About the job

Job summary

Do you have excellent interpersonal skills; Are you flexible and well organised? We are looking for a self-motivated individual who has a passion for customer service and an eye for detail. If this is you, we have an exciting opportunity for an Equipment Entitlement Account Storekeeper role to join the Quartermasters Department (QM's)! We are offering this position at 37 hours per week, requests to work flexibly will be considered, considering the business needs.

The British Army protects the United Kingdom’s interests at home and abroad, providing a safe and secure environment in which all British citizens can live and prosper. The Civil Service provides crucial support to the Army in the delivery of its outputs. We are a diverse workforce that is involved in supporting the Army across a variety of functions and professions. This role sits within the QM's Dept at the Army Training Centre Pirbright, a large and busy Phase 1 Training Establishment. The Equipment Entitlement Account Storekeeper role is placed within an organisation and team which plays a pivotal role in making the Army an excellent place to work.

The successful candidate will be versatile with a flexible approach to accommodate the constantly evolving needs of service delivery and providing general accounting skills to the team and wider establishment. This will consist of conducting daily maintenance of the stores accounts, specifically, but not limited to the expense account, in accordance with current policy and procedures. Utilising in service stores accounting software, Defence Logistics Framework and other associated publications.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week   

Job description

• Responsible for the conduct and daily management of the store and associated accounting procedures for the following accounts:
• Equipment Entitlement Account
• Expense Account
• Unit Account Administrator duties
• Responsible for processing demands, receipt of stores, accounting procedures and documentation associated with the above accounts.
• Responsible for the dispatching/issuing and receipt of freight.
• Prepare the accounts for all internal and external audits / inspections.
• Assist the team, when required, in other stores areas.
• Assist when required in all aspects of accounting, issuing, and receiving of stock using in service electronic stores accounting tools.
• Carry out all tasks as directed by the QM (T) through the appropriate Line Manager, applicable to grade.
• Maintain current Health and Safety Regulation in the workplace and environment for both work colleagues and visitors alike.
• Ensure correct stowage and appropriate level of security of all held stock.
• Ensure best equipment husbandry standards within the stores area of the Quartermaster department.

This is a physically demanding role and although training and equipment will be provided there will be an element of heavy lifting required, as part of day-to-day duties.

Person specification

• The successful candidate must have previous experience with MJDI
• It would be beneficial to have previous stores experience and experience with Material Logistics.
• The candidate must be able to work without supervision and have a flexible working attitude

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 and Experience.

The sift will be conducted within 10 working days of the advert closing. Interviews will be conducted face to face at The Army Training Centre Pirbright, Alexander Barracks, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0QQ on a date and time TBC

Candidates will be required to complete an online CV template to include job history and previous experiences and skills.

At Application Candidates will be assessed against the following:

- Leadership

- Managing A Quality Service

- Changing and Improving

- Communicating and Influencing

At interview Candidates will be assessed against the following:

- Managing A Quality Service

- Making Effective Decisions

- Communicating and Influencing

- Delivering at Pace

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.

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. 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

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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.