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Job summary
We have an outstanding opportunity for a Defence industry expert to inform decision making at the most senior levels inside the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
Drawing on your depth of procurement and policy experience, you will play an important role tactfully providing specialist advice and guidance to the Secretary of State for Defence, other Ministers and the Permanent Secretary on acquisition, capability and export issues. Your independent analysis and invaluable insight will shape their decision making ahead of key capability investment decisions, and you will be expected to assess and challenge impacted strategies and frameworks.
The role will be a fixed-term appointment for 12 months, with an option to extend.
The successful candidate must hold, or be prepared to apply for, UK Developed Vetting security level.
Job description
Key responsibilities will include:
- Provide coherent, strategic advice at Secretary of State level
- Analyse, assess and judge key trends in defence technology and the global defence industry
- C-suite, complex stakeholder management
- Collaboration across defence industry attending events and briefings to understand capability and technology trends
- Oversees the provision of Ministerial advice on a portfolio of projects.
Person specification
Within your CV and personal statement, the successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their experience and skills against the following essential criteria:
- Ability to command credibility with senior politicians and officials, and build deep collaborative partnerships,
- Evidence of deep knowledge and expertise in UK and international industrial defence capability,
- Evidence of profile as a thought leader (possibly through publications or public events),
- Accomplished authority in top scale defence procurement issues and policy advice,
- Examples of sharp minded analysis and balanced assessments of complex defence data,
- Experience with multiple multi £bn multi year projects,
- Collaborative and engaging leadership reflecting MOD core values,
- Success in working within a political and commercial environment, illustrating good judgement, emotional intelligence and diplomacy.
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
We can’t wait to hear from you! To apply for this post, you need to submit a CV and Personal Statement. This should be completed no later than 23:55 on Monday 4 December 2023 and will involve providing the two documents outlined below via the Civil Service Jobs portal:
- A CV (no more than 2 pages) setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
- A Personal Statement (no more than 2 pages) explaining how your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role.
The selection process for this role will consist of formal interview.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them
to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through
building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above.
This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions.
Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and
conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your
personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any
absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you
to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : SCS Recruitment Team
- Email : People-CivHR-SCSCandidateSupport@mod.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : People-CivHR-SCSRecruitment@mod.gov.uk
