Senior Analyst (Test and Evaluation)

The Homeland Security and Technical Analysis team provides evidence-based advice and to inform the Ministry of Defence (MOD) on the development of novel techniques for undertaking test and evaluation (T&E) of defence and security capabilities. This to ensure that we can transform the current T&E enterprise in to one which is permanently innovative, adaptable, responsive and proactive to evaluate technology enabled military capability against rapidly emerging threats.

You will be immediately leading study teams, responsible for the development of innovative T&E capabilities to transform UK defence T&E and unlock the full potential of UK military capability.  As a result of delivering enhancements to T&E you will be helping to accelerate next generation technologies into the hands of our military personnel by ensuring we have the right capabilities to evaluate their performance and effectiveness, and ultimately saving lives.

 
Working in partnership with industry suppliers, you will be responsible for leading on aspects of T&E transformation taking research concepts and developing them in to technical and capability demonstrators.

Building upon you current T&E experience, this role includes opportunities to support your further development of own practical skills and experience in Test and Evaluation. We welcome applications from within and outside the Defence T&E community, but an appreciation of the role of T&E in assuring and accepting equipment/capabilities against technical and regulatory requirements is still necessary.

This role is a research based role, looking to develop new Test and Evaluation techniques. This role would not involve actively undertaking direct testing or evaluation of defence capabilities.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

We particularly welcome female and ethnic minority applicants and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.

In this role you will:

•    Work on 1-2 large projects concurrently, taking leadership of Work Packages and being responsible for the planning, design and delivery of them.
•    Work with our customers to understand their requirements & develop solutions.
•    Lead work packages, being responsible for your team’s research and providing advice and direction to junior team members and/or industrial partners and suppliers.
•    Coaching and mentoring junior team members.
•    Through routine engagement, provide timely & impartial, evidence-based advice to customers on progress and results. 
•    Develop your knowledge and understanding of defence and security challenges and issues and the role of T&E in addressing these.
•    Develop your understanding of new technologies, and the opportunities or risks they present to test and evaluation.

You will be expected to work with large multidisciplinary teams encompassing Dstl, MOD, industry and academia to deliver innovative, high quality and impactful advice and demonstrations directly to our customers in order to deliver the transformation in Defence T&E. 

Important Information

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

Please see full job description at the bottom of the page

We are looking for someone who has:

•    Experience of leading study teams, or working with external suppliers to deliver projects.
•    Experience of planning, leading and delivering research projects for customers.
•    Knowledge of practical or model-based evaluation techniques which can be used for product testing and assurance.
•    An understanding of how data collected from testing and trials (either live or synthetic) can be exploited through data and analytical techniques.

The following criteria are used as key performance indicators for the role:

•    Quality of analytical outputs, reports and presentations.
•    Customer satisfaction and feedback of the quality and nature of advice provided.
•    Maintaining an awareness of customer and stakeholder issues and challenges.
•    Evidence of exploiting work to maximise its impact.
•    Proactive approach to continued professional development
•    Build and maintain good internal and external relationships.  

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Evaluation skills and experience

Benefits 

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).

• Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.

• Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.

• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.

• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.

• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.

Job contact :

• Name : Dstl recruitment team
• Email : Dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk