Weapon Assurance Assistant (WAA)
Location: RAF Cranwell, Cranwell Village, NG34 8HB
Contract: Part Time - 4 hours per week on a fixed day. Option to work additional hours on occasion. Permanent.
Salary: £13.50 per hour (£24,570 per annum full time equivalent)
Closing Date: 6 May 2026
Responsibilities
* To conduct firearms and ammunition musters
* To ensure all firearms held are maintained and serviceable in accordance with relevant requirements
* Accurately maintain records and reports with keen attention to detail
* To ensure mandatory inspections and assurance visits are undertaken
* Maintain relevant qualifications and develop skills through training
* To facilitate the issue/receipt of firearms for the organisation's activities
Requirements
* Be available to work evenings and weekend work if required
* Have or be able to obtain valid Security Clearance
* Experience of Firearms Security and Management
* Able to work unsupervised and organise own workload
* Excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively.
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave pro rata, per annum, increasing with length of service
* Hybrid working for many roles
* Volunteering Leave
* Life assurance (4x salary)
* Private medical insurance
* Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
* Cycle to work scheme
* Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
* Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential
Additional Information
MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.
We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC's values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.
All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check.
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