Navy Command

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

- 334720**Salary**:

- £43,080- £12,000 Recruitment and Retention Allowance- 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**:

- Education and Training**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- HMS Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3BYAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you looking for a change that is stimulating and rewarding The Nuclear Department within Navy Command, has an important role in providing education and training ranging from introductory to postgraduate level to Service and MOD Civilian personnel, in support of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme as well as bespoke courses for the wider nuclear industry.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:

- You will play a key role in educating and training personnel involved in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in Chemistry.**Person specification**:
Deliver lectures, tutorials and research project design up to RFQ Level 7 (Masters Level). Design, develop and assess courses in:

- The chemical and radio-chemical principles that govern operational plant chemistry and shutdown plant chemistry for the safe operation of nuclear plant
- Specific chemical parameters and how they influence plant behaviour and corrosion control
- Radiation protection principles when dealing with radioactivity and specifically with unsealed radioactive sources
- Handling separation and analysis of radio-chemical samples, radionuclide sources and out of core radiation build up
- Primary circuit decontamination and chemical behaviour of waste arising
- Shipboard and dockyard chemical analyses
- Water purification systems

You will also:

- Design, supervise and assess student projects
- Undertake Course Manager duties
- Maintain, develop and manage codes and software
- Operate and manage specialist equipment
- Attend working groups and represent the department at conferences and working groups
- Ensure continued professional development in area of specialist knowledge

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

- Communicating and Influencing
- Developing Self and Others
- 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.- 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 faculty strongly supports continuing professional development and therefore upon taking up the position, you will have the opportunity to undertake a range of courses, attend conferences and build collaborations with industry and academia. If you have not already acquired professional registration, then you will also be supported in working towards Chartered status with a relevant scientific or engineering professional body. It is anticipated that any research undertaken which is not security classified may be suitable for publication in peer-reviewed journals or at conferences.

The department is in HMS Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire which is the primary engineering training establishment for the Royal Navy. HMS Sultan's on-site facilities include secure parking, gymnasium, Wardroom membership and an onsite shop. Stokes Bay beach is close by and Gosport is a short ferry ride to Portsmouth, which offers excellent facilities such as access to travel networks, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and Gunwharf Quays outlet shopping.

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 benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this