Jon Thompson, the Minister of Defence’s (MoD) former secretary, revealed to the Global Government Forum that the actual sum is likely to be higher, suggesting that it could reach £300,000. If so, the salary of the future head of the UK nuke organization would be over twice that of Cameron, who officially earns some £142,500 annually.
The executive’s duties will include managing the future organization’s £3 billion budget, along with an additional £40 billion to be allocated over the next decade to develop the country’s nuclear program. Those projects include the construction of new nuclear missile submarines and Astute-class hunter-killer submarines, as well as upgrading the existing nuclear infrastructure.
The MoD requires, according to the job offer, “modern, innovative ways of doing business, where individuals accept responsibility for decisions and we weed out duplication, red tape, waste and delay.”
Under SDSR projections, the organization would be a “single sponsor for all aspects of the defence nuclear enterprise, from procurement to disposal, with responsibility for submarines, nuclear warheads, skills, related infrastructure and day-to-day nuclear policy."
Applications will be received for the position until the end of April. Final interviews are scheduled for the week beginning June 6.
MoD is hoping the new organization will be operational by April 2017.