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Chief Scientific Adviser

  • Publishing
  • London
  • 25/09/2024
  • £149000.00 /yearly
  • Full Time & Permanent
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Job Overview

Location

London

Job Type

Full Time & Permanent

Salary

£149,000 yearly

Date Posted:

25/09/2024

Expiration date:

16/10/2024

Additional Detail

Job ID

15172

Work Location

Remote and/or Onsite

Job Description

London (region)

Job summary

The Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the principal adviser to MOD Ministers and senior officials on all aspects of science and technology (S&T) in the MOD. They exercise pivotal influence over the future trajectory of Defence, including through the CSA holding delegated authority for S&T in MOD, supporting decisions on military operations, future equipment acquisition, and assisting the delivery of future battle-winning technologies.

All of this involves ensuring objective analysis of the Departments investment programme and of defence-related risks across a broad scope of science, engineering, analytical and technology subjects. The CSA brings together specialised defence areas of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and missile defence and promotes technology-led modernisation across a range of areas including autonomous systems, cyber deterrence, artificial intelligence, big data, space technology and synthetic environments.

The MOD CSA works closely with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) and the network of CSAs across government, routinely attending the National Science and Technology Council, and other cross government fora. The MOD CSA ensures that key strategic decisions made by Ministers and senior officials are informed by high quality, expert scientific advice and analysis. There is also vital engagement with our international partners and allies in broad areas of research and the CSA personally leads bilateral international relationships on the development of strategic collaboration with potential new partnership countries. The CSA also works closely with industry and academia across the full range of science and technology.

The MOD CSA has executive responsibility for Defence Science and Technology (DST), a Head Office (HO) directorate of science and technology experts in Whitehall, which calls on the further 8,600 scientists and engineers across MOD. Collaborating with military customers, DST works out the balance of investment across the MOD core research programme with a budget of circa £460 million per annum and commissions the programme primarily through the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

The post holder is directly accountable to Ministers and to the Permanent Under Secretaries (PUS), with the Second Permanent Under Secretary (2PUS) as line manager.

Job description

Please see the Candidate pack for further information

Person specification

Please see the Candidate pack for further information
Alongside your salary of £149,000, Ministry of Defence contributes £43,165 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • 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%

Selection process details

The Ministry of Defence has engaged Perrett Laver to support the recruitment to this post. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Annabel Holt on [email protected].

Application is by submission of a Curriculum Vitae and a covering letter of application, addressing the job description and person specification. Completed applications should be uploaded at https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/ quoting reference 7374 by the deadline of 23.55 BST on Wednesday 16th October. ​

Applications should consist of:
Your CV, with educational and professional qualifications and full employment history, including an explanation of any gaps in your employment history, and details where possible of budgets and numbers of people
A short covering statement of no more than two A4 sized pages (1000 words) explaining why this appointment interests you and how you can evidence your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the criteria in the relevant experience section.
You will also be asked to complete a diversity monitoring form. Please note that references and open-source due diligence checks (including into social media accounts) may be undertaken for all short-listed candidates.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For further information on whether you are eligible to apply under this scheme please follow the link.

The Ministry of Defence is an accredited Disability Confident Employer under the government' Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations that have a positive commitment towards disabled people. We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role, as outlined on page 5 of this pack. If you wish to claim a guaranteed interview you should declare so at the point you submit your application.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Recruitment team

Further information

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact
Craig Nannestad in the DG Workforce Team, Government People Group [email protected] in the first instance.

 

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