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.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

Job description

The Emergency Planning Department (EPD), delivers a Nuclear Emergency Response capability in accordance with the requirements of DSA 02 & 03 DNSR.  Additionally, EPD also provide the policy lead for HMNB Clyde on Business Continuity (BC) arrangements for the Naval Base Commander (NBC) business areas. 

You will be responsible for providing initial and continuation training to the Nuclear Emergency Response Organisation (NERO).  These will be in the form of one-to-one and group sessions, face-to-face and virtual (on-line) sessions and through table-top exercises or modular training exercises.

You will be required to provide assurance to your line manager of the resilience and sustainability of the Faslane NERO by confirming the availability of resources (People & Equipment).

You will ensure all nuclear emergency response facilities and support equipment on the Faslane site are managed and maintained at a constant state of readiness.

You will manage the Training Database NERO post holders, ensuring they maintain competence for their roles.

You will be responsible for maintaining the currency of documentation supporting Nuclear Emergency Response Arrangements (Plans) specific to Faslane, ensuring they are fit for purpose, accurate and meeting Defence Policy and Regulatory requirements.

You will provide support with the annual demonstration of the Faslane Plan by assisting with the planning and delivery of nuclear emergency exercises.

You will provide the focal point for business continuity matters and are required to chair the biannual NBC business continuity forum.  You will also be required to support the maintenance and review of business continuity documentation and NBC higher level business continuity & site recovery plans.

Person specification

Applicants are expected be able to identify and prioritise emergent issues, while maintaining the teams focus on routine outputs.  You should be able to manage and deliver multiple tasks against varying timelines.  Good interpersonal skills are needed as there is a continuing requirement for regular liaison with on-site and off-site stakeholders.  

You should have experience in conducting training and be competent in producing and delivering training presentations, using various mediums including MS PowerPoint and flip-charts.  Training sessions may be delivered to a broad range of personnel. This will include military, civil service, industrial partners and external stakeholders, across all grades and ranks, therefore it is essential you are a confident presenter.

Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint is also essential and an understanding of MS Visio, MS Project and MS Forms would be beneficial.

You will be required to gather and analyse feedback from training sessions and exercises which can be used to produce learning points to promote continuous improvement.

Having a background in, or experience of business continuity and resilience is desired. 

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 and Technical skills.

Sift will be conducted within 1 week of the advert closing date.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

Interviews will be conducted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date.

Candidates selected for interview will be required to produce and deliver a short presentation (10 mins) on a subject of their choice.

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 and Interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/Technical Skills

• Leadership
• Delivering At Pace

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Nuclear Competency 3.2 - Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
• Nuclear Competency 3.3 - Nuclear Emergency Response Events, Demonstrations and Exercises

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.