Mansfield Lead Maritime Advisor

Unit & Position Role

Project MANSFIELD Outward loan of Defence personnel to PAG

Project MANSFIELD Lead Maritime Advisor

Responsibilities

Act as the lead maritime advisor embedded within PAG departments.

Conduct engagement across PAG and MOD senior leadership routinely up to 2*.

Support and enable PAG maritime operational requirements through military consultancy network engagement capability development and operational advice.

Provide PAG with situational awareness of MOD and cross-Whitehall maritime operational capability legal and policy advice.

Provide MSHQ with situational awareness of PAG maritime operational capability legal and policy advice.

Identify areas for joint Defence/PAG maritime collaboration (J1-9).

BPT liaise with other Defence personnel seconded to PAG such as SPLS/Dstl etc.

Pre-Employment Training

JOPC if not held

Local Considerations

Domestic

SFA SSFA or SSSA available as required.

Employer Comments

DV and ability to apply for enhanced DV required (can take approx. 6 months). Have/will be able to hold STRAP/TK without nationality caveats.

Behaviours Values and Standards:

• Uphold the standards of own Service MOD and the Civil Service whilst acknowledging the importance of other Departments values standards and culture.
• A desire to learn from others develop themselves and others and apply new and novel understand in a rapidly changing environment.
• Self-awareness of their style and approach which should be open honest and driven by a growth mindset.
• Content with absence of clarity but a questioning mind and willingness to help the customer better understand their requirements.
• A desire to get after complex problems which are not easily solvable and require the coming together of various skill sets over a sustained period.
• Grit determination and resilience to think outside of standard/accepted processes to achieve crucial requirements often to a tight deadline and in a demanding environment.

Skills:

• Comfortable working at a higher level of Defence/X-HMG (strategic and operational).
• An ability to grapple with a complex subject and brief (written and verbally) in a clear and concise manner often to large/varied audiences or specialists and senior shareholders.
• Able to work with a broad/varied group of stakeholders to manage multi-year projects often with a broad scope of requirements across different time zones.
• Desire to learn from other specialists share and blend knowledge and work within a larger more complex team.

Experience:

• Exposure to the Joint operating environment/NATO/Allies/Partners logistics process and operations.
• An appreciation of X-HMG and the logistics methods used by various departments.
• Programme/Project management experience (public and/or private sector) and commercial/acquisition awareness (Defence or more widely).
• Experience working abroad and with other cultures and religions to achieve the best results possible for the benefit of the UK and its allies/partners.