S&T People Lead

484650

£51,568 - £58,044

Salary willl be dependent on skills and experience.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Permanent

CDO - S&T Delivery

Business Management and Improvement
Engineering
Science
Other

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours

10

Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JQ or Dstl Portsdown West, Fareham, Hampshire, PO17 6AD

At Dstl, our vision is to have a modern way of working efficiently, accommodating and enabling our people to create, collaborate and deliver.

To do this successfully in this job will require attendance at a Dstl location; Government Departments including wider MoD or Delivery and Mission Partner?s premises for 60% of your working time.

Where business needs allow, and with the agreement of your line manager, there may be the option for a combination of workplace and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement.

The Science & Technology (S&T) People Lead is responsible for leading the team ensuring utilisation of individuals in line with business requirements. This role includes line management, performance management, tasking individuals within their Suitably Qualified and Experienced Person (SQEP) boundaries, and assuring the health, safety, and security of the individuals in the team.

Your primary focus as an S&T People Lead is to lead people to perform which is achieved through managing individual performance by setting clear expectations, using feedback and coaching techniques as part of regular performance conversations, providing honest appraisals, and recognising good performance whilst proactively, confidently, and promptly addressing both poor performance and poor behaviours.

You will have a pivotal role in aligning and balancing the business needs of Dstl against the development and goals of their people to deliver Mission success.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

We have opportunities in the following areas:

• Sensor Mission Systems (SMS)
• AI and Data Systems Foundations
• AI & Data & Networks Analysis
• Forensics & Identity Team
• Hazard Management Team
• Energetic Threat Characterisation
• Maritime Countermeasures Team
• Energy Transfer Technologies
• Deterrence & Strategic Stability
• Offensive Air Team

For more information on the People Lead vacancies, please see the S&T Delivery opportunities document attached below.

In this role you will confidently manage and develop your team, identify and manage risks proactively to ensure the successful realisation of objectives and be confident in your ability to make effective decisions as a leader.

You will have an awareness regarding the technical capability area of your team, whether through prior experience or a commitment to ongoing learning. You will demonstrate an awareness of and maintain a strong appreciation of the relevant disciplines, their practical challenges, associated hazards, and relevant regulatory landscapes.

This technical engagement enables you to contribute directly to delivering safely and securely, reinforcing your leadership through hands on understanding and credibility.

For more information the job responsibilities, please see the job profile attached below.

We are looking for someone who demonstrated experience in the relevant technical area providing evidence of technical credibility to effectively lead, support and inspire confidence of a specialist team.

You will have previous experience in managing workload, resources and priorities as well as motivating and developing high performing teams to deliver results against organisational objectives.

For more information on the essential criteria, please see the job profile attached below.

Important Information:

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats.

For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

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

• Leadership
• Changing and Improving
• Developing Self and Others

Alongside your salary of £51,568, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes £14,939 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Benefits

Dstl?s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours, job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).

• Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.

• Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.

• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.

• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.

• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Open to UK nationals only.

This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.

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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

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Job contact :

• Name : Dstl Recruitment Team
• Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk