Dno - Warhead Teutates Programme Secretary

**Details**: **Reference number**: - 260417**Salary**: - £27,080**Job grade**: - Executive Officer- D**Contract type**: - Permanent**Business area**: - MOD - Defence Nuclear Organisation**Type of role**: - Administration / Corporate Support - Project Delivery**Working pattern**: - Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**: - 1Contents Location About the job **Benefits**: Things you need to know Location - AWE Aldermaston: ReadingAbout the job **Job summary**: This is a genuinely exciting time to join the Ministry of Defence if you want to be at the heart of real Defence issues. You will get to work on a high profile and distinctive portfolio which is rarely out of the news and have an outstanding insight into the captivating world of nuclear. Established in April 2016, the Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO) was set up to coordinate all aspects of nuclear business within the MOD; responsible for all submarines (from buying them through to disposal when they reach the end of their life), nuclear warheads, skills, related infrastructure and day-to-day nuclear policy. DNO consists of the people, equipment and infrastructure required to successfully deter the most utmost threats to our national security and way of life. Within DNO, the Warhead Directorate leads the UK nuclear warhead programme which provides a stockpile of reliable, safe and effective nuclear warheads to support the UK’s strategic nuclear deterrent now and in the future. The Warhead Directorate has staff based in MOD Main Building, MOD Abbey Wood (Bristol), Aldermaston (Reading) and HM Naval Base Clyde (Scotland). This post will be based in Aldermaston (Reading) This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. **Job description**: The TEUTATES Programme resides within the Warhead Directorate and is responsible for delivering the UK contribution to the 2010 TEUTATES Treaty between the UK and France, signed by David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy. In November 2010, the two leaders issued a joint declaration that our two nations would "collaborate in the technology associated with nuclear stockpile stewardship in support of our respective independent nuclear deterrent capabilities, in full compliance with our international obligations". As part of this, the UK agreed to the joint funding, building and operation of a new Hydrodynamics facility in France, at EPURE near Dijon, as well as facilities at AWE Aldermaston. The facility will enable the UK to undertake hydrodynamic experiments in a secure environment. Hydrodynamics experiments use radiography to measure the performance of materials at extremes of temperature and pressure. This enables us to model the performance and safety of the nuclear weapons in our stockpile without undertaking nuclear explosive tests, consistent with our obligations under the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The TEUTATES facility at full operating capability will therefore be integral to the UK’s stockpile stewardship programme and supporting the design and assurance of the recently announced Replacement Warhead system. The programme also covers procurement of specialist containment vessels, radioactive and hazardous waste treatment capabilities and facilities involving both MoD and AWE Aldermaston teams in UK and France. This Teutates team sits under the Head of Warhead Performance and Delivery. The team is made up from MOD permanent members of staff, MOD contractors and AWE Secondees and is currently approximately 35 individuals. The total programme 10-year budget responsibility is several hundred £M. - Support meeting owners in the planning and co-ordination of key programme meetings including distributing meeting agendas. - Minutes, Actions & Issues taker at key meetings. - Manage the programme’s central actions log, including supporting action owners in closing actions. - Liaise with the Programme’s risk manager to ensure effective recording of issues on the programme’s issues register. - Managing the administration of Programme’s documents library - Support and distribution of communication to the programme’s internal and external stakeholders - Admin support to the Project Controls Team including supporting the wider team with onboarding activities The postholder may be required to travel to other locations. **Person specification**: - Experience in co-ordinating programme meetings including taking minutes and managing actions. - Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to present data and information clearly as part of the meeting follow-up. - Excellent structured problem-solving and logical reasoning skills, with a focus on delivering practical solutions to strategic problems. - The ability to deliver at pace, taking responsibility for timely and quality results with focus and drive. - The ability to work across organisational boundaries. - You will be required to have and maintain a flexible app