Job Description

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Reference number

406466
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Salary

81,000
Existing Civil Servants on level transfer will retain their existing base salary. Candidates on promotion will have their substantive base salary increased by 10% or start on the minimum of the SCS PB1 scale of 81,000 per annum; whichever is higher.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
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Job grade

SCS Pay Band 1###

Contract type

Permanent###

Business area

MOD - Strategic Command - Defence Intelligence###

Type of role

Analytical


Defence Operations

Science

Senior leadership###

Working pattern

Full-time###

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Ministry of Defence Main Building, London.

About the job

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Job summary

Defence Intelligence is integral to the security and prosperity of the UK. As the Deputy Director All-Source Intelligence Assessment you will be responsible for providing intelligence assessment in support to decision-makers in Defence and the wider UK government. The Defence Intelligence All-Source Assessments Teams plays a central role in the UK's effort to prevent proliferation and to hold countries to account for non-compliance to international safeguards and treaties.


The areas directly overseen by this role comprise of world experts in individual disciplines across the following responsibilities:


Chemical Weapons; Counter Proliferation, including support to UK export controls; Medical, and Biosecurity; Radiological and Nuclear.
This is a high profile, demanding and wide ranging role delivering decision advantage to the government on critical threats facing the UK. This role involves leading a team of both civilian and military staff, offering strategic oversight, subject matter expertise and leadership to a high-performing team of intelligence analysts. The job holder is expected to promote innovation, collaboration, and joint working to enhance opportunities for continuous improvement.


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Job description

Key Responsibilities

The current responsibilities of the role include:

Oversight of the operational outputs of specialist units, capturing requirements, maintaining production standards, engaging with customers, and overseeing research budgets exceeding 1 million. Contributing to and leading Defence Intelligence efforts in support of relevant Ministry of Defence (MOD) and His Majesty's Government (HMG) strategies. This includes counter acquisition work, providing insights into Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) threats to shape policy, capability, operational, and acquisition decisions across the Government. Developing Defence Intelligence's future CBRN intelligence assessment capability by sustaining and enhancing subject matter expertise, ensuring continuous professional development, refining knowledge management processes, and leveraging new technologies. This involves advocating for analytical methods and advanced quantitative techniques. Promoting collaborative activities across government, leading domestic and international engagement with allies and partners on post specific issues, and supporting across Government efforts. As part of the senior leadership team, contributing to Defence Intelligence's corporate management and transformation programme, advocating for inclusion, innovation, and diversity of thought. Responsibilities also include managing your Defence Intelligence staff, budgets, and business processes. ###

Person specification

The ability to build, lead and manage a large and diverse team, encouraging innovation and fostering an inclusive environment. Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to interface across government on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (weapons or threats), and Science and Technology issues. Sound judgement and clarity of thought with the ability to rapidly assimilate information and deliver robust assessment and presentation of technical analysis both verbally and in writing. Excellent communication and influencing skills with the credibility and interpersonal skills to command the trust and confidence of senior officials, colleagues and staff. Ability to be resilient under pressure offering support and effective communication with team members. Strong scientific and technical background, able to apply that expertise in an analytical context and able to communicate policy implications in both technical and non-technical settings.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 81,000, Ministry of Defence contributes 23,465 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 employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process accessed via the advertisement listed for this role. This should be completed no later than

23:55 Sunday 22 June 2025

and will involve providing the two documents outlined below via the Civil Service Jobs portal:

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CV

(no more than 2 pages) setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.

A Personal Statement

(no more than 2 pages) explaining how your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role.

Both documents are weighted equally in their scoring, so it's important to consider this when uploading your application. Failure to submit both documents will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.


We understand that you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, and original and doesn't include ideas or work that isn't your own. This is so that your application is authentically and credibly your own.


External candidates who join the MOD and are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.


For further information about the role and full application process, please refer to the candidate pack attached below. If you wish to receive any material in a different format for accessibility, then please contact People-CivHR-SCSCandidateSupport@mod.gov.uk.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.




As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.###

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting .



See our vetting charter .
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 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 .
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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : SCS Recruitment Team Email : People-CivHR-SCSCandidateSupport@mod.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

* Email : People-CivHR-SCSCandidateSupport@mod.gov.uk