Director for International Partnerships and Campaigns

The Director for International Partnerships and Campaigns drives bilateral partnerships, export and capability collaboration strategies, and multilateral partnerships aligned with UK Government (HMG) objectives. We are recruiting for two Directors, who will cover two different geographic portfolios (Europe and Multilaterals, and Middle East and Rest of World).

These roles develop country and regional collaboration frameworks and plans, build global stakeholder relationships, and deliver coherent campaign plans. The Directors support UK industrial campaigns, including through trade shows, marketing, and ministerial engagements, to strengthen the UK’s international relationships and optimise UK growth and security.

These roles operate in a complex, high-profile international environment, requiring close collaboration with government, industry, and international partners. You must navigate political, commercial, and operational challenges to deliver sustainable and impactful outcomes for the National Armaments Director Group (NAD Group), MOD, and the UK’s global interests.

The current responsibilities of the roles include:​

• Bilateral and multilateral partnerships: Develop and maintain enhanced bilateral and multilateral partnerships that align with the UK Government’s (HMG’s) objectives, driving successful exports and capability collaboration. Identify and prioritise partnership options to drive successful capability collaboration and export opportunities. Support capability co-design and co-development, involving dialogue and agreement on requirements with partners, identification of appropriate options/solutions to problem statements, and negotiation via capability dialogues & relationships across Defence.​
• Country and regional collaboration frameworks: Establish, build and maintain comprehensive country, NATO, AUKUS, and regional collaboration frameworks ensuring seamless integration with MOD and NAD Group structures, and an effective and planned engagement (matrix) across the global network (in concert with Military Strategic Headquarters (MSHQ), and Department of State (DoS), Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE)). Ensure coherence and understanding of country/region requirements to align UK offers.​
• Delivery of priority-driven, coherent campaign plans: Develop, lead and deliver a structured portfolio of priority-driven export campaign plans aligned with HMG’s strategic objectives and industry capability and capacity. Lead and execute successful campaign plans, contributing to the success of UK industrial campaigns through impactful trade shows, marketing efforts, and ministerial engagements.​
• Global stakeholder relationships: Build and strengthen global stakeholder relationships that effectively support and advance UK strategic objectives.​
• International engagement strategies: Develop and execute international engagement strategies that bolster the UK’s international relationships, driving growth and enhancing national security.​
• Supporting international capability collaboration: Support the implementation of the international capability collaboration strategy ensuring this is fully aligned with HMG strategic objectives and delivering measurable outcomes.​
• Leadership of an inclusive and high-performing team: The team provides high-quality advice to Ministers and works effectively with other government departments, industry, and international partners. You will provide strong leadership to create a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing team with a strong emphasis on continuous improvement, learning and collaboration and the confidence to challenge unacceptable behaviour where necessary. ​
• Accountable for budgets: Related to International Partnerships, Collaboration and Future Campaigns, international engagements, and strategy development, including approval of expenditure and oversight of financial planning.​

Open to UK nationals only.

To apply for these posts, you will need to complete the online application process accessed via the Civil Service Jobs portal. This should be completed no later than 23:55 on Sunday 11 October 2026 and will involve providing the two documents which are weighted equally:​

• ​A 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) providing tangible examples that clearly evidence how you meet the essential criteria for the role.​

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.

Avril Jolliffe, DG International,​ will be offering an online Q&A session on the 2 October 2026 at 15:00pm – 15:45pm to provide an overview of the roles and welcome any questions you may have. Candidates can access the meeting by clicking here. Please note this is not part of the formal assessment process. If you have any issues accessing the session, please contact: NAD-NAIntl-DGIntl-PrivateOffice@mod.gov.uk.

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