About the job

Job summary

The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 7,5000 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. As such using data to aid understanding of our workforce is vital. 

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) has been providing officer training in its current form since 1947 and is known throughout the world as a leading military training academy for British and International Officer Cadets as they begin their military careers and throughout their service in the Army. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week . 

Job description

The ammunition storekeeper is a crucial and interesting role within the Staff Quartermaster's Department which will give you the opportunity to support the Officer Cadets and permanent staff in their training to become world class Army Officers. Are you engaging, outgoing, can you operate in a dynamic and multifaceted workplace? Are you a teammate who is flexible, organised and accurate? Then this role is for you!

Person specification

The Ammunition Storekeeper is responsible for:

•  General Storekeeping duties to include the receipt, storage and issue of ammunition stores as directed by the Stores Officer.
•  Preparation of  defective equipment for inspections and Conditioning Boards conducted by Quartermaster (Technical).
•  Preparation of ammunition materiel for returning through official channels.
•  Maintenance & care of all associated stores items.
•  Assist in the review and stocktaking of all items within the Ammunition Store.
•  Assist in other stores including the receipt, storage and issue of body armour.
•  Maintain safe working practices throughout the stores and report any shortcomings.

 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £21,610, Ministry of Defence contributes £5,834 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.

Applications will be sifted on all Behaviours, but in the event of a significant number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the lead 2 Behaviours: (Working together and Delivering at Pace). In this instance the remaining elements will be tested at interview.

At application and interview you will be assessed against the following behaviours:

Leadership, Delivering At Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Working Together

Applicants should provide specific examples of the behaviours being tested. It may be helpful to use the STAR format for answers - Situation, Task, Action and Result - with the bulk of the answer in the Action area demonstrating what the applicant's actions were and how they contributed to the completion of the task. Applicants are strongly recommended to use the maximum 250 words per statement to provide the required evidence. 

Application sifting is scheduled to take place within two weeks of the closing date and all applicants will be notified of the results via CS Jobs. Applicants successful at sift will be invited to interview and a minimum of 2 full working days notice will be provided. We endeavour to stick to these timings, but they are subject to change around business needs.

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 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.  

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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.