Requirements and Build Specialist - Maritime Capabilities Replacement Programme

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
Border Force is a law enforcement arm of the Home Office. We are responsible for handling the UK border control by implementing immigration and customs regulations and working with the wider Home Office on counter terrorism, organised crime, modern slavery and trafficking. Learn more on the Border Force careers page.
Border Force Maritime Command (BFMC) is the UK’s only national maritime law enforcement body. It's fleet of five Cutters and six Coastal Patrol Vessels play an essential role in delivering the Government’s crime reduction and border protection objectives, alongside a range of wider maritime security goals. The current fleet is at or nearing the end of its design life and so funding was announced in the Spending Review 2021 to initiate a replacement programme.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic and engaging team that plays a critical role in maintaining and enhancing the security of the UK border whilst also supporting the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda. As such, this role is particularly exciting and varied, suitable for someone who can pick up new content quickly and use their skills to deliver priority outcomes for the Maritime Capability Replacement Programme (MCRP)., The Maritime Capabilities Replacement Programme (MCRP) is a high profile, complex and demanding programme to deliver a new fleet of vessels securing the right capabilities which will remain fit for purpose over the vessels’ expected 20+ years lifespan, adapting to any future maritime security challenges. Delivering the programme rests critically on ensuring that we identify the correct product requirements and can align these with strategic outcomes and user needs. This goes beyond the procurement of the vessels themselves into the implications for wider business change, in Border Force maritime command and elsewhere, which is likely to be significant. The programme, at present in initiation, recently joined the Government’s Major Project Portfolio.
The Transformation Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative, forward thinking and change positive Capabilities, Requirements and Build Specialist, to ensure that the MCRP team has the technical maritime expertise needed to deliver replacement Border Force vessels.
This is a specialist maritime focused role with the initial focus being on working with the Capabilities and Requirements leads in developing key products and ensuring readiness for the Outline and Full Business Cases (OBC/FBC). This will involve working across the product delivery lifecycle to bring together business needs with technical capabilities, identifying design and delivery interests of the customers, and forming a part of being the link between the business, the end users and the suppliers.
In the longer term the role is expected to evolve, in particular working closely with the programme Chief Engineer and supporting the Project Management Office (PMO) Contract Manager responsible for oversight of the private sector Intelligent Client Function (ICF) that we are expecting to contract.
Responsibilities include:
+ Supporting the Programme Capabilities lead by collaborating with users to understand and anticipate their needs, and working with a broad range of stakeholders to translate them into programme product requirements.
+ Supporting the Programme Requirements lead by providing clarity to the programme on product requirements and user expectations, authoring key portions of the Technical Statement of Requirements and supporting the evaluation and acceptance of requirements on behalf of the user.
+ Supporting the Programme Requirements lead by providing the technical input and supervision of the design stages of the design and build contract.
+ Supporting the PMO Contract Manager during the build and trial stages of the programme by providing the technical interface with the contracted Intelligent Client Function (ICF) to ensure that it is delivered to the agreed expected and contracted design standard, and that the contract is delivered to scope.
+ Undertaking other relevant duties and tasks as required., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Leadership
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Making Effective Decisions
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
+ Leadership, For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
2. Sift – week commencing 11th November 2024
The sift will be held on the CV, Personal Statement and the Behaviour Leadership.
The sift will be held on the CV and Personal Statement and will be scored for all candidates. Those candidates who achieve the minimum pass score for the CV and Personal Statement will progress to a further sift where the behaviour Leadership will be scored. These candidates will receive a sift score for all elements. Candidates who fail to meet the minimum pass score for the CV and Personal Statement will not have their behaviour scored and will only receive a sift score for the CV and Personal Statement.
Should a high volume of applications be received, the sift will be conducted on the CV and Personal Statement.
3. Interview – week commencing 2nd December 2024
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) and Strength based questions.
The interview will take place on Teams.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
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Reserve List
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Candidates judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised without the need to go through a further selection process, providing the role has the same Success Profiles elements and essential skills. There is no guarantee that further such vacancies will arise.
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Additional Security Checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, you will also be subject to additional Border Force-specific security checks as part of the pre-employment process, to determine your suitability to work for the organisation. For further information on what this involves, please visit our website.
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up.
For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
Further information
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up.
For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
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You will be highly knowledgeable and competent, demonstrating a proactive approach, with a high degree of integrity and accountability, with the following skills or experience in:
+ Providing maritime technical advice at a senior level and leading the delivery of successful engineering outcomes in multidisciplinary projects in the Maritime environment.
+ Experience in a comparable technical role i.e. the management of vessels and/or oversight of the co-ordination of design/build/material procurement activities between the customer and supplier.
+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of negotiating and managing relationships with various stakeholders, management, and external vendors.
+ Engaging authoritatively across the range and usage of maritime products relevant to the programme.
+ Making decisions under pressure and strong problem-solving skills.
+ Being a Chartered Engineer with relevant maritime experience/membership of a relevant Professional Engineering/Science Institute or equivalent body and/or have an equivalent professional accredited maritime engineer qualification.
Desirable criteria:
+ A relevant maritime background and experience e.g. have worked in Maritime Command and aboard Border Force vessels or other related maritime operationally focused services.
+ Experience of working on large-scale public sector projects/programmes.
+ An understanding of the work of Border Force and the wider Home Office or similar organisations., Being a Chartered Engineer with relevant maritime experience/membership of a relevant Professional Engineering/Science Institute or equivalent body and/or have an equivalent professional accredited maritime engineer qualification.

Please note that not all work patterns can be supported within this role, successful candidates should discuss work patterns with the vacancy holder ahead of accepting any offer.
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, job-share and compressed hours are available.
Please note: This role is a fixed term appointment to complete a finite piece of work., In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
+ In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
+ 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
+ Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
+ Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.