Senior Lecturer Nuclear Safety Methods

Are you looking for a change that is stimulating and rewarding.

The Nuclear Department within Navy Command, has a key role in providing education and training ranging from introductory to postgraduate level to Service and MOD Civilian personnel, in support of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme as well as bespoke courses for the wider nuclear industry.

Our multidisciplinary team consists of specialists in materials, physics, chemistry, thermal hydraulics and nuclear safety related to nuclear power applications.

This post is advertised at 37 hours per week.

As the post holder will have access to very sensitive information, there are limitations on travelling to a small number of countries and we will undertake additional security checks as part of the recruitment process. Applications from candidates with close connections to certain countries may take considerably longer to process, or in some cases result in a withdrawal of an offer of employment. Further details will be provided at the conditional offer stage.

You will play a key role in educating and training personnel involved in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in Nuclear Safety Methods.

You will deliver lectures, tutorials and research project design up to Level 7 (Master's Level). Design, develop, deliver and assess courses in:

• The technical content of a modern safety case, majoring on the areas of hazard analysis, quantitative risk assessment, modelling techniques for probabilistic and deterministic safety justifications
• Nuclear regulation and nuclear security regulation for Defence Nuclear Programmes (DNP)
• Fault and Event Tree analysis, and engineering reliability and availability methods and tools
• Probabilistic safety analysis, deterministic safety methods and substantiation
• Organisational structures for nuclear safety regulation in the UK civil nuclear industry and the Defence Nuclear Programmes
• Naval Nuclear Propulsion Plant safety management systems and the applicable laws the influence these systems and behaviours
• Principles of hazard management, compliance, governance and culture in a nuclear safety context.
• Describe and model severe reactor accidents including performing dose estimates from activity release

You need to be able to deliver in one of the following areas, training will be provided to support this.

• Nuclear Decommissioning
• Criticality Safety
• Nuclear Systems
• Radiation Protection

You will also:

• Design, supervise and assess student projects
• Undertake Course Manager duties
• Maintain, develop and manage codes and software
• Operate and manage specialist equipment
• Attend working groups and represent the department at conferences and working groups
• Ensure continued professional development in area of specialist knowledge

A postgraduate Qualification (Level 7) in a STEM subject.

Open to UK nationals only.

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

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (750 words)

At sift, Candidates will be assessed against their CV and Statement of suitability.

At interview, Candidates will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Developing Self and Others
• Communicating and Influencing

Assessment:

• Applicants invited to interview will need to demonstrate their technical expertise and must give a ten-minute presentation. The presentation should be technical and in an area of nuclear safety.

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.

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