Navy Command – Siting & Estates Utilisation Manager

Hybrid working (a blend of working in the workplace and from home) is encouraged. You should expect to work 2-3 days a week in Faslane in agreement with your Line Manager.

HMNB Clyde will be the single operational home of the Submarine Service and will become the United Kingdom’s Submarine Centre of Excellence. Creating this single integrated operating base is to ensure that the Royal Navy can deliver its operational commitments across all Defence Lines of Development from Scotland on an enduring basis.

To support this transition and future operations, HMNB Clyde is undergoing a high value programme of infrastructure development (>£1Bn over the next decade.) The Establishment Management Plan (EMP) Siting & Estates Utilisation Manager (S&EU Mgr) role is part of a small Navy Command team supporting delivery of the Clyde Infrastructure Programme and Major Projects Programme delivering the infrastructure solutions to develop HMNB Clyde as the Submarine Centre of Specialisation.

This presents an excellent opportunity for commencing and developing an exciting and challenging career within the Civil Service and across a broad range of functions and numerous skill sets in direct support of output delivery.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The EMP S&EU Manager is responsible to the EMP Lead and the Assistant Head Infrastructure Strategy & Governance for the management and co-ordination of siting and estates utilisation across HMNB Clyde, including the provision of strategic direction. The EMP S&EU Manager works closely with colleagues from across organisational boundaries to enable the delivery of short, medium, and long-term infrastructure solutions that will support Naval Base outputs. The EMP S&EU Manager also works closely with Clyde’s Change Managers, ensuring that all new requirements and strategic direction are aligned.

The post requires confident leadership skills and the ability to build and maintain an extensive network of stakeholders where collaboration is key to the success of delivering within an operational and regulated environment. The post holder must have the management skills to ensure that all required information is gathered and fed into the requirements process, and updates are appropriately communicated.

 

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture

Alongside your salary of £33,830, Ministry of Defence contributes
£9,134 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 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%
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Access to a confidential, professional support service
• Discount schemes
• Bicycle / season ticket loans
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year
• On-site Facilities (gymnasium, Ski Club, recreational shopping mall, café, messing facilities etc)
• Free Car Parking
• Assisted Travel Scheme

• This post offers First Appointment Expenses to new recruits to the Civil Service to assist with costs incurred as a result of relocation or move of home (HM Revenue and Customs restrictions apply).  Reimbursement of expenses up to the value of £8k will apply only when a move of home is deemed to be necessary.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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Job contact :

• Name : Kristeen McMillan
• Email : Kristeen.McMillan916@modgov.uk
• Telephone : 03001625551

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk