Specific tasks may include but are not limited to:
Sourcing and critically reviewing relevant literature to provide subject matter expertise in areas such as fatigue, stress, decision making, attention, memory, and research design.
Creating and administering surveys to collect data on topics such as working conditions, risk of stress, and safety behaviour.
Analysing quantitative and qualitative data using Excel, SPSS and NVivo (training in these software packages will be available).
Facilitating focus groups, delivering workshops, and conducting interviews.
Writing research reports, academic papers, and letters for customers.
Helping to design innovative research and prepare protocols for scientific and ethical review.
Depending on the needs of the task, the post holder will at times work independently and at other times collaboratively with team members or colleagues in other departments. The post holder will be required to engage with customers and stakeholders at all levels, including senior military and civilian personnel. The post requires occasional travel within the UK and sometimes overseas, each of which may include overnight stays on land and possibly at sea.
In Navy Command, our civil servants work alongside their military colleagues in jobs that matter; jobs which often have a direct impact on the quality of the operational capabilities we deliver.
Roles can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within the Department and across the wider Civil Service.
The Institute of Naval Medicine is the Naval Service’s Centre of Excellence, bringing together scientists and medical professionals to improve the health of the UK Armed Forces. The unique opportunities offered within are varied, challenging and exciting and support Navy Command’s role to generate and operate forces for today and to ensure we are ready for tomorrow by developing and delivering the Navy of the future.
Navy Command provides an open, flexible, and inclusive work environment where civil servants and Armed Forces personnel work together in a wealth of interesting and challenging jobs in areas ranging from: finance; legal services; personnel and HR; project planning and managing contracts, to media and communications.