Simulation Technical Authority Officer
6 months ago
**Details**:
**Reference number**:
- 335339**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 - Strategic Command - Defence Simulation Centre, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, SN6 8LA**Type of role**:
- Other**Working pattern**:
- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:
- 2Contents
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- Defence Simulation Centre, Defence Academy, Shrivenham, Wiltshire, SN6 8LAAbout the job
**Job summary**:
The Defence Modelling & Simulation Office (DMSO) is responsible for driving M&S coherence across Defence, with Other Government Departments and Allies. The aim is to exploit investment, reuse and share resources, and promote interoperability. The DMSO Technical Authority primarily supports these aims through 2 teams - the Defence Simulation Centre (DSC) and the Technical Authority Support Team (TAST). The DMSO TAST provides impartial technical M&S advice and supports the DMSO Service Command Technical Authority (SCTA) representatives in their duties. The DMSO DSC is the single point of focus to coordinate and exploit M&S resources and to build and maintain corporate M&S knowledge.
This role supports the Technical Authority Head in promoting M&S technical coherence, interoperability and reuse, in order to maximise effective use of M&S. The Main Objectives below are dependent upon the individuals of the team being identified as Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP) by the TA Head.
This is an evolving team and the duties of the TAST may expand and adapt as it grows.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
**Job description**:
- Provide impartial specialist M&S technical advice and guidance.
- Respond to appropriate enquiries passed to them by the DSC.
- Support SCTAs in the M&S policy compliance assess and assure process.
- Monitor and report on assessment and assurance activities for the TAST Hd.
- For any Test and Reference Systems, Database Generations Systems and other such technical equipment located in the DSC:
- Manage configuration, operation and support (but not provide support).
- Be conversant and knowledgeable about its operation.
- Understand how such equipment can inform how Defence employs M&S.
- Participation with standards development organisations (SDOs) including their development/maintenance of standards that could be used by M&S, primarily SISO and OGC, in order to gain awareness and influence activities on behalf of Defence.
- Assist with engagement of DMSO Industry Advisory Group (DIAG) and other outreach activities, e.g. visiting lecturing duties.
- Participate in Science & Technology (S&T) activities (supporting S&T lead as appropriate).
This is an evolving team, and the duties of the TAST may expand and adapt as it grows.
**Person specification**:
- Constructive Simulations (CGFs, SAFs, Mission Data, etc)
- Distributed Simulation
- Synthetic Environments (T/VDBs, IGs, 3D models, etc)
- Extended Reality (XR)
Standards Development Organisations / Forums including (but not limited to):
- Simulation Interoperability Standards Organisation (SISO)
- Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
- Metaverse Standards Forum
These roles may require the incumbent to travel infrequently within the UK and internationally as part of the role.
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
**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.Some of the many benefits you will receive:
- Highly competitive pension scheme.
- Flexi-time scheme upon completion of 6 months service or the Line Manager has the ability to adopt flexible working sooner than the 6 month period.
- With Line Manager agreement move to an alternative Working Patterns (there are 9).
- 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service. If by chance you have previously completed service in the Public Sector in the past 5 years, you may be eligible to request 30 days leave immediately. (Evidence will be required).
- In addition to annual leave you will be entitled to 8 Public Bank Holidays per year.
- Professional and Personal Development of skills with the opportunity to undergo an Apprenticeship in Human Resources.
- Opportunity to join more than one of our many networks (Race, LGBT+, Gender, Disability and Faith & Belief).
- Minimum of 18 Days Special Paid Leave in a rolling 12-month period for Public Duties commitments (such as a
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