Graduate Psychologist

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

- 210059**Salary**:

- £26,350**Grade**:

- Executive Officer- D**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Psychology**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- GosportAbout the job

**Summary**:
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

**Job description**:

- Specific tasks may include but are not limited to:
- Creating and administering surveys to collect data on topics such as working conditions, safety behaviour and perceptions of military clothing and equipment.
- Analysing quantitative and qualitative data using Excel, SPSS and NVivo (training in these software packages will be available).
- Facilitating focus groups, delivering workshops and conducting interviews.
- Writing research reports, academic papers and letters for customers.
- Helping to design innovative research and prepare protocols for scientific and ethical review.

Depending on the needs of the task, the post holder will at times work independently and at other times collaboratively with team members or colleagues in other departments. The post holder will be required to engage with customers and stakeholders at all levels, including senior military and civilian personnel. The post requires occasional travel within the UK and sometimes overseas, each of which may include overnight stays on land and possibly at sea.
- In Navy Command, our civil servants work alongside their military colleagues in jobs that matter; jobs which often have a direct impact on the quality of the operational capabilities we deliver.
- Roles can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within the Department and across the wider Civil Service.
- The Institute of Naval Medicine is the Naval Service’s Centre of Excellence, bringing together scientists and medical professionals to improve the health of the UK Armed Forces. The unique opportunities offered within are varied, challenging and exciting and support Navy Command’s role to generate and operate forces for today and to ensure we are ready for tomorrow by developing and delivering the Navy of the future.
- Navy Command provides an open, flexible, and inclusive work environment where civil servants and Armed Forces personnel work together in a wealth of interesting and challenging jobs in areas ranging from: finance; legal services; personnel and HR; project planning and managing contracts, to media and communications.**Responsibilities**:

- It is essential that you have an undergraduate honours degree in psychology (2:1 minimum), accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).- **Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:

- As a civil servant in Navy Command, you will be part of a forward-looking organisation with inclusive workplace policies, excellent career prospects, and a job that makes a difference.
- Navy Command prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work-life balance.
- Other benefits for Navy Command civil servants include:
- 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years of service
- A very competitive pension scheme
- Personal & professional development
- Alternative working patterns for many roles
- Access to a confidential, professional support service
- Discount schemes
- Bicycle / season ticket loans
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year

At the Institute of Naval Medicine, we offer an impressive range of on-site facilities including a gymnasium, volleyball court, medicinal garden, plenty of car parking spaces, a canteen with indoor and outdoor seating, and two ‘mess’ facilities (areas for military and civilian personnel to socialize and eat). The Institute is in the seaside settlement of Alverstoke, a short walk from award-winning Georgian era gardens and a shingle beach with views of the Isle of Wight. There are nature reserves nearby and the cities of Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester can be reached within 30 to 45 minutes by car.-
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.

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