About the job

Job summary

Are you looking for a change that is stimulating and rewarding! The Nuclear Department within Navy Command, has an important role in providing education and training ranging from introductory to postgraduate level to Service and MOD Civilian personnel, in support of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme as well as bespoke courses for the wider nuclear industry.

Our multidisciplinary team consists of specialists in materials, physics, chemistry and thermal hydraulics related to nuclear power applications.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

You will play a key role in educating and training personnel involved in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in Chemistry.

Person specification

Deliver lectures, tutorials and research project design up to RFQ Level 7 (Masters Level). Design, develop and assess courses in:

• The chemical and radio-chemical principles that govern operational plant chemistry and shutdown plant chemistry for the safe operation of nuclear plant
• Specific chemical parameters and how they influence plant behaviour and corrosion control
• Radiation protection principles when dealing with radioactivity and specifically with unsealed radioactive sources
• Handling separation and analysis of radio-chemical samples, radionuclide sources and out of core radiation build up
• Primary circuit decontamination and chemical behaviour of waste arising
• Shipboard and dockyard chemical analyses
• Water purification systems

You will also:

• Design, supervise and assess student projects
• Undertake Course Manager duties
• Maintain, develop and manage codes and software
• Operate and manage specialist equipment
• Attend working groups and represent the department at conferences and working groups
• Ensure continued professional development in area of specialist knowledge

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 and Experience.

An initial sift will be conducted on your CV using the Experiences Success Profile.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Leadership

Applicants invited to interview will need to demonstrate their technical expertise and must give a ten-minute presentation. The presentation should be technical and in an area of Chemistry.

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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.