Navy Command, Submarine Directorate Head of Future Delivery

UK Ministry of Defence; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government department is seeking a Head of Future Delivery to oversee strategic delivery in the Navy Nuclear Portfolio Group. The role involves managing complex delivery challenges and collaborating across the Defence Nuclear Enterprise. The successful candidate will have strong leadership, strategic planning, and communication skills, with a focus on delivering results in a high-stakes environment.

Benefits

Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension

Flexible working options

Learning and development tailored to your role

Qualifications

• Experience in formulating strategic delivery plans in a complex environment.
• Ability to think strategically and respond to complex circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic analysis to strengthen resilience in submarine generation.
• Provide decision support for investment choices.

Skills

Persuasive communicator

Strong interpersonal skills

Proven leadership skills

Job description

London MoD Main Building or HMS Excellent, Portsmouth

Job Summary

Working in Navy Command as part of Navy Nuclear Portfolio Group (NNPG) in the Submarine Directorate you will be responsible for delivery of the Submarine Directorate Strategy and Navy Nuclear Strategy. This is a stretching G6 role with significant exposure to complex delivery challenges in a unique operational context.

As Head of Future Delivery you will work closely with the portfolio management team to provide decision support for investment choices and lead strategic analysis to determine optimum routes to strengthen resilience in submarine generation. You will secure broader support for priority delivery, working across Navy, the Defence Nuclear Enterprise and beyond.

As a member of the NNPG SLT, you will also deputise for the Navy Nuclear Portfolio Director (SCS1*), supporting them in their capacity as a member of the Submarine Directorate Executive Coordination Function and driving the development of all NNPG functions to full operating capacity (FOC).

The successful candidate will be experienced in formulating strategic delivery plans and able to identify practical options and actions to meet strategic need. They will be a persuasive communicator, able to produce high quality written products and use strong inter-personal skills to lead across organisational boundaries

The post will be based in either Portsmouth NCHQ or London Main Building, with the expectation of regular travel between the two sites and occasional travel to other defence locations including HMNB Clyde and Devonport and the Submarine Delivery Agency in Bristol.

The postholder reports to the Navy Nuclear Portfolio Director (SCS1*) who in turn reports to the Director Submarines. The postholder will initially line manage one G7 Strategy Manager, with countersigning responsibility for an SEO. This will increase as the team grows.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job Description

• Submarine Directorate Strategy delivery – including strategic business case support to project and programme teams and decision support to portfolio investment choices.
• Navy Nuclear Strategy development and delivery, and support to Balance of Investment decision making across Navy and Defence Nuclear Enterprise portfolios, ensuring strategic inter-dependencies are considered.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to improve delivery or take advantage of new developments to determine the optimum route to build resilience in Submarine generation activity, leading across organisations to generate strategic options.
• Securing cross Navy, Defence Nuclear Enterprise, wider Defence and HMG support for priority delivery, collaborating with Navy and Defence Nuclear Organisation strategy and policy teams.
• Maintaining high level briefing and communications packs (strategic narratives and core briefs).
• Growing and leading a small team of strategic delivery professionals.
• Deputising for the Navy Nuclear Portfolio Director (SCS1*) who is leading the Navy Nuclear Portfolio Group – with a broader remit including portfolio management, assuring transitions across all classes of submarine, safety, and security and resilience. This will include tracking and managing the Navy Nuclear Portfolio Group delivery plan to FOC and supporting the Portfolio Director in their capacity as a member of the Executive Coordination Function.
• Submarine Directorate Strategy delivery – including strategic business case support to project and programme teams and decision support to portfolio investment choices.
• Navy Nuclear Strategy development and delivery, and support to Balance of Investment decision making across Navy and Defence Nuclear Enterprise portfolios, ensuring strategic inter-dependencies are considered.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to improve delivery or take advantage of new developments to determine the optimum route to build resilience in Submarine generation activity, leading across organisations to generate strategic options.
• Securing cross Navy, Defence Nuclear Enterprise, wider Defence and HMG support for priority delivery, collaborating with Navy and Defence Nuclear Organisation strategy and policy teams.
• Maintaining high level briefing and communications packs (strategic narratives and core briefs).
• Growing and leading a small team of strategic delivery professionals.
• Deputising for the Navy Nuclear Portfolio Director (SCS1*) who is leading the Navy Nuclear Portfolio Group – with a broader remit including portfolio management, assuring transitions across all classes of submarine, safety, and security and resilience. This will include tracking and managing the Navy Nuclear Portfolio Group delivery plan to FOC and supporting the Portfolio Director in their capacity as a member of the Executive Coordination Function.
  
  

Person specification

Essential

• Formulating strategic delivery plans in a complex environment, identifying practical options and actions that meet the strategic need.
• The ability to think strategically, responding quickly to complex changing circumstances, maintaining integrity and a clear view. Comfortable setting direction without having the full picture and re-focusing as detail emerges.
• Persuasive communicator (written and oral) with extensive experience of leading across organisational boundaries.
• Strong interpersonal skills and able to use networks to good effect, build trust quickly, get the best out of others and develop a sense of common purpose to achieve results.
• Proven leadership skills and a team player, with the ability to motivate, empower and support a diverse and inclusive team to deliver results across a complex and matrixed landscape.
• Senior stakeholder management and the credibility to command the trust and confidence of senior officials.
• Ability to deliver multiple concurrent workstreams in the context of high levels of ambiguity and challenge, and able to re-prioritise when needed.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of working within the Defence Nuclear Enterprise
• Experience of working within or alongside portfolio, programme or project teams
  
  

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
  
  

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

• Communicating and Influencing
  
  

Alongside your salary of £70,540, Ministry of Defence contributes £20,435 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 employer contribution of 28.97%
  
  

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.

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At Sift, You Will Be Assessed Against The Following

Behaviour: Communicating and Influencing

Experience

• Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability.
• Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
  
  

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

Behaviour

At interview, you will be assessed against the following:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Leadership
• 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: [e-mail].

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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

Please note that this post is 'Reserved'. Please check eligibility requirements before applying. The successful candidate will need to undergo DV clearance.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

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.

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.

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

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Recruitment team

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Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: [e-mail].