About the job

Job summary

The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) is a part of the Ministry of Defence responsible for the procurement, in-service support, and disposal of the UK’s nuclear submarines. Our work is of unparalleled strategic importance nationally and internationally, ensuring the security of the UK’s continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent, and delivering some of the most technically complex programmes in defence.

Here you’ll find a community to belong to – whether that’s alongside project teams with a shared vision or as part of an employee network of like-minded individuals. We believe that, by celebrating different backgrounds and perspectives, together we’ll achieve the extraordinary.

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We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of around 27%, to help make work work for you.

For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A ‘sole UK national’ refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country. We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you’ve been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.

Job description

Do you enjoy working independently and as a part of a team when required? Want to make a difference in an organisation that protects and supports the UK Armed Forces, bringing real meaning and impact to everything you do in your role? The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) are expanding our Risk Management teams and you could be the person we are looking for.

The risk management community is a group of circa 30 plus individuals focused on using their skills and experience to help the delivery of a wide range of complex, interesting projects and programmes delivering equipment for our armed forces.

You will utilise and develop your excellent leadership and communication skills whilst be proactive in explaining risk management processes. Working closely with our project delivery teams, you will support and guide others with the pro-active identification and maintain ongoing management of risks, threats, and opportunities to ensure successful delivery outcomes.  You will be given the opportunity to develop your risk management skills and knowledge within the nuclear submarine environment.

Want to hear what one of our current Risk Managers thinks about their role?

“As a risk manager I enjoy facilitating the risk processes for a range of interesting projects throughout the project lifecycle, giving me the opportunity to engage directly with subject matter experts in support of DE&S/SDA approvals and project management activities. I love the varying and challenging nature of the role and feeling very supported by the Risk function and community.”

These exciting roles will see you engage with stakeholders at different levels within our organisation. You will broaden and share your experience within the project risk environment with the opportunity for personal development.

At the SDA, we champion flexible ways of working. Regular in-person attendance of approximately 60% of your working week is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance. Initially, you may be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourselves with the site, the team, and your role.

What you’ll be doing

• Facilitating risk workshops on projects to identify and manage specific project / programme related threats opportunities and issues.
• Overseeing the risk tool project and / or programme activities to ensure quality and accuracy of data therein.
• Providing the project team with pro-active risk information to allow project team to understand current risk position, risk proximity and pro-active management actions.
• Communicating key project threat and opportunity management data to key members of the project, programme, and leadership team, and to be able to recommend key items for escalation within the business.
• Communicating and influencing leadership within the SDA projects and portfolios and supply chain within the risk technical field.

Person specification

Person specification
To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Demonstrable stakeholder management skills, both internal & external at various levels in an organisation
• Experience of Risk (threats and opportunities) management in a project environment
• Experience of interpreting supplier risk & modelling data

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Controlling a project Practitioner
• Project Risk Practitioner
• Changing and Improving
• Leadership

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,600, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,502 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

Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:

1. Pre-sift - We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
2. Sift - Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills

Please follow our guidance on CV writing for best chance of success.

3. Interview - If you're invited to interview, you'll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

Offering at a lower level
If you’re not successful at interview, we may offer you a role at a lower level if this is a match for your skills and experience. If this applies to your application, you’ll be scored against criteria for the lower-level role and offers will be made in merit order. If you accept this position, you’ll be able to take advantage of opportunities to develop your career as part of our team.

Security

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.