Naval Command

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 347550**Salary**:

- £43,080- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Navy**Type of role**:

- Commercial
- Health and Safety
- Security**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Plymouth, South West England, PL2 2BGAbout the job

**Job summary**:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Security Team at His Majesty’s Naval Base Devonport (HMNBD), a site of national, strategic importance on the waterfront of Plymouth, Devon. The role of Devonport Safety and Security Intelligent Customer is a challenging and rewarding role that supports the Naval Base Commander (NBC) with the assurance that HMNBD is compliant with the requirements of security policy. The position reports to the Assistant Head of Security (Grade 7).

The job is varied, challenging and busy and is set within a site with a bright future, in a specialist area of importance and potential growth. The organisation under NBC is undergoing change co-incident with this job advert and change-management skills, industry and flexibility will be required to succeed. This Post will have line management responsibility of a small team within the Security Department future construct.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
Support the Deputy Director of Health, Safety and Security Assurance, and the Assistant Heads of Security and Safety respectively, in the management and assurance of the contractual arrangements with the Industry Partners. The role will entail regular liaison within the Naval Base teams as well as with Industry Partners to ensure all obligations and requirements are understood and to lead on the assurance and reporting of the contract delivery.

The role will work between the commercial, contract management and technical teams to ensure that the required outcomes are contracted as well as receiving those services with good value for money.

To enact the role of a Devonport Security and Safety (HS&EP) Intelligent Customer (IC) on behalf of the MoD as the contracting Authority, to retain adequate resources and technical competence, to set the requirements, understand the FMSP contract, assure the deliverables and activities of the Industry Providers meet the prioritised, legal and policy requirements of the contract.

The post holder's Key Responsibilities will be:
To ensure the Industry Providers are held to account, and to raise any concerns to the appropriate NBC Authority (commercial, safety or security) if they fail to deliver; engage with NBC’s commercial and financial teams in the case of such failure.

To ensure value for money through the contract and drive the correct security and safety behaviours and culture into Industry Partner activities.

To build collaborative, positive relationships with Industry Providers staff in support of the safe, secure and efficient delivery of Naval Base outputs scoped in the Contract.

**Person specification**:
The role would benefit from commercial experience with understanding contracts but no professional qualifications are required.

They will need to be able to understand and communicate performance indicators and metrics.

They will need to be have good communication and negotiation skills.

All safety and security knowledge will be provided in role, but previous experience or at least understanding of the areas is required.

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

- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Defence Security Profession Competency Framework
- Defence Security Profession Competency Framework

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 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 average employer contribution of 27%

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

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.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefi