Army - Human Machine Teaming Project Accelerator
Ministry of Defence
Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 15th November 2024
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Job summary
The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse work-force including many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army. As such, project management and acquisition skills are vital.
In Army Futures, our role is to help the British Army win. We do this by ensuring the Army keeps pace with social, political, technological and environmental changes and the speed at which our adversaries adapt. We then operate as an engine for research, innovation, analysis and experimentation to determine how the Army must be structured, trained and equipped in the future.
The post involves commissioning and oversight of research and experimentation projects for new and developing technologies and working with military and Civil Service colleagues across the Ministry of Defence to bring these into service.
This an exciting role that combines project management with military capability, science and technology and acquisition skills to enable the Army to win in battle. It sits in the Future Force Development branch, in the Research and Experimentation (R&E) team which is responsible for filling the knowledge gaps to inform capability development choices, nested in Army and Defence priorities, testing hypotheses and validating solutions.
The role is specifically responsible for the oversight of research into Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) to include Human Machine Teaming but may also include topics such as battlefield power and electrification, artificial intelligence (AI), deception projects and other subjects.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
The successful candidate will:
1. You will work to a military Colonel in the Research and Experimentation (R&E) team. You will plan, commission, manage and accelerate multiple technology focused projects with minimal supervision and supervise the work of other Civil Servants. Your main focus will be on Robotics and Autonomous Systems and Human Machine Teaming. You will be required to oversee projects into other related subject areas and oversee the work of 2 Civil Servants. For this you will need a good standard of written English and the ability to represent sophisticated subjects concisely and accurately.
2. You will support the Army Colonel to help the Army to securely exploit ground-breaking science and technology (S&T) by helping to establish and maintain links between different Army HQ branches, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Land Warfare Centre and Industry. You will assist with the planning of exploitation activity to rapidly mature selected technologies using commercial routes in partnership with these organisations.
3. You will assist the Army Colonel with supporting collaboration with the US, Allied and partner nations, ensuring interoperability and exploitation through burden sharing, or UK adoption of proven technology. You will be required to contribute to the production of business cases.
4. You will be working in a mixed military/civilian team including contractors in a fast moving but supportive environment. You will need to be able to brief both verbally and in writing.
5. You will help to ensure that research projects are initiated, funded, conducted with-in applicable policy and guidance and remain broadly aligned to the business case, balancing time, cost and quality. The actual project work will most likely be conducted by DE&S/Dstl but you will need to assist with the oversight, direction and driving force. You will need to work with multiple industry partners to push forward the innovation and fielding at pace of new and developmental capability.
6. The role may involve occasional travel to meetings outside the Andover area and sometimes outside the UK so we require someone who is able and willing to travel in the UK and possibly abroad.
8. This role is suitable for hybrid working (part office/part working from home) and flexible working hours (flexible start and finish times subject to business need). The successful candidate would be expected to spend three working days each week in the office.
Person specification
Essential criteria:
- Excellent written communication skills
- Excellent business case writing skills
Desirable criteria:
- Broad experience with MOD (or other UK government department) acquisition and capability development processes
- Some experience of working in an Science and Technology focused role or organisation.
- Experience of project sponsorship and of requirements management.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
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 employer contribution of 28.97%
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
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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Selection process details
At application you will be assessed against the following:
- CV with full job history, skills and experience
- 3 behaviours - Seeing the Bigger Picture, Changing and Improving, Communicating and Influencing
At interview you will be assessed against the following behaviours:
- Making effective decisions
- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date.
Interview dates are to be confirmed. These will be held in person. We endeavour to stick to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Job contact :
- Name : Sarah Staddon
- Email : sarah.staddon644@mod.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk
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