Assurance of delivery

The role will also provide management support to the Deputy Head Design Authority managing the Design Authority Risks, assistance in financial planning and reporting to the base management boards.

Person specification

To be considered for this role you will have:

• Meticulous planning and project management skills to deliver short, medium- and long-term activities.
• Experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure outcomes through collaboration.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to engage with a wide range of partners at all levels of the business.
• It is desirable to have experience within the UK nuclear industry

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.

The sift will be complete within a week of the applications closing. Interviews are likely to be at the end of Jan 2024

You will sifted against the following civil service behaviours at application and interview

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

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.