UK Ministry of Defence
DEMA - Spectrum Management Strategic Plans
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Blandford Camp, Dorset, or MOD Corsham, Wiltshire
Job Summary
Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge in engineering and have experience of how systems need to be managed and protected in using the electromagnetic spectrum?
If so, we are looking for a capable and motivated engineer to join the Defence Electromagnetic Authority (DEMA) team to liaise and engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure the effective management, coordination, and optimisation of Defence use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description
As part of the Defence Cyber and EM Force, the Defence Electromagnetic Authority (DEMA) team delivers cutting-edge services to the Defence enterprise to enable and assure the use of the Electromagnetic Spectrum.
This is a role where you will drive collaboration across operational, training, testing, and capability development environments. You will provide expert guidance on spectrum policies, regulations, and best practice, ensuring compliance while enabling effective and agile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
You will coordinate requirements across multiple programmes, proactively resolving conflicts and risks to maximise availability and operational impact. By supporting planning, deconfliction, and allocation, you will ensure spectrum-dependent systems operate efficiently and without harmful interference.
This role also shapes the future, contributing to strategy, policy, and governance that strengthen Defence’s ability to access, protect, and maximise the use of the EM spectrum. You will track emerging technologies and regulatory changes, delivering insight that enhances both current operations and future capability.
Strong stakeholder engagement, clear communication, and the ability to influence are essential, alongside a solid understanding of spectrum management and its critical role in delivering Defence outcomes.
The DEMA team are mainly based in Blandford and therefore if chosen not to be based in Blandford, regular travel to Blandford Camp is expected in order to work with the wider DEMA team.
Person specification
Responsibilities
We are looking for a confident person who can work well in a team as well as conduct work independently, and can fill the following responsibilities of the role:
- Identify, assess and promote spectrum sharing opportunities to improve spectrum efficiency and access, balancing operational requirements with regulatory and policy constraints.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including DCEMF, Defence Spectrum Policy, Ofcom, and Defence contractors, to enable coordinated, coherent and deconflicted use of the EM Spectrum across Defence activities.
- Use Spectrum Management tools to demonstrate the use of Defence Spectrum, supporting current and future Spectrum requirements aligned with Defence projects.
- Provide oversight and assurance that spectrum use is planned, coordinated, controlled and compliant to Defence priorities.
- Assist customers identify and mitigate the Spectrum risks to which they may be exposed.
- Identify and escalate risks and lead on the management of mitigation action as needed.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- GSE - Communicating Science and Engineering for government
- GSE - Technical Oversight and Management
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Alongside your salary of £46,040, Ministry of Defence contributes £13,337 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).
Our benefits include
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- 25 days paid annual leave rising (by 1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of five years’ service.
- Ability to roll up to 10 days annual leave per year.
- In addition to eight public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The King’s birthday.
- Parental and Adoption Leave.
- Discounts on a range of services within and external to the civil service – Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, Company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
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Additional Information
- An annual Market Skills Allowance of up to £9,000 is payable for this post linked to experience, level of professional development and an assessment performance, including contribution to team objectives. Continued eligibility for this payment will be subject to a bi-annual review.
- Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
- 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/.
- 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.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
To Apply Please Ensure Your Personal Statement Highlights Your Relevance To The Essential Criteria Listed In The Person Specification. It Is Essential That All Applicants Provide a Personal Statement (max. 1250 Words), assessed Against Your Responses To The Points Below
- Describe your experience of working in the Electromagnetic Spectrum and/or frequency management.
- Tell us about your experience of managing a number of stakeholders, briefing customers and/or managers.
- Provide an example of undertaking technical analysis or technical report writing using engineering data to determine an outcome.
At sift, you will be assessed against your CV and Personal Statement.
Interviews
Interviews will be against the following Success Profiles Behaviours and the Government Science and Engineering (GSE) framework (attached);
Behaviours
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
Technical Skills
- GSE - Communicating Science and Engineering for government
- GSE - Technical Oversight and Management
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.
There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.
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
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