Team Leaders

Dstl's Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) Division provides solutions to MOD and wider government through the application of world leading capabilities across the physical, human and life sciences. These unique capabilities combine our incredible people with a large and varied suite of labs and other facilities to provide impact to our stakeholders across a full range of products and services; from cutting edge research, through test and evaluation, to direct support to operations. In doing so, we aim to understand and enhance the performance and protection of our people, and provide our stakeholders across Defence and Security with the S&T advantage to out-match and overcome our adversaries.

We are looking to fill the following team leader posts within CBR:

• Toxicology and Quality Assurance Team Leader
• Molecular and Computational Biology Team Leader
• Operation and Assurance Capability Team Leader
• CB Non Proliferation Team Leader
• CBR Situational Awareness Team Leader
• Statistical Data Science and Software Team Leader
• Human Performance Team Leader

As a Team Leader in Dstl you will:

In this role you will:

Develop & sustain capability (people relationships, infrastructure, knowledge, licences to practice) to provide technical/scientific contribution to current and future projects across Dstl through effective use of the Team's resources/expertise:

• Maintain awareness of current and future demand requirements.
• Understand and use the different resource options to ensure an appropriate mix of team members.
• Understand and effectively develop capability to align with Division Capability plans.
• Build resilience through succession planning, including developing future leaders.

Direct Line management of a team of ca. 10-15 Team Members:

• Enable effective performance management and development of team members.
• Allocate employees to tasks or projects based on requirements.
• Coach and support Team Members career and personal development.
• Ensure that people have the necessary skills and competencies for the tasks assigned.
• Ensure employees have knowledge of and conform to all safety and security and resilience requirements.

Build employees engagement and create an environment which nurtures excellence through:

• Setting the direction for team, including how the team fits with strategic aims.
• Creating a positive and inclusive working environment that aligns with Dstl Values, champions diversity and enables employees to excel.
• Communicating and owning difficult messages.
• Challenging and addressing poor performance.
• Recognising and highlighting high performance.
• Networking with other Team Leaders and stakeholders to share good practice and ensure a coherent approach.
• Implement Dstl's policies and ensure compliance with the Management System.
• Provide individual technical/professional contribution as agreed with Line Manager.

We are looking for someone who has:

• The ability to quickly develop good working relationships with a variety of people.
• Good networking skills.
• Tact and diplomacy in dealing with a wide range of issues/challenges.
• Persistence to see things through to a conclusion.
• Passion for developing capability and people.
• The ability to lead through change.
• Able to communicate coherently and sensitively, explaining complex issues in a way that is easy to understand.
• Emotional Intelligence, able to understand own and others reactions, motivations.
• Able to handle conflicting priorities successfully delivering to changing requirements.
• Able to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

We are looking for people with these essential skills

• Effective leadership.
• Able to develop networks and use these to resolve issues/challenges.
• Management and/or supervision of people and tasks.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Sufficient technical and business management expertise to understand the tools, techniques and skills required within the Team and how to develop them.
• Understanding of safety, security and resilience risks in order to assess/mitigate those relating to the specific team.
• Understanding the business benefits of diversity and equality and how to create an inclusive working environment.
• Commercial Awareness - ability to understand what makes a business or organisation successful. Understanding of the commercial implications of contracts and working practices.

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership
• Developing Self and Others

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

• Please state which Team Leader position(s) you are interested in and why.
• If you haven't a related technical background in the post(s) chosen, please give an example of a team or area of work you have led where you where not an expert.

Benefits

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).

• Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.

• Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.

• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.

• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.

• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

Job contact :

Name :
Dstl Recruitment Team
Email :
dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email :
dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk