About the job

Job summary

The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within it, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 9,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. We are a diverse workforce with a range of roles and are delighted to advertise three driver positions in 20 Transport Squadron RLC, based at Regents Park Barracks, London.

We are looking for keen individuals who relish the opportunity to embark on a driving role to come and join us! Are you customer focused? Do you have good communication skills and like working as part of a small team? Are you able to make decisions and provide a quality service? Being flexible and adaptable is essential for this role where you will drive military personnel in London, Windsor and across other areas of the UK.  Does this sound like a role for you and are you keen to explore further?

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Duties include: 

• Driving taskings assigned by Task Troop Commander on a daily basis 
• Compliance with all national regulations (Road Traffic Act) and JSP 800 Road Transport Policy. A copy of Drivers Standing Orders must be read and signed annually by all drivers.
• Compliance with all provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, related legislation and codes of practice.
• Compliance with local instructions and directions as routinely issued under the authority of the Officer Commanding, 20 Tpt Sqn RLC,
• Assist in loading and unloading of vehicles where possible in line with H&S practices and heavy lifting guidelines.
• Compliance with all mandated training as directed by  MOD  and  Officer Commanding 20 Tpt Sqn RLC.

Person specification

A driver employed within 20 Tpt Sqn RLC is expected to be able to drive any vehicle specified within the licences held:

• Drive all types of light vehicles, Category B and C1. (Essential).
• Drive passenger Carrying Vehicles, D and D1 where the licence is held (Essential).
• Drive various types of large goods vehicles, Category C (Desirable).

These are permanent positions of 42hrs gross per week (37 hours net). Flexibility is needed to work if required some early mornings, late evenings, weekends and public holidays.

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.

Applications will be sifted within 24hrs of the closing date. Interviews will take place at Regents Park Barracks within 7 days of the sift taking place. Behaviours will be assessed at interview.

At Application you will be assessed against the following: Working Together

At Interview you will be assessed against the following: Communicating and Influencing 

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

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.