About the job

Job summary

Do you have experience in Electronic Warfare, Navigation Warfare, Radar, or Communications? Are you proactive in scoping requirements? Do you wish to explore, investigate, analyse data and ask questions to support military end users and improve the effectiveness of UK air capabilities? Do you enjoy problem solving? If so, we would like to hear from you. 

A position is available for an Analyst in the Operations Team within Air and Space Warfare Centre Operational Analysis Element based at Waddington. The role will conduct studies, investigations and assessments to support the Warfighter in a variety of Electromagnetic Environment related topics.  

While responsible to the section leader, the post holder will frequently work independently, and will be expected to develop and deliver their own work strands.  

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional candidate to help drive the ASWC analytical agenda and shape the future. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a tangible difference that will be felt across UK Defence, please read on. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. 

Job description

This is an opportunity to join the Air & Space Warfare Centre (ASWC) EME team as an Operational Analyst/Operations Researcher working on Electro-Magnetic Environment (EME) topics, ranging from GPS navigation resiliency to communications performance.  

The ASWC Operational Analysis Element (OAE) provides high quality, impartial and operationally-focussed scientific, analytical and technical advice to enhance the warfighting capability of all elements of UK air and space power.   

Your role as an Operational Analyst/Operations Researcher, working within the OAE and ASWC military colleagues, will be to further understand and define current and future EME analytical support requirements and to implement solutions to enable this emerging capability to develop. You will be given every opportunity to grow your understanding of wider EME activities across defence. You will be expected to consistently use good scientific practice and appropriate analytical and statistical techniques to provide analysis products and advice directly to the military customer to answer real-life operational questions. This may require the development of innovative analytical tools, or liaison with other defence organisations to exploit pre-existing toolsets and/or data.  

This is an excellent opportunity to directly support the RAF in achieving effective delivery of air and space capability in UK operations, whilst also shaping the future of analytical support and growing analytical capability within the EME domain.  

Suitable general and specialist training opportunities will be provided to the successful candidate to enable them in the role. Development will include a variety of online courses, taught courses at the Air & Space Warfare School, such as multiple Electronic Warfare Courses, but also exposure to ongoing experimentation, trials and test activities. 

Person specification

As an Operational Analyst supporting EME for the ASWC, you will: 

• Understand and identify requirements and limitations of current and future analytical support to EME. 
• Use a range of suitable analytical and statistical techniques to answer real-life military questions about operating in and exploiting the EME. 
• Develop innovative analytical support concepts and tools to enhance the provision of EME advice. 
• Consistently provide robust and timely scientific evidence-based insights directly to the military decision makers through written reports and/or verbal presentations.
• Develop a working knowledge of military EME systems and architectures. 
• Proactively network with the wider EME community, including industry and operators, to influence the evaluation strategy of future EME systems. 
• Identify and develop suitable internal and external data sources for use in EME evaluations. 
• Oversee the development and maintenance of data processing toolsets. 
• Interpret, document, disseminate and brief findings to stakeholders.

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.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

Please fill out the personal statement section stating how your skills and experience fit the requirements for the role.  Applicants can also provide a brief outline of what technical skills you are able to bring to the team and how you feel they will benefit the ASWC.  

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

At sift, you will be assessed against CV/experience, the following Behaviours and Technical Skill: 

• Making effective decisions
• Communicating and influencing
• Working together
• Delivering at pace
• Leadership
• Achieving impact with analysis

If successful at sift, candidates will be invited to interview against the criteria of that specific role. 

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours and Technical Skills:

• Making effective decisions
• Communicating and influencing
• Working together
• Delivering at pace
• Leadership
• Achieving impact with analysis
• Knowledge and application of OR skills and techniques

We want you to have your best chance of success in our recruitment process, so if at any stage of the application process you would like help or assistance please contact Richard Middleton.

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 developed vetting (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.