Director Navy Strategy and Policy - Head of Plans - #135269

Portsmouth, South East England, PO2 8BY

Job Summary

The job is based at Navy Command HQ, Whale Island, Portsmouth, a site of national and strategic military importance. The Navy StratPlans HdPlans is a challenging and rewarding role that provides, Leadership to the Plans Team, focal point for Navy Command for the development of strategic plans, liaison across the Navy, the MoD and other Government departments. The Assistant Chief of Naval Staff organisation leads the development of RN strategy, through a strategic balance of investment process, manages RN engagement with Ministers, the Ministry of Defence, Parliament, the other Front-Line Commands, allied Navies, Other Government Departments, the Maritime Enterprise, academia and think tanks and the general public, developing and coordinating corresponding Navy policy.

The Deputy Directory Navy Strategic Planning leads the development of the Royal Navy Strategy, managing the strategic choices required to enable Navy Command to deliver the Navy programme, delivery of the Command Plan and strategic analysis of the Command's Data to support Navy Executive Committee and First Sea Lord.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job Description

This post leads the Navy’s Strategic Planning Team within the Directorate of Strategy and Policy. The post works directly to Deputy Director Strategic Plans and will work in an agile way to bring people, processes, connectivity, together to maximise effect. Working closely with teams across the wider Navy Command Directorates and Portfolio Office. Key deliverables are:

• Provide the link between the strategy focussed part of the team based in MOD Main Building, London, and Navy Command HQ in Portsmouth, including building relationships with the newly forming MSHQ, and advising personnel in the Command accordingly.
• Deliver Navy’s Strategic Prioritisation and Balance of Investment activity.
• Work with the Portfolio Office to construct and maintain a multi-year plan for delivery of the Navy’s SDR programme.
• Provide high quality insights and analysis against the programme to inform senior decision making and enable strategic choice.
• Support Strategic Finance activity to ensure coherence with strategic direction.
• Work with the Navy Red Team to develop and analyse diverse products from across the Command.
• Champion and develop improved data sets to enable continuous improvement of data-based decision making at a senior level.
• Respond to short notice, high profile requirements needing rapid analysis and clear presentation of complex data sets.
  
  

This Post Leads The Navy’s Strategic Planning Team Within The Directorate Of Strategy And Policy. The Post Works Directly To Deputy Director Strategic Plans And Will Work In An Agile Way To Bring People, Processes, Connectivity, Together To Maximise Effect. Working Closely With Teams Across The Wider Navy Command Directorates And Portfolio Office. Key Deliverables Are

• Provide the link between the strategy focussed part of the team based in MOD Main Building, London, and Navy Command HQ in Portsmouth, including building relationships with the newly forming MSHQ, and advising personnel in the Command accordingly.
• Deliver Navy’s Strategic Prioritisation and Balance of Investment activity.
• Work with the Portfolio Office to construct and maintain a multi-year plan for delivery of the Navy’s SDR programme.
• Provide high quality insights and analysis against the programme to inform senior decision making and enable strategic choice.
• Support Strategic Finance activity to ensure coherence with strategic direction.
• Work with the Navy Red Team to develop and analyse diverse products from across the Command.
• Champion and develop improved data sets to enable continuous improvement of data-based decision making at a senior level.
• Respond to short notice, high profile requirements needing rapid analysis and clear presentation of complex data sets.
  
  

Person specification

The post holder will be expected to be excellent at building and maintaining strong relationships within the Navy, across the MOD and wider Whitehall, including with organisations such as DSTL and GORS to support delivery of their objectives. This is a fantastic opportunity for a self-starting individual, who is a confident leader and able to work as part of a hybrid team spread across various locations.

Essential Experience

• Successful delivery through leadership of multidisciplinary teams both at pace and ensuring the continuation of routine tasks to meet firm deadlines.
• A strong communicator with excellent briefing and drafting skills including the ability to communicate complex messages succinctly and clearly to senior audiences.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build, manage and maintain relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders and able to remain calm and professional in challenging situations.
• Incisive and innovative; a proven track record of identifying and delivering against opportunities for innovation to improve organisational outcomes.
• Demonstrable analytical skills with the ability to identify and lead work on complex challenges and use data to reach an evidenced conclusion.
  
  

Highly desirable experience

• Understanding of Maritime capability
• Project or programme management experience
• Working knowledge of the Ministry of Defence
• Experience of Agile and or Scrum
  
  

Behaviours

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

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

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%
  
  

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/.

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Selection process details

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

Applications will be sifted against the behaviours listed below.

Those selected at the sift stage will be invited to attend a face to face interview. A virtual interview may be possible for those with mitigating circumstances.

During the Application stage, candidates will be assessed against the following behaviours;

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

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.

During the Interview stage, candidates will be assessed against the following behaviours;

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

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: [email protected] .

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.

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

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.

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.

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).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : Clare Gallagher
• Email : [email protected]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]
  
  

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: [email protected].