Tornado Support 1 - London, United Kingdom - Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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- £42,540 - £46,790

Post based in London carry London waiting salary
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer

C1
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
MOD
Head Office & Corporate Services
Ministry of Defence
Saudi Armed Forces Projects (MODSAP)
Type of role:
Engineering
Project Delivery
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Post is primarily based at Cromwell House, Dean Stanley Street, London, SW1P 3JH, although MOD is currently following hybrid working arrangements.

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Job summary:

Thank you for considering the London-based position of Tornado Support 1 within the MOD - Saudi Armed Forces Projects (MODSAP) organisation.

MODSAP is a unique and exciting environment in which to work, and forms a crucial part of the strategic defence relationship between the UK and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

We want your experience with MODSAP to set the standards for your future career.

You will be joining MODSAP at a key juncture in the UK-Saudi relationship with Saudi Arabia undertaking an unprecedented programme of societal reforms, while facing continuing challenges to regional and national security.

Consequently, Saudi Arabia faces strategic challenges as it seeks to develop its industrial and defence capabilities against a backdrop of an unstable region and increasing external scrutiny of its decisions and behaviours.

Nevertheless, UK defence, security and prosperity interests in Saudi Arabia remain substantial.

The UK has a longstanding bilateral relationship with Saudi Arabia which currently accounts for over a third of all defence exports from the UK, with MODSAP playing a key role overseeing delivery of services worth billions of pounds to the UK economy.

It is a large, challenging and complex programme of work that has been running for over 30 years and it is on these foundations that we must build - central to this is our strategy for the 2020s and beyond to capitalise upon the significant future opportunities within the defence and security relationship of both countries.

Saudi Arabia has been operating the Tornado aircraft since 1986 and plans to continue to operate its Tornado fleet to 2030, as does Germany, whilst Italy plans to retire its Tornado fleet in 2027.

Although the UK retired its own Tornado fleet in 2019, the UK remains a member of the NATO Multi Role Combat Aircraft, subsequently named Tornado Management Organisation (NAMMO) and its supporting agency, the NATO Eurofighter and Typhoon Management Agency (NETMA), as do Germany and Italy.

As a non-NATO Nation, Saudi Arabia has no direct links with either NAMMO or NETMA to help support its Tornado fleet.

However, the UK's continued membership of NAMMO and NETMA means that the UK is still involved with the core Tornado programme and is therefore best placed to continue to support the RSAF Tornado Export Customer.

MODSAP leads the UK's engagement with NETMA and NAMMO which presents certain challenges without a UK Government-funded Tornado fleet.

You will be supported by a diverse and high performing team, supported by a senior management team who are committed to developing MODSAP as a great place to work, where staff are respected, valued and fairly rewarded for their contribution to the successful achievement of our common mission, where we also seek to nurture your skillsets, expanding on those where possible and broadening your horizons for the future.

This position is advertised at 36/37 hours per week Tacos Dependant (London post only).

Job description:

Tornado Support 1 has 3 main responsibilities:

You are the UK Government's National Focal Point for all NETMA Tornado tasks and is empowered to approve UK participation in NETMA tasks where funding is available.

You will represent the UK Government at a range of face-to-face NETMA Tornado meetings that are held at NETMA's premises in Munich, requiring around 15 visits to NETMA a year.

Tornado Support 1 also provides NETMA/NAMMO advice to other Tornado Team members, co-ordinating Tornado Team input to NETMA activity, as well as supporting senior MOD Civil Servants and RAF Officers in preparation for meetings, etc.

You are responsible for coordinating the Tornado Team's assuring the performance of MODSAP's Prime Contractor (PC), BAE Systems Saudi Arabia, in delivering contracted products and services for RSAF Tornado at Warton, Riyadh and Dhahran.

You will be required to offer support to other London-based Tornado engineering personnel, in order to improve team resilience and ensure sufficient visibility of the overall programme.

Tornado Support 1 is also responsible for highlighting any delivery risks.

You are responsible for coordinating all Tornado Team support activity and ensuring that Tornado Team business/managemen