Defence Nuclear Organisation Science Adviser

2 weeks ago

Reading, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

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

- 268164**Salary**:

- £54,440- Posts based in London will attract the relevant London weighting**Job grade**:

- Grade 7- MOD Band B2**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Head Office & Corporate Services**Type of role**:

- Science
- Strategy**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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Location
- Tadley, South East England, RG7 4PR : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HBAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Submarine Capability (SubCap) Science Adviser and the Warhead Technologies Science Adviser will be embedded with the Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO) and will be responsible for the provision of science and technology (S&T) advice, support and challenge across DNO. These roles sit within the Science Advice (SciA) function of Defence Science and Technology (DST).

DST works under the direction of MOD’s Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) to maximise the impact of S&T for the defence and security of the UK. It commissions MOD’s Core Research Programme, which is delivered by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), industry and academia. SciA maintains a network of Scientific Advisers (SciAdvs) providing impartial scientific advice to Head Office and the Front-Line Commands.

The DNO Science Advice team play a significant part in the success of the UK’s strategic deterrent and carry out a number of roles including supporting technology demonstration, contribution to the development of new capabilities and driving CSA’s research portfolio which will be exploited through future submarine systems.

Reserved posts are open to UK nationals only, while non reserved are open to UK, Commonwealth, EEA and certain non-EEA nationals. Contact your recruitment team if you’re unsure about this job’s status.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The post holders will provide robust, impartial, independent and objective Science Advice into DNO and across the wider Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE). Each SciAdv will support DNO senior leadership and stakeholders across the DNE in making optimal use of the CSA’s research portfolio and their own direct investment in S&T.

Each SciAdv will champion the benefits of S&T in addressing stakeholder challenges, ensure S&T stakeholder priorities are understood by delivery organisations and facilitate independent challenge and assurance. SciAdvs engage closely with the DST Commissioning team to drive effectiveness in the CSA research portfolio so that expected outcomes/benefits are realised and outputs are exploited. Science Advisers will need to build and effective network across DNO, DST and wider MOD to support coherent S&T activity across Defence.

Main Accountabilities
- Deliver impartial and independent scientific advice at the point of need
- Support DNO (in particular the SubCap and Warhead Directorates) in maximising the exploitation of S&T products.
- Capture S&T requirements from across DNO and establish the best methods for those research requirements to be met.
- Work alongside DST Commissioning to ensure DNO S&T requirements are reflected in CSA’s S&T portfolio
- Promote awareness and understanding of Deterrent and Submarine Systems research programme, and maintain an awareness of relevant external research.
- Develop relationships (in particular with areas that are not traditional exploiters of S&T) and influence stakeholders in Defence, Government, International partners and the wider S&T Enterprise.
- Support Dir SubCap and Dir Warhead and other 1*/2* attendees of S&T boards as required.

Main Relationships:

- Warhead and SubCap Directorates within DNO
- CSA Nuclear
- DNO Science Advisers and wider network of DST Science Advice
- Navy Command (relevant Desk Officers)
- For Science Adviser Warhead Technologies, AWE will be a key relationship
- DST Commissioning
- Engage with the Dstl Deterrent and Submarine Systems Programme, and act as a focal point within DNO, enabling access and championing novel S&T from this programme into the wider DNE.

Work with International partners on common challenges, and to share UK’s approach to this rapidly developing area of Science and Technology

**Person specification**:

- A high level understanding of how Defence works, and a good understanding of DNO’s aims and objectives.
- Expertise in science, engineering, operational analysis and/or other fields relevant to DNO such as Deterrent, Strategic and Maritime Systems.
- Excellent communication skills, including written and oral.
- Flexible approach to a variety of tasks of different duration and priority.
- Experience managing and/or communicating with ‘customers’ of S&T.
- Technical consulting and systems thinking skills, with the ability to work with initiative, to understand customer capability n

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