About the job

Job summary

The outstanding opportunities offered within Navy Command are multifaceted, meaningful and exciting and support our role to generate and operate forces for today and to ensure we are ready for tomorrow by developing and delivering the Navy of the future. Navy Command provides an open, flexible, supportive and encouraging work environment and Civil Servants and Armed Forces personnel work together in a wealth of exciting and bold jobs in different subject areas, from finance; legal services; personnel and HR; project planning and handling contracts, to media and communications. Royal Naval Armaments Depot (Coulport) is the UK Strategic Weapons Facility. Its Primary Role is to process, store and issue the UK’s Strategic Deterrent to the Royal Navy. A department of HM Naval Base Clyde, It is a facility which frequently operates 24/7 throughout the year!

This post is on the MOD Civilian Nuclear Post Control List (PCL) and may attract the Nuclear Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA). This is a discretionary allowance. The post being listed on the PCL does not mean that the post holder will have an automatic entitlement to receive the RRA. The NSQEP RRA is not a contractual allowance and can be amended or withdrawn without notice in line with MOD Main and Submarine Delivery Agency policy.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

The Nuclear Services Authorisation Group Chairperson within MOD Authority Intelligent Customer provides one of the most significant critical safety functions within the armament depot.

The RNAD(C) NSAG is one of several authorisation groups within HMNB Clyde that are empowered to authorise procedures affecting the operation of Nuclear Safety Implicated (NSI) infrastructure equipment and services. The NSAG(C) authorises procedures for these services on the Coulport site and acts in concert with the other authorisation groups, namely, Shiplift Docking NSAG (DNSAG) for berthing procedures and the Procedural Authorisation Group (PAG) for submarine systems procedures.

Collectively, the authorisation groups offer a mechanism for the review and control of work on the site which ensures that authorised procedures reflect the requirements of the site operating rules, authorisation conditions and the nuclear safety justification.

As the Chairperson of this group you are expected to provide authorisation on behalf of the Duty Holder and assurance in return that the nuclear supporting estate presents as little risk as possible using the ALARP principle to people and interfacing equipment.

This post is the first line manager to the Deputy Chair, and will have access to dedicated administrative support, you will also indirectly lead a cadre of some 60 engineers providing the role of Nuclear Procedure Coordinators.

Person specification

Knowledge or experience working in a Nuclear Steam Raising Plant (NSRP) Nuclear Weapon (NW) or Strategic Weapon System (SWS) area with the ability to demonstrate the understanding of that environments needs and regulatory requirements and subject areas for Supporting, maintaining, processing, handling, and storage in a nuclear environment.

This role requires an engineering background with experience working within a nuclear authorised site or a similar high hazard, high consequence, low frequency environment in a permissioning role or similar, demonstrating all the attributes to work at pace with a focus on safety.

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, Experience and Technical skills.

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

The sift will take place within 10 days of the job advert closing and the interviews will shortly afterwards be carried out at either RNAD Coulport or Clyde Offsite Centre, TBC.

At application and interview you will be assessed against the following: 

• delivering at pace 
• managing a quality service
• making effective decisions

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

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.