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Royal Navy turns to social media to recruit for high commander position

  • Pushed into transfer as a result of no person in uniform is both certified for or  
  • Chiefs desire a retired or part-time officer to return to full service 
  • Latest instance of recruiting and retention disaster inside armed forces

Desperate Royal Navy chiefs have been turned to enterprise social media web site LinkedIn of their efforts to discover a commander for his or her submarines and nuclear operations.

They have been pushed into the unprecedented transfer as a result of no person in uniform is both certified for or within the £150,000 position.

Chiefs desire a retired or part-time officer to return to full service and are counting on social media to search out them. 

Sailors have additionally been requested to advocate a buddy for one of many Navy’s most auspicious roles.

The submit on LinkedIn reads: ‘Unseen and unhindered, the silent power defending from beneath the waves.

Royal Navy chiefs have been pushed into the unprecedented move because nobody in uniform is either qualified for or interested in the £150,000 role

Royal Navy chiefs have been pushed into the unprecedented transfer as a result of no person in uniform is both certified for or within the £150,000 position

Chiefs want a retired or part-time officer to return to full service and are relying on social media to find them

Chiefs desire a retired or part-time officer to return to full service and are counting on social media to search out them

‘The Royal Navy is recruiting for a Director of Submarines, accountable for extremely categorised stealth, elite operations and Trident, our nuclear deterrent.’

The commercial seems to be the most recent instance of the recruiting and retention disaster throughout the armed forces.

It comes after experiences that the Navy has been compelled to decommission two of its warships as a result of a scarcity of sailors. An official report revealed that in 2022 the quantity leaving the Navy rose by 16.4 per cent whereas the quantity becoming a member of fell by 19.7 per cent.