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Salary: £59,300 - £64,200
Location: Defence Munitions: Longtown, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA6 5LX
Apply before 11:55 am on Friday 6th June 2025
Job description for Head of Establishment
Are you ready to lead a dynamic, high-performing team within Defence? Join us at Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) in this challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on our mission to protect and defend our Armed Forces.
This is a key strategic and operational role in which you will hold primary responsibility and accountability for the safe running of the establishment, operating in a highly regulated and potentially high risk environment.
You will play a vital role in leading and overseeing strategic plans, ensuring safety processes, and providing operational support vital to Defence outputs. Defence Munitions is at the forefront of safeguarding the supply, storage, maintenance, and disposal of munitions. You’ll drive operational excellence in fast-paced environments, foster continuous improvement, and deliver positive results. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with stakeholders across the Military, Defence Regulation, and wider teams within DE&S to ensure compliance and the successful delivery of strategic plans.
Please note that travel to other Defence Munitions and MoD sites will be expected dependent on organisational requirements.
Please note for this position, you will be expected to be on site full-time.
What you’ll be doing
• Lead and development site personnel and utilise resource effectively to deliver operational outputs and requirements in a timely manner.
• Lead, direct, manage and control all activities carried out within specified areas of control in a manner that ensures the safe, secure, efficient, effective, and economic use of all resources.
• Manage, Receive, Store, Maintain and Issue the range of General Munitions, General Commodities, Equipment and Complex Weapons.
• Manage a full spectrum of stakeholders within the organisation, authorised customers, wider DE&S and the Delivery Team community.
• Responsibility for controlling the site activities to ensure, the health, safety, security and welfare of employees and any stakeholders involved.
• Serve as Delivery Duty Holder with ultimate responsibility for the safe operation of the site, systems and facilities, including authorising Safe Systems of Work, managing and providing input to Safety Assurance.
• Responsible for all senior stakeholder engagement with customers, suppliers, including DE&S, wider MoD, and Other Government Departments, to deliver operational outputs and requirements.
• Ensue safety assurance and site compliance with of all relevant legislative and internal/external regulatory requirements.
Person specification
To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:
• Experience of operating at a senior management level in a large, highly complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge and experience of risk management application.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of operational management environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of Occupational Safety Health and Environment (OSHE) in a hazardous environments.
• Strong experience of leadership and staff development.
• Must hold a valid Full UK Driving Licence.
In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:
• Leadership – CSBC4
• Managing a Quality Service – CSBC4
• Managing support, supplier, and customer networks – Practitioner
• Making evidence-based decisions – Practitioner
Benefits
• Alongside your salary of £59,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £17,179 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
• 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
• 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.
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Further Information
• Candidate Information Pack: https://bit.ly/DES-Candidate-Information-Pack
• Terms and Conditions: https://bit.ly/DES-Terms-and-Conditions
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.
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.’
Things you need to know
Selection Process Details
Your application will go through the following stages of assessment:
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Other
* Industries
Defense and Space Manufacturing
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