Navy Command - Contract Transition & Transformation Manager

At Navy Command, we lead, support, and sustain the Royal Navy across every theatre of operations. We coordinate the people, platforms, and missions that keep the Fleet ready for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. Together, we uphold centuries of naval tradition while driving innovation that ensures the Royal Navy’s readiness to protect our nation and secure our future.

As the authority for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine capability, the Submarine Directorate oversees one of the most complex and critical elements of UK defence. Covering everything from in‑service management to long‑term fleet modernisation, the directorate ensures the Submarine Flotilla remains safe, reliable, and ready to meet national security requirements.

You'll be based at HMNB Devonport, the largest naval base in Western Europe and a powerhouse of Royal Navy capability. It is home to amphibious ships, survey squadrons, submarines, and two-thirds of the frigate force. With its unique nuclear refitting facility, Devonport ensures the Fleet remains ready to support operations worldwide.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Are you an experienced contract management professional looking to play a pivotal role in the transformation of Naval Base services?

We are seeking a proactive and highly organised individual to support the delivery of the Contract (Gateway/Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP) at Devonport. Working closely with the NBC Devonport Contract Manager, you will lead the monitoring of contract performance, transformation and transition activities, manage contractual change and configuration control, and provide expert oversight of requirements and service delivery. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside key intelligent customers ensuring the industry partner delivers safe, compliant and high-quality services that support Defence operational priorities while driving continuous improvement across the Naval Base.

What you'll be doing:

• To be accountable to the NBC Devonport Contract Manager for the management and monitoring of the Industry Partner transformation programme and transition activities ensuring effective measures are in place for tracking and reporting.
• To be accountable to the NBC Devonport Contract Manager for the requirement, assisting the monitoring of Industry Partner performance and collating MI in support of delivery of the FMSP Devonport Contract Management function.
• To be accountable to the NBC Devonport Contract Manager as the technical lead for all contractual changes to requirements maintaining oversight and tracking.
• Provide a single point of contact for configuration control of contractual documentation and maintain a record of contract amendments for reflection in an annual up version of the contract.
• Act as the NBC Devonport Contract Management lead for the Intelligent Customer Network and associated training materials to support the development of the community to ensure effective wider contract management across the Devonport Site.
• Act as the NBC Devonport lead for monitoring and capturing the Authority dependencies and the Industry Partner’s obligations within the Contract understand the impact and ensure any issues impacting the performance of the contract are addressed.
• Provide a single point of contact for capturing and monitoring all future change which will impact the scope of the contract for the Naval Base.
• To support the NBC Devonport Contract Manager in the articulation of the requirement and priority for service delivery for the Devonport NB Services to the Industry Partner to ensure that NBC(D)’s operational priorities are delivered.
• To support the NBC Devonport Contract Manager in their role as Devonport Lead Intelligent Customer (IC) on behalf of the MoD as the contracting Authority, to set the requirements, understand the contract and assess whether the deliverables and activities of the Industry Provider meet the requirements of the contract.
• Support the NBC Devonport Contract Manager to deliver the Contract Management Function, and in doing so assure that the services delivered by the Industry Provider are compliant with the Devonport Contract and comply with the requirements of the Secretary of State’s Policy Statement and its amplification in any Defence Safety Authority (DSA) publication. To ensure the Industry Provider is held to account, and to raise any concerns to the Devonport Contract Manager. To be prepared to challenge the quality of the service provision to ensure the MoD as the customer receives the required level of service, which is compliant with legislation, MOD Policy and industry standards.
• To assist in building collaborative, positive relationships with Industry Provider in support of the safe, secure and efficient delivery of the full scope of Naval Base outputs. To maintain a clear understanding of what the Industry Provider should deliver as part of the contracted outputs.
• To inform the NBC Devonport Contract Manager where the Contract services being delivered by the Contractor do not meet the required level of outputs demanded by the Contract; this covers both ‘over’ and ‘under’ provision.
• To work collaboratively under the direction of the Devonport NBC Contract Manager to build positive and effective relations with the SDG and Surface Ships Contract Management Teams.
• To raise Contract requirement, technical safety and/or security concerns with the Devonport Contract Manager.
• Highlight to the Devonport Contract Manager where there is dispute about the requirement, provision of contracted services or service delivery matters.

Open to UK nationals only.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

As part of Defence Reform, Navy Command continues to review and evolve its Target Operating Model to support more agile ways of working. In this context, the role and responsibilities of this role may develop over time to reflect changing business priorities and opportunities.

At Sift, you will be assessed against the following;

• Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and qualification details.
• Candidates will be required to provide a personal statement. This should be a maximum of 500 words that sets out your motivation for applying and shows how your skills and experience meet the essential requirements for the role.

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following success profiles:

Behaviour

• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

Further information:

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.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

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