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Vacancy summary

Royal Navy
2186907
OF-2 - Lt - Capt RM - Capt - Flt Lt, OF-3 - Lt Cdr - Maj - Sqn Ldr
Lieutenant-Commander, Lieutenant (RN), Captain (RM), Major (RM)

24/02/2023, 23:55 

February 2023
2 Years
Royal Navy, Royal Marines
RN Logistics GS Officer
Any
NCHQ - CC&S PORTSMOUTH (Leach Building)
Hampshire
United Kingdom
FTRS - Home Commitment

Vacancy detail

Unit Role:

The Royal Navy is standing up a small central Climate Change and Sustainability (CC&S) team made up of both military and Civil Service personnel in a multi-disciplinary team that will cohere the RN’s CC&S programme across 2* directorates, setting the strategic direction and driving the RN’s plan.  The RN CC&S Team is driving the rapid adaptation of the Naval Service to ensure it both reduces its emissions and improves its operational sustainability and resilience in a climate changing world.  They are responsible for providing expert advice, including through devising and setting the strategic direction for the RN in response to national and international legislation and regulation.  They are also required to harness innovation to best ensure the RN retains operational resilience in response to climate change. 

Position Role:

Develop short-term and long-term supply chain CC&S strategy, engagement, and impact measurement of activities to support our scope 2 & 3 carbon reduction plan. Understand CC&S programmes and dependencies across the Logistics and Support function.   Support cross enterprise activities including, but not limited to, logistics, global sourcing and procurement to build on our existing sustainability plan. Provide the military context and insight in implementing CC&S opportunities in the Supply Chain.  
Accountable for championing, understanding and where required delivering key supply chain sustainability projects across the Royal Navy.  
Act as a thought leader for sustainable supply chains, championing such concepts as circular economy, maximised reuse, waste reduction measures and virtuous circles benefits. 
Drive the SC sustainability agenda to achieve ambitious targets.

Responsibilities: 

1.    Support the Hd CC&S in developing the logistics chapter of the RN CC&S Phase 2 Plan, considering 

a.    emissions, energy and waste reductions; 

b.    social value and ethics;

c.    collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to deliver sustainable best practice;

d.    mitigating CC&S risk and exploiting CC&S opportunity to the supply chain with a view to enhancing operational capability where possible.

2.    Lead the implementation of the logistics phase 2 plan, working with all TLBs and as directed:
 
a.    Support SO1 CC&S in providing logistics and supply chain considerations when evolving CC&S communications, education and behavioural change;

b.    Support sustainability champions throughout the RN to implement logistics phase 2 plan and remove impediments to progress.

3.    Build and maintain a network of cross TLB Joint Supply Chain stakeholders to understand current supply chain improvement programmes and help embed CC&S aims and objectives.

4.    Develop and maintain expertise and awareness of regulations, legislation, restrictions, controls and certifications placed upon Gov Orgs and its supply chain.

5.    Participate in specialist topic working groups internally and externally representing RN logistics and support in UK or deployed, personally contributing to the advancement of the sustainability supply chain knowledge.

6.    Proactively engage and manage relationships within TLBs, with the delivery partner and in industry.
 
7.    Lead the development of sustainability performance management of Suppliers.

8.    As required, deputise for SO1 CC&S and represent CC&S Team at pan-Defence meetings.

Must be an OF3 of RN Logistics GS (OF) specialisation. OF2 applicants with a recommend for the next higher rank in their most recent OJAR may be considered. 

OF4 applicants, if successful, will only be paid as and normally wear the rank of OF3.

Must be serving as a member of the Reserve Forces or have served with the Regular Forces.

Professional Effectiveness - Essential - Must be able to deliver consistently high levels of quality staff work and support.

Effective Intelligence - Essential - Must be able to interpret, analyse, problem solve and identify key strands from multiple sources of material.

Initiative - Essential - Must be able to think strategically and influence future logistic plans in support of operations and major exercises.

Powers of Communication - Essential - Good oral and written skills are required. Capable of briefing and communicating up to 1*.  IT literate.

Military Quals:

LPCB (LOGISTICS PROFESSIONAL COMMAND BOARD) - Essential

Course (MWC 004) Maritime Operations Logistics - Essential

Experience:

Service/Arm/OGD - RN - Essential - Must have experience of tri-service structures, staff branches and the delivery of log effect.
Command - Essential - JSC team in NCHQ Log Plans or DE&S supply chain management/transformation roles or similar Joint Supply Chain management role (ie Def Spt, DSCOM ect) offering understand of JSC methods and practicalities. 
Fields/Trades - Logistics - Essential     
Environments - Joint - Essential    

Military Quals:

ICSC(M)    Desirable    

Other Quals/Competencies - CC&S - Desirable - Ability to undertake training once in role. CC&S courses available / although previous qualifications in Sustainability an advantage.

Education - BSc / Masters in Environmental Sciences or MBA or Masters Supply Chain Management - Desirable     

Experience:

Operational - Any - Desirable - Experience of Op Logs in PJHQ J4, MOC, or in a deployed Operational J4 role.
Staff - J4 - Desirable - Prior staff experience will be an advantage.
        

Applicants will undergo an initial eligibility sift. Successful applicants will have their details forwarded to the Post Sponsor to arrange interviews. Unsuccessful applicants will be advised accordingly.

Following interviews; the successful applicant will be informed that they are the Preferred Candidate with details being sent to the CM RES FTRS Cell who will continue the recruitment process. Unsuccessful applicants will be advised accordingly.

Once the recruitment process is complete then the Preferred Candidate will be invited to take up FTRS.

The start date is the anticipated one however, applicants should be aware a number of factors will potentially impact on this including the completion of pre-employment checks, medical category confirmation and the award of a Security Clearance. The start date could therefore be adjusted as appropriate – earlier for a fully qualified person with their and the employers agreement, or later if approvals cannot be immediately completed.


INITIAL COMMITMENT LENGTH WILL BE 24 MONTHS WITH POTENTIAL TO EXTEND

NB: Where the Anticipated Start date has already passed, the start date will be ASAP


Eligibility for FTRS/ADC

Any member of the Maritime Volunteer Reserves (RNR, RMR) or the Royal Fleet Reserves (RFR) (Ex-Regular Reserve) may volunteer to undertake a period of FTRS/ADC. Ex-Regular personnel whose RFR liability has run out may be re-instated to take up FTRS/ADC.

Applicants undertaking a period of FTRS/ADC must be suitably qualified by rank, specialisation, qualifications and experience to fill the posts for which they apply. Applications will be accepted from reservists who hold one rank or more above or one rank only below the advertised rank. Applicants one rank below may be interviewed at the discretion of the Line Manager and may be employed in the acting higher rank if they are suitable, qualified and meet current promotion regulations in all respects. Applicants prepared to serve in a position at a lower rank then the rank worn will be appropriate to that of the position. Exceptions will not normally be considered.

Applicants must also be medically fit to fulfil the duties which their Commitment will require them to undertake. Personnel who have been discharged P8 permanently unsuitable Naval Service through the MBOS and Employability Board will not be considered.

Domestic Considerations:  Nil.  Remote working is fully supported with limited requirements for travel to NCHQ / DE&S. Some travel to Supplier sites to be expected.

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