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 Submarines, Sandown Class Mine Hunter Vessels and 43 Commando Royal Marines. It is an operational support and maintenance Naval Base within Navy Command 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.

HMNB Clyde is the single operational home of the Submarine Service and the United Kingdom's Submarine Centre of Excellence. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the Royal Navy's operational commitments across all Defence Lines of Development from Scotland on enduring basis. The location offers an excellent opportunity to develop skills through training and opportunities for career progression.

HMNB Clyde is undergoing a high value programme of infrastructure development (>£1Bn over the next decade.) The Integrated Planner role is part of a small Navy Command team supporting delivery of the Clyde Infrastructure Programme and Major Projects Programme delivering the infrastructure solutions to develop HMNB Clyde as the Submarine Centre of Specialisation.

This presents an excellent opportunity for commencing and developing an exciting and challenging career within the Civil Service and across a broad range of functions and numerous skill sets in direct support of output delivery.

 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

The Integrated Planner 1.1.1 (IP1.1.1) role is responsible for developing and maintaining the Northern Waterfront Infrastructure Integrated Plan (NWIIP). The NWIIP covers the Superintendent Faslane Site & King's Harbour Master areas within the Clyde Single Infrastructure (CSI) construct and draws together key milestones; critical dates and interdependencies between CIP, BM, FMSP, FWS, & Maintenance; DHDA Design & Safety Case; Operational plans & programmes. 

The post incumbent works with Stakeholders, including the output areas’ Integrated Planners and Risk Managers, to produce and maintain the NWIIP. The NWIIP are tools used to identify risks, potential mitigations and opportunities. They generate resourced schedules and succinct reports which support informed decision making and adds clarity and value to the Strategic Programme. 

Person specification

The candidate should have strong organisational skills and demonstrate experience of stakeholder management and engagement at all levels. They should have excellent written and oral communication skills and be able to work under pressure as part of a team and individually with minimal supervision.

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.

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.

Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include: job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

You will be assessed against the following behaviours at application and interview, as well as technical skills

• Leadership
• working together

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).

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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.