We are seeking highly skilled and motivated Environmental Professionals to join our Independent Safety and Environmental Assurance (ISEA) team, within the wider Expert Services team. In this role, you will provide expert environmental assurance and support across a range of complex defence projects, ensuring compliance with environmental standards, policies, and legislation. You will play a key role in embedding environmental considerations into the lifecycle of equipment and infrastructure projects, contributing to the delivery of sustainable and environmentally responsible solutions.

The ISEA team are specialists in safety, environmental protection, and functional safety, including Programmable Element assurance. Our role is to provide independent assurance to safety and environmental staff at all levels, ensuring compliance with legislation, as well as internal requirements and supporting the DE&S unified SEMS. Each team member brings expertise in the legislation, policies, regulations, and standards for one or more DE&S environments or technologies, or those of external customers.

We champion flexible ways of working. Regular in-person attendance is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance and business need. Initially, you may be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourselves with the site, the team, and your role.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage and participate in assurance, audit, and artefact reviews activity.
• Manage the assurance of environmental aspects of disposals and decommissioning of basic equipment.
• Provides recommendations and informed environmental policy advice to decision makers through Project Environmental Panels.
• Produces, reviews, and recommends acceptance of environmental artefacts.
• Work with colleagues at all levels to ensure compliance with relevant UK legislation and regulations, MOD regulations and DE&S Policy. Assure against the development of artefacts that support the use/application of Disapplication, Exemption, Derogation, where required. Contribute and lead elements of the development and maintenance of policy and process to satisfy the DE&S corporate standards for Environmental Management.
• Monitor the identification and analyses of environmental impacts and the evaluation of risk reduction measures, ensuring that these are adequately documented and managed.
• Leads on compliance activities in line with environmental policies to ensure the system or process is robust, proportionate, and working towards sound environmental performance.
• Develops, manages, and maintains effective Environmental Management Systems assurance across a matrix managed organisation working alongside stakeholders and multiple Delivery Teams.
• Manage the environmental acceptance criteria through the test, verification, and validation process.

Person specification

To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Lead Criterion – Demonstrate experience of providing technical advice and leading the delivery of successful environmental acquisition/support outcomes
• Hold a Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics based qualification at RQF Level 4; and
• Have wide ranging depth and breadth experience of providing technical advice and delivery of successful environmental engineering-based outcome; and
• As a minimum be professionally registered as either:
  • Registered Environmental Practitioner (REnvP) or
  • Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or
  • Registered Scientist (RSci)

Note: Alternatives to RQF listed above (which cover England, Wales and Northern Ireland only), is the Scottish SCQF or international equivalent qualification backed up by a statement of comparability from UK ENIC.

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Core Behaviour 1: Making Effective Decisions (CSBC 3)
• Core Behaviour 2: Seeing the Big Picture (CSBC 3)
• Technical Competence 1: Environment Sustainability (4.1 Environmental Policy and Principles) – Practitioner
• Technical Competence 2: Environment Sustainability (4.2 Environmental Improvement) – Practitioner

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £46,400, Ministry of Defence contributes £13,442 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
• Flexible and hybrid working options
• Market-leading average employer pension contribution of 28.97%
• Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
• Access to specialist training and funded qualifications
• Support for progression
• Huge range of discounts
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave schemes

Improving innovation and enriching our culture, diversity of thought is vital to our success. So, whether you’re looking for a new opportunity, a next step, or a helping hand as you return from a career break, bring your experiences and help deliver for the defence of tomorrow. Here you’ll find a supportive, family-friendly organisation to be a part of – and if you need any assistance with your application, just let us know.

Further Information

• Civil Service Recruitment Principles: Recruitment Principles – Civil Service Commission   
• Candidate Information Pack: https://bit.ly/DES-Candidate-Information-Pack   
• Terms and Conditions: https://bit.ly/DES-Terms-and-Conditions    
• Civil Service Code: The Code – Civil Service Commission 

 Any personal data that you provide during the Recruitment process will be treated in accordance with the MOD Privacy Notice which can be accessed here.

Disability Confident

Please note as a Disability Confident Leader we want to ensure you receive any reasonable adjustments that you need throughout the recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments, you can let us know on your online application under the section ‘Please indicate and give details of any reasonable adjustments you may require during the recruitment process.’

Conflicts of Interest

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.

Please Note: In the event of a tied score at interview, the Order of Merit will be distinguished based on the ranking of the assessed behaviours and competencies below:

• 1st: Core Behaviour 1
• 2nd: Core Behaviour 2
• 3rd: Technical Competencies
• 4th: CV Review

In the event of a further tie using the method above, we reserve the right to utilise the Lead criterion, and/or and additional assessment.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:

1. Pre-sift – We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
2. Sift – Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills. Please follow our guidance on CV writing for best chance of success.
3. Interview – If you’re invited to interview, you’ll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance you should contact department via email: DESHR-WSC-PMOCOMPLAINTS@mod.gov.uk 

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Recruitment Complaints – Civil Service Commission 

Ready to join us as an Expert Services Environmental Professional Apply now!