Royal Navy Develop Directorate

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

- 277861**Salary**:

- £27,080**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Health and Safety
- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Portsmouth, South East England, PO2 8BYAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Develop Directorate acts as the thought leaders for the RN, leading the development of the Royal Navy’s future warfighting capability and acting as the Design Authority for RN capabilities of the future in order to achieve the optimum mix of present and future warfighting technologies for a modern, global and ready Royal Navy.

Develop is divided into five parts, Strategic Force Development, Capability Sponsor, UWB, Shipbuilding and NavyX.

Strategic Force Development is responsible for developing the changing and future demands of our operational commitments as outlined within Defence Plan, Transformation Plan and Navy Command Plan by delivering a more agile and adaptable military capability and by owning the Capability Management Plan and ensure the effective prioritisation of resources to meet the Navy’s strategic priorities and outcomes.

Capability Sponsorship will deliver an ambitious capability portfolio, cohering all capability development programme and project activity across Navy Command. Through the development of future concepts, DEVELOP also leads future thinking beyond these headmarks and seeks to harness DSTL research to exploit the novel, affordable, battle-winning technologies of tomorrow and houses the NavyX Team which is driving innovation throughout the Naval Service.

It also leads NCHQ’s Strategic and Maritime Force Development activity, collaborating with US and NATO allies on international capability development.

Within Develop, the UWB team is responsible for through-life capability sponsorship of Navy UWB capabilities and for cohering pan-Defence UWB capability planning; also responsible for establishing new major UWB programmes and delivery of the ASW Spearhead Programme and for managing substantial international collaboration activity, especially with the US, Australia, and within the new AUKUS framework.

The Develop Shipbuilding Team is responsible for managing the Royal Navy’s 30 Year Shipbuilding Plan and the Shipbuilding Pipeline as outlined in the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS).

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The Develop Safety and Quality Assurance Support role will assist the Develop Safety and Quality Assurance Officer(s) and the Develop Safety Manager in delivering all Safety and Assurance (S&A) activity within the Develop Directorate, undertaking the day-to-day administrative and support activities in order to ensure the Develop Directorate achieves and maintains compliance with all regulatory S&A requirements.

This is a newly established role but the work the incumbent delivers will be vital in ensuring departmental compliance with all Defence Regulator requirements. You will need to demonstrate flexibility and adaptability delivering in areas of novel and emergent technology where understanding is still developing.

The Develop Safety and Assurance Support role will report directly to one of the Develop Safety and Quality Assurance Officers, as the responsibility for general S&A oversight sits within the Business Management area of the Directorate.

**Person specification**:
**Responsibilities**
- Maintaining and updating DEVELOP directorate action, improvement, and assurance plans.
- Assist Develop Safety and Assurance Officers in delivering assurance tasking
- Assist Develop Safety and Assurance Officers in preparation and arrangements for assurance tasking including resource management.
- Support the DEVELOP safety cell in managing the HSEP reporting and performance recording with data entry, information and reports to the various Develop dashboards.
- Act as contact point for internal communications and enquires
- Drafting of communications; letters, reports, and notices in accordance with JSP101
- Establish and maintain a dedicated Stakeholder Network of contacts for safety and assurance related enquiries and support tasks across the directorate
- Provide maintenance of the DEVELOP asset register, ensuring the movement of all assets are managed and recorded

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

- Managing a Quality Service
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Working Together
- Leadership

**Benefits**:

- 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.

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