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Infrastructure Strategic Planning & Governance Lead

On-site in HMNB Clyde·Full-time·Added yesterday (last checked 11 Nov)

Ministry of Defence (MOD)

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Salary
£61,630 a year

About £3,860 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, HMNB Clyde
Contract
Full-time
Closing date
Apply by Tuesday 24 November
Holiday
25 days holiday
Pension
28.97% employer pension
Commute
Season ticket loan

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

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

  • An HNC (Higher National Certificate), equivalent qualification, or relevant professional experience at an equivalent level
  • Good financial awareness, with an understanding of how priorities, investment and affordability influence decision-making.
  • Leads with purpose - You can create direction, bring people with you and build effective teams.
  • Thinks strategically - You can connect today's decisions to future requirements and understand how different priorities fit into a wider organisational picture.
  • Makes evidence-based decisions - You are comfortable dealing with complexity, challenging assumptions and turning different sources of information into clear recommendations.
  • Builds strong relationships - You can work effectively with people from different professional backgrounds and organisations, including at senior level.
  • Communicates complex issues simply - You can take complicated technical, financial or programme information and explain what it means for decision-makers.
  • Develops people and capability - You create an environment where people can grow professionally, take responsibility and perform at their best.

Nice to have

The below criteria are desirable only. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but will be used in the event of tied scores between candidates

  • Member of the Association of Project Managers
  • Commercial Awareness
  • Business Management
  • Primavera
  • SharpCloud
  • Experience or knowledge of project management, commercial management, business management, programme planning or strategic visualisation tools

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£61,630

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £61,630, Ministry of Defence contributes £17,854 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Benefits

  • 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years' service
  • Market-leading employer pension contribution of 28.97%
  • Personal & professional development
  • Alternative working patterns for many roles
  • Access to a confidential, professional support service
  • Discount schemes
  • Bicycle / season-ticket loans
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
  • Special paid leave to volunteer (up to 6 days a year)
  • Assisted travel scheme

In Navy Command we believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you'll be supported through your learning journey and your career. This can include working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking an apprenticeship as part of your role.

You'll have access to a variety of qualifications pathways ranging from GCSE/A-Level equivalent all the way up to master's degree, depending on your role, your previous skills and your experience. Some qualifications even include "on-the-job" training, which means minimal disruption to your working day but maximum impact

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

Visa & relocation

This position is a Reserved Post within the Civil Service, for which only sole UK nationals are eligible. Under the Civil Service Nationality Rules, UK nationals include British citizens, British subjects with the right of abode in the United Kingdom, and British Overseas Territories citizens.

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.

Open to UK nationals only.

The role

At Navy Command, we lead, support, and sustain the Royal Navy across every theatre of operations. We coordinate the people, platforms, and missions that keep the Fleet ready for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities. Together, we uphold centuries of naval tradition while driving innovation that ensures the Royal Navy's readiness to protect our nation and secure our future.

As the authority for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine capability, the Submarine Directorate oversees one of the most complex and critical elements of UK defence. Covering everything from in‑service management to long‑term fleet modernisation, the directorate ensures the Submarine Flotilla remains safe, reliable, and ready to meet national security requirements.

You will be based at HMNB Clyde, home to the UK Submarine Service. It sustains the nation's continuous at-sea deterrent and supports the Royal Navy's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. As a centre of excellence for submarine operations, Clyde plays a critical role in national security and global stability.

Help shape the future of one of the UK's most important and complex infrastructure estates.

We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking leader to head our Infrastructure Strategic Planning & Governance team.

This is an opportunity to influence how HM Naval Base Clyde develops over the short, medium, and long term. You will bring together infrastructure strategy, investment planning, estate information and governance to help senior leaders make well-informed decisions about where, when and how we invest.

You do not need to come from a Defence background. What matters is your ability to think strategically, work across organisational boundaries, lead people, and turn complex information into clear plans and priorities.

You will join the Infrastructure Department working with senior leaders, infrastructure specialists, programme and project teams, operational users and external delivery partners.

This is a role where your work will have a lasting impact, helping shape an estate that must continue to support nationally important operations well into the future.

This isn't simply a role managing today's estate.

You'll help determine what the Clyde estate needs to become.

Your work will influence infrastructure priorities, future investment and the development of a nationally significant site. You'll operate at the point where strategy, infrastructure, investment and operational requirements come together, with access to senior decision-makers and the opportunity to make a visible, long-term contribution.

What you will be doing:

As the Infrastructure Strategic Planning & Governance Lead, you will lead the team responsible for translating organisational priorities into a coherent long-term plan for the Clyde estate.

You will provide the strategic link between the organisation's future ambitions and the infrastructure needed to deliver them.

The role currently leads the Infrastructure Strategic Planning & Governance team within the Deputy Head Infrastructure organisation and has responsibility for developing and managing major infrastructure plans, including the Establishment Management Plan, which sets the long-term direction for development of the estate.

What you'll do

  • Lead the development of Clyde's infrastructure strategy and long-term estate plans.
  • Translate future operational and business requirements into clear infrastructure priorities.
  • Ensure short and medium-term investment decisions support the longer-term vision for the Naval Base.
  • Maintain a forward-looking view of emerging requirements, risks and opportunities so that plans can adapt as circumstances change.
  • Help senior leaders understand where infrastructure investment is most needed and why.
  • Bring together evidence on estate requirements, priorities, affordability and future demand to support investment decisions.
  • Contribute infrastructure priorities and targets to the Naval Base's wider business planning.
  • Provide clear, evidence-based information to senior management and programme boards.
  • Own and develop the Establishment Management Plan, the long-term plan that describes how the Clyde estate needs to evolve.
  • Lead the development of the Estates Plan 2029, bringing together immediate and medium-term priorities while maintaining alignment with longer-term investment.
  • Oversee the Strategic Infrastructure Integrated Plan, bringing infrastructure requirements together into a coherent and dependable view of the future programme.
  • Make sure infrastructure plans remain aligned with wider Royal Navy and HM Naval Base Clyde priorities.
  • Establish clear and proportionate governance, so infrastructure decisions are made at the right level, recorded and followed through.
  • Oversee formal change control for strategic infrastructure plans.
  • Ensure plans and data remain accurate, current, and useful for decision-making.
  • Monitor performance against agreed plans and identify where intervention or improvement is required.
  • Oversee strategic space planning and the allocation and siting of facilities across HM Naval Base Clyde.
  • Support effective control and management of the estate by ensuring leaders have reliable information on its use, requirements, and future development.
  • Balance competing demands and help establish priorities across a large and operationally important estate.
  • Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team.
  • Build strong relationships with colleagues across infrastructure, operations, finance, programmes and projects.
  • Work with senior stakeholders and external delivery organisations to develop shared priorities and resolve complex issues.
  • Lead organisational reviews within the Infrastructure Directorate, including workforce planning and engagement with recognised Trade Unions.
  • Oversee the provision of business support across senior infrastructure functions.
  • Provide senior leaders with clear and timely management information on infrastructure.
  • Oversee financial reporting and support the development of robust, evidence-based budget submissions.
  • Monitor compliance against strategic infrastructure plans and relevant organisational requirements.
  • Oversee reporting associated with the organisation's nuclear-related staffing and organisational assurance requirements.

How you'll work

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Reference number

486895

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Operational Delivery

Location

HMNB Clyde, G84 8HL

CANDIDATE INFORMATION

Please read this document prior to completing your application.

FURTHER INFORMATION

CV's

COMPLAINTS

Please be aware that the selection and interviewing of applicants is the responsibility of the Recruiting Line Manager (RLM) and not the Defence Business Services (DBS) Resourcing team. DBS does not play any part in the selection and interview process itself.

Therefore, if you wish to discuss your feedback, or you are dissatisfied with your markings, you should in the first instance raise this with the Recruiting Line Manager of the vacancy.

If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint. by writing to DBS at the following address:

Defence Business Services

Scanning Hub

Room 6124

Tomlinson House

Norcross Lane

Blackpool

FY5 3WP

FOR EXTERNAL VACANCIES If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address:

Civil Service commission

Room G/8

1 Horse Guards Road

London

Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Job contact

  • Name : NavySM-DirWorkforceMgmnt@mod.gov.uk
  • Email : NavySM-DirWorkforceMgmnt@mod.gov.uk

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Hiring process

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Leadership
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Developing Self and Others

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

As part of Defence Reform, Navy Command continues to review and evolve its Target Operating Model to support more agile ways of working. In this context, the role and responsibilities of this role may develop over time to reflect changing business priorities and opportunities.

At Sift, you will be assessed against the following;

  • Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and qualification details.
  • Candidates will be required to provide a personal statement. This should be a maximum of 500 words that sets out your motivation for applying and shows how your skills and experience meet the essential requirements for the role.

Please note feedback will not be provided on your application.

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following behaviours:

  • Leadership

Please note: internal candidates must include their staff number when prompted during the application process.

Should you have any queries relating to the vacancy information or sift and interview process, please contact the recruiting line manager using the contact details listed on the vacancy. Please do not direct vacancy related queries to the recruitment team as they will be unable to advise.

Should the selection process require a CV, you will be prompted to complete the required criteria during the application process. CV's sent directly to the recruiting line manager will be deleted immediately to maintain anonymity.

Applicants should monitor their Civil Service Jobs application centre regularly for updates.

All employees joining MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period effective from the employment start date.

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

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Additional information

Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 24th November 2026

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey - We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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.

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.

Some of MoD's Terms and Conditions of Service (TACOS) changed from 3 February 2014. Those TACOS changes applied to Broader Banded and Skill Zone staff who were new recruits to MoD or who were appointed to a post on substantive promotion, progression or advancement. On the same basis, the TACOS for Departmental Retained Grades changed with effect from 01 September 2014.

Applicants should be aware that any move across the Civil Service on or after 5 October 2018 may have implications on an employee's ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.

Please see link below to Civil Service Recruitment Principles http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RECRUITMENT-PRINCIPLES-April-2018-FINAL-.pdf

Please see the MOD Privacy notice which informs how we will use your personal data, explains your rights and gives you information you are entitled to under Data Protection legislation.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-privacy-notice/mod-privacy-notice

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant whose details are found to be held on the IFD will be refused employment

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk.

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