Air C2isr Science Adviser - Ash, United Kingdom - Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence

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Ash, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £54,440
Job grade:

Grade 7
MOD Band B2
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
MOD
Head Office & Corporate Services
Type of role:
Science
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed Hours
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Walter's Ash, South East England, HP14 4UEAbout the job

Job summary:

The Air C2ISR Science Adviser will be responsible for the provision of science and technology (S&T) advice, support and challenge across Air Command.

This role sits within the Science Advice (SciA) function of Defence Science and Technology (DST) and is advertised at 37 hours per week.

DST works under the direction of MOD's Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) to maximise the impact of S&T for the defence and security of the UK.

It commissions MOD's Core Research Programme, which is delivered by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), industry and academia.

SciA maintains a network of Scientific Advisers (SciAdvs) providing impartial scientific advice to Head Office and the Front-Line Commands.

The Air C2ISR SciAdv will help the RAF deliver battle-winning capabilities across the broad areas of Integrated Air & Missile Defence (IAMD), Air Surveillance, and the Air Command & Control (C2) & Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) delivery programmes, by exploiting technological advances and innovations from a wide variety of sources.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description:

The post holder will provide robust, impartial, independent, and objective Science Advice into Air Command and across the Defence, Government, International, and commercial user community.

They will become a trusted adviser to senior decision makers, form relationships with key stakeholders and users, and steer R&D projects, experiments, and demonstrations.

They will develop and shape this role over time to meet the evolving need, acting alongside the Military Adviser community to provide the military context and help set an ambitious research vision to develop next generation solutions within the Defence S&T Portfolio.

The SciAdv will champion the benefits of S&T in addressing stakeholder challenges, ensure S&T stakeholder priorities are understood by delivery organisations and facilitate independent challenge and assurance.

SciAdvs engage closely with the DST Commissioning team to drive effectiveness in the CSA research portfolio so that expected outcomes/benefits are realised and outputs are exploited.

Science Advisers will need to build an effective network across Air Command, DST and wider MOD to support coherent S&T activity across Defence.

Main Accountabilities
Deliver impartial and independent scientific advice at the point of need
Support Air Command (in particular Capability Delivery (Cap Del) C2 & IAMD, and Cap Del ISTAR) in maximising the exploitation of S&T products.
Capture S&T requirements from across Air Command and establish the best methods for those research requirements to be met.
Promote awareness and understanding of Future Sensing and Missile Defence research across CSA's S&T portfolio into the RAF, and maintain an awareness of relevant external research.
Develop relationships (in particular with areas that are not traditional exploiters of S&T) and influence stakeholders in Defence, Government, International partners and the wider S&T Enterprise.
Support 2* COS Air Capability and other 1*/2* attendees of S&T boards as required.

Main Relationships

The primary relationships will be with 1* ACOS Cap Del C2 & IAMD, 1* ACOS Cap Del ISTAR and their OF5 deputies, and secondarily supporting Air Capability Strategy development.
Work closely with the Air Information Advantage & Air Integration Science Advisers, as part of a triad providing Science Advice to the RAF across the full spread of Information topics and stages of Force Development, and with other Science Advice colleagues across the Front Line Commands (FLCs) to shape and exploit the Defence S&T Portfolio.
Engage with the Dstl Future Sensing, Missile Defence, and Space Systems Programmes, and act as a focal point within the RAF for helping set requirements and championing novel S&T from these programmes into the RAF.
Work with International partners on common challenges, and to share UK's approach to this rapidly developing area of Science and Technology

Person specification:

A high level understanding of how Defence works, and a good understanding of Defence aims and objectives.
Expertise in science, engineering, operational analysis and/or other fields relevant to C2ISR
Excellent communication skills, including written and oral.
Flexible approach to a variety of tasks of different duration and priority.
Experience managing and/or communicating with 'customers' of S