Aerospace Sciences Team Leader, Platform Systems

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

- 272740**Salary**:

- £40,514 - £47,007- Salary will be dependant on experience and skills**Job grade**:

- Grade 7- Dstl Level 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DSTL - Platform Systems Division - Aerospace Systems Group**Type of role**:

- Business Management and Improvement
- Engineering
- Science**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Dstl Portsdown West, Fareham, Hampshire PO17 6ADAbout the job

**Job summary**:
As Dstl’s first line of management, your primary purpose as a Team Leader (TL) is to provide leadership to the people in your team. This has a balance of leading / managing people and technical leadership, ensuring the development and delivery of capability to meet current and future demand.

A Team Leader may also fulfil other roles as part of their technical contribution but not to the detriment of their line management responsibilities.

**The Platform Systems Division** of Dstl supports the Ministry of Defence and wider government in a broad range of ground breaking technical research areas. We respond to current and future demands ensuring that the UK retains a battle-winning advantage.

The **Aerospace Sciences **team has core capabilities in the flight sciences disciplines of Aerodynamics, Flight Dynamics & Control, and Structures. It’s purpose is to provide high-quality technical leadership, innovative ideas and solutions, advice and guidance in these disciplines. The work includes design and trials/testing using UK and international facilities.

The team works at the cutting edge of Science and Technology on highly innovative and transformational air vehicle projects. You would join us at an exciting time with the team’s skills in high demand to support growth areas such as the Global Combat Air Programme, the Hypersonic Weapons Programme and support to the RAF Rapid Capabilities Office.

We collaborate with partners in industry, academia, and internationally. We work hand in hand to accelerate the development, demonstration and exploitation of aerospace technologies to deliver critical military advantage to front line operators.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

**We particularly welcome female and ethnic minority applicants and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.**

**Job description**:
In this role you will:

- ** Develop & sustain capability (people relationships, infrastructure, knowledge, licences to practice) to provide technical/scientific contribution to current and future projects across Dstl through effective use of the Team's resources/expertise**:

- Maintain awareness of current and future demand requirements
- Understand and use the different resource options to ensure an appropriate mix of team members
- Understand and effectively develop capability to align with Division Capability plans
- Build resilience through succession planning, including developing future leaders
- ** Direct Line management of a team of ca.15 Team Members**:

- Enable effective performance management and development of team members
- Allocate employees to tasks or projects based on requirements
- Coach and support Team Members career and personal development.
- ** Ensure that people have the necessary skills and competencies for the tasks assigned**:

- ** Ensure employees have knowledge of and conform to all safety and security and resilience requirements.**:

- ** Build employees engagement and create an environment which nurtures excellence through**:

- setting the direction for team, including how the team fits with strategic aims;
- creating a positive and inclusive working environment that aligns with Dstl Values, champions diversity and enables employees to excel
- communicating and owning difficult mesages;
- challenging and addressing poor performance
- recognising and highlighting high performance
- networking with other Team Leaders and stakeholders to share good practice and ensure a coherent approach
- ** Implement Dstl's policies and ensure compliance with the Management System**.
- ** Provide individual technical/professional contribution as agreed with Line Manager**.
- ** Recommending**:

- Allocation of employees to all leadership roles on projects (PM, PTA, LTR)
- Appointment of Capability Advisers to a programme

**Person specification**:
We are looking for someone who has:

- The ability to quickly develop good working relationships with a variety of people.
- Good networking skills.
- Tact and diplomacy in dealing with a wide range of issues/challenges
- Persistence to see things through to a conclusion
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