Bassingbourn Barracks, SG8 5LX
Please note this role is directly customer facing and involves working within a store / warehouse, so you will be expected to be on site / in the office 5 days a week as this role involves physically issuing / receiving equipment in a store.
Job Summary
The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 12,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army.
The Mission Ready Training Centre (MRTC) is part of the Army Collective Training Group and is responsible for assuring the directed training of both individual soldiers and formed units deploying on Operations within the UK and worldwide. After being closed for several years, Bassingbourn Barracks is undergoing a complete modernisation to accommodate MRTC and numerous smaller lodger units. The MRTC is a mix of Army personnel (both Regular and Reserve) and Civil Servants.
Your role as an Operational Clothing Storekeeper will be to support the Quartermaster’s department in ensuring all MRTC held Operational clothing and equipment is managed and controlled in accordance with legislation and policy, to support MRTC in completing its mission.
Here at the MRTC, we strive to provide world class deployment preparation in order ‘To inspire confidence, so that people excel on operations’. Your delivery in this role will have a direct effect on our ability to do that.
This post will involve on occasions working outside of the core hours, so a degree of flexibility is required. Overtime pay or time off in lieu will be granted.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description
The Operational Clothing Storekeeper position is an essential role within the MRTC Quartermasters Department, responsible for the management and control of Operational clothing and equipment.
Key Responsibilities:
* Demand stores
* Issue/receipt of stores
* Back-loading of general stores
* Deal with outside agencies for collection of waste disposal
* Deputising for Equipment Table storekeeper
* Deputy radiation supervisor for the unit
* Deputy Unit Administrative Assistant
* Main office support and administration tasks including correspondence
* Maintaining documentation for stores accounting and auditing
Please note: This post requires a degree of physical ability as you will be expected to lift and carry equipment, boxes of ancillaries and equipment around the store (also load/offload vehicles), and place/retrieve items and boxes from shelving that may be above head height. In accordance with HSE guidance, the recommended maximum manual handling weight that applicants can expect to lift is men (25kg) and women (16kg).
The Operational Clothing Storekeeper position is an essential role within the MRTC Quartermasters Department, responsible for the management and control of Operational clothing and equipment.
Key Responsibilities:
* Demand stores
* Issue/receipt of stores
* Back-loading of general stores
* Deal with outside agencies for collection of waste disposal
* Deputising for Equipment Table storekeeper
* Deputy radiation supervisor for the unit
* Deputy Unit Administrative Assistant
* Main office support and administration tasks including correspondence
* Maintaining documentation for stores accounting and auditing
Please note: This post requires a degree of physical ability as you will be expected to lift and carry equipment, boxes of ancillaries and equipment around the store (also load/offload vehicles), and place/retrieve items and boxes from shelving that may be above head height. In accordance with HSE guidance, the recommended maximum manual handling weight that applicants can expect to lift is men (25kg) and women (16kg).
Person specification
Essential Skills Required:
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, and will be comfortable dealing with colleagues of all grades
* Full Category B Drivers Licence
* Ability to work in a team
* Excellent communication skills
* Ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels
Desirable Skills:
* Prior experience of working within a logistics or store environment
* Experience using Microsoft Office suite of IT applications, particularly Office 365, Microsoft Word and Excel
* Knowledge of the Army logistics accounting and operating systems is desirable but not essential
* Category C driving licence
* Category C+E driving licence
* Forklift license
Licences
Full Category B Drivers Licence.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Managing a Quality Service
* Working Together
* Communicating and Influencing
* Leadership
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
* Managing a Quality Service
* Working Together
Alongside your salary of £23,583, Ministry of Defence contributes £6,831 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.
Other Benefits For Army Civil Servants Include:
* 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
* Highly competitive pension scheme
* Personal and professional development of skills
* Alternative working patterns for many roles
* Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
* Enhanced parental and adoption leave
* 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
* Learning and Development
Site Benefits Include:
* One of the best gymnasiums across the Army. A wide selection of fitness machines, free weights and classes – all available to Civil Servant's
* A training area attached to the barracks that provides some water sports activities and access to recreational areas for running / walking
* On site restaurant and shop
* On site parking
* Departmental team and unit cohesion activities
* Civil Servant monthly focus group and coffee morning
We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.
A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career.
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.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history.
Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (250 words)
At application stage you will be assessed against the following:
* CV
* Personal Statement - no more than 250 words using examples of how your knowledge, skills and experience are relevant to the role
* Behaviours - Managing a Quality Service and Working Together
Applications will be sifted using all elements listed above, but in the event of a high number of applications, a sift will be conducted on the CV, personal statement and lead behaviour, Managing a Quality Service, only.
At interview stage you will be assessed against the following:
* Personal statement - At interview you will be asked experience based questions. You will also be assessed against your personal statement and how your knowledge, skills and experience are relevant to the role.
* CV
* Behaviours:
o Communicating & Influencing
o Leadership
o Managing a Quality Service
o Working Together
Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed and will be held in person. We endeavour to keep to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.
The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to 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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:
* UK nationals
* nationals of the Republic of Ireland
* nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
* nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
* individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
* Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact :
* Name : Simon Elson
* Email : Simon.Elson602@mod.gov.uk
Recruitment team
* Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk
Further information
Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk. #J-18808-Ljbffr