Navy Command, Strategy and Governance Assistant Head

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 Clyde, home to the UK Submarine Service. It sustains the nation’s continuous at-sea deterrent and supports the Royal Navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. As a centre of excellence for submarine operations, Clyde plays a critical role in national security and global stability.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Are you ready to help shape the strategic heartbeat of HMNB Clyde? This is an exciting opportunity to join the Business department, where you will play a key role in providing strategic direction, strong governance and specialist professional support across a wide range of business functions. As Strategy and Governance Assistant Head you will lead and direct the Clyde S&G Department, helping to deliver high-quality outputs for NBC and the MOD Board of Directors across business strategy and planning, strategic information and reporting, risk management, iHub management and customer feedback.

What you will do:

• Lead and manage Strategy and Governance Team.
• Provide advice and support to multiple different stakeholders when required
• Lead development and production of Business Plans.
• Develop and maintain One Clyde Strategy/Headmark.
• Develop and maintain Operation and Governance Arrangements.
• Develop, manage and report against the HMNB Clyde Capability and Capacity baseline.
• Manage a Master Data and Assumptions list that underpins the HMNB Clyde Capability and Capacity baseline and generate Third Order Assumptions in support of the financial planning cycle.
• Manage internal reporting demands; provide mature Management Information, governance forums and collate requirements.
• Manage external reporting demands; collate requirements.
• Lead development of Integrated Risk Management Framework with key stakeholders to identify, analyse and mitigate risks against HMNB Clyde capabilities, manage risk register, and contribute to wider reporting.
• Oversee the management of Naval Base Clydes iHUB.
• Oversee HMNB Clyde’s Customer Feedback process in line with contractual requirements, providing management information to key stakeholders.

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 Behaviour:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

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.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

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.

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