SC Cleared - Scientific Challenges Specialist

Are you interested in positively contributing to the security efforts of the Ministry of Defence? You could have a great impact in enhancing the capability of their Command and Leadership.

You will have the opportunity to work in a team of diverse professionals on a highly collaborative scientific project.

Imagine having a talent that could benefit someone you’ve never met and solve problems you didn’t even know existed. Well, you do, and you can. And we’re here to help you do just that. At PSR we are the go-to place for talented contractors and temps for a rich variety of Civil Service roles.

As a Scientific Challenges Specialist, you will: 

• Assist with Command and Control concept development and conduct research in areas such as Sense-making, Planning, Adaptive Organising and Battlespace Management
• Plan, assist and provide written reports on Command and Control analysis, experimentation and trials
• Liaise with military staff and stakeholders in MOD, Dstl and other research suppliers to seek novel and innovative solutions to identified Command and Control problems. Some international travel may be required in support of exercises
• Work within a systems thinking environment

You’ll have:

• A technically credible background, sufficient to have the ability to effectively shape and conduct S&T responses to MOD stakeholder problems and needs
• Business analysis or systems thinking skills in a research context
• Awareness of conceptual modelling techniques and utility of abstract thought
• The ability to communicate complex problems succinctly and to use this to influence and negotiate from a position of technical and intellectual strength
• The ability to be self-starting and directing and having a dynamic, team-based proactive approach to tasks and the solving of challenging problems
• An appreciation of experimentation methods and data analysis, ideally in respect of ‘in the field’ activities as well as in laboratory settings.

If this sounds like you, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our PSR team now.

"In applying for this role you acknowledge the following; this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment, and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different."