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.

BENEFITS

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.
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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)
• 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

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