Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location HMNB Devonport, Plymouth, PL2 2BG About the job Job summary HM Naval Base Devonport (HMNB(D)) and the wider Devonport site has evolved into one of the largest bases of its kind in Western Europe and is today a key Defence asset as a main operating and support base for the Royal Navy. The unique opportunities offered within are varied, challenging and exciting in supporting the Royal Navy to generate and operate forces world-wide for today and ensuring that it is ready for tomorrow by developing and delivering the Naval Service of the future. By its nature, the Devonport site is a highly complex environment where a myriad of strategic demands, commercial and financial arrangements combine to deliver Defence outputs. The Naval Base provides an open, flexible and supportive work environment with Civil Servants and Armed Forces personnel working together across a wealth of interesting and challenging roles in a variety of disciplines from finance, personnel and HR, strategic planning and programme and project management through to contract and business management and provision of services, with a significant infrastructure portfolio which is a key enabler to ensuring the Naval Base meets its outputs supporting the Navy Command Director Submarines portfolio. Infrastructure is managed by a collaborative MOD and industry partner team who work together to deliver infrastructure availability to support current operations and to shape the future of the site to deliver best for defence outputs. Infrastructure Business Management is a newly formed function working to the Infrastructure Group Head to provide a vital co-ordinating function to the diverse activity across the Naval Base Infrastructure portfolio. This role is essential for integrating various departmental activities, ensuring smooth and efficient operations within the Naval Base. You'll have the chance to lead strategic initiatives, manage key meetings, and enhance communication across teams. In this position, you'll play a crucial role in coordinating business activities, driving strategic planning, and facilitating effective decision-making within a dynamic and complex environment. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. Job description You will be accountable to the Infrastructure Business Manager in support of the day-to-day management of infrastructure business activity by analysing user and business need to ensure estate management outcomes are aligned with the Naval Base Business Plan and Infrastructure strategy. This will include: Coordinate infrastructure activity, governance, reporting and management processes to enable effective decision making and output delivery. Coordinates and facilitates the estate battle rhythm and key meetings and acts as the senior escalation point for issues raised across the infrastructure group; embracing a wide range of key functions to achieve optimal performance between the infrastructure team, technology, and the workplace. Lead on internal communications within the Infrastructure Group ensuring that all teams are kept aware of developments at strategic, operational, and tactical levels both from the wider Naval Base and Infrastructure perspectives. Identify, manage, and track all key infrastructure assumptions and dependencies across the infrastructure portfolio on behalf of the Infrastructure Business Manager Supports in the management of all infrastructure team recruitment and associated infrastructure administration. Support the Infrastructure Business Manager as transformation lead responsible for the maintenance of the infrastructure portfolio delivery map, milestones, and critical path to monitor infrastructure programme progress including MOD input to the Asset Management Transformation Programme. Responsible for ensuring the Quality Point of Contact (QPOC) function is managed and administered on behalf of the Infrastructure Group. This to include the lead role in all internal and external audits to provide direction to the infrastructure Person specification A strong leader with a proven track record of business management and successful management of change and improvement and collaborating with others to find solutions together. A manager of people, able to create a team who feel empowered and valued. Look after staff and their well-being and able to deal with all HR functions, recruitment, performance, attendance, and discipline. Experience in collaboratively working with senior leaders to identify and manage dependencies and risk to deliver organisational level outcomes. Excellent communication skills both oral and written. This role is aligned to the Government Property Profession and requires a minimum UK Regulated Qualification Framework Level 5 qualification (or level 4 plus extensive relevant experience) preferably in a GPP discipline, Change specialist or Business-related subject. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Seeing the Big Picture Changing and Improving Working Together Delivering at Pace We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form: Seeing the Big Picture Changing and Improving Benefits Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 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% Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements. 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. MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history, qualification details and previous skills/experience. Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count 500) At sift, you will be assessed against your CV and Statement of suitability and the following Success Profiles Behaviours: Seeing the Big Picture Changing and Improving 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. At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours: Working Together Delivering at Pace Sift & Interview to be held at HMNB Devonport, dates TBC 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: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3mod.gov.uk. 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. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. 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 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 This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) 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. 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). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Grace Russell Email : grace.russell112mod.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3mod.gov.uk 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: infocsc.gov.uk. Attachments 22_0656 NC Applicant guide A4 - Digital Opens in new window (pdf, 2922kB) MOD Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 1562kB) Candidate Information Pack Opens in new window (docx, 31kB) Share this page Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn GMail