Community Support Assistant - MOD Boscombe Down
Ministry of Defence
About the job
Job summary
The Community Support Assistant is based at MOD Boscombe Down within the Nicolson Centre just outside the main entrance. This vital role in the wider Community Support Team looks after an active and busy Station of over 350 service personnel and their families.
The Community Support Assistant role looks after all the administration and liaison regarding community engagement and welfare support to Station personnel and the local community.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Flexible working/Working From Home will be considered, taking into account Station needs.
Job description
The Community Support Assistant will work as part of the wider growing Community Support Team currently consisting of Station Community Support Officer (SCSO) and two locally employed civilians. The community Support Assistant will deputise for the SCSO and undertake duties appropriate to their grade when the SCSO is otherwise engaged or absent.
The Community Support Assistant will be the first person seen by Service Personnel, their families, and the local community, as they walk through the doors of the Nicolson Centre, a busy and thriving community hub.
Duties will include basic administration relating to the Nicolson Centre such as bookings of rooms and signposting for welfare support. They will act as the Secretary to the Station Community Support Committee organising meetings, communications, and the taking and issuing of minutes.
The Community Support Assistant will undertake Building Custodian duties, ensuring H&S and Fire Safety procedures are maintained and in place as well as facilitating the general maintenance of the building and reporting jobs if needed. They will have oversight of two further welfare buildings and the booking/use of those buildings.
Person specification
Please refer to attached Terms of Reference (TORS)
Person Specification
- Ability to work well with others in a supportive and constructive way
- Strong organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise, work under pressure and to meet deadlines
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £24,040, Ministry of Defence contributes £6,490 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, Strengths, Ability and Experience.Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (Word count: 500)
Behaviours
You will be accessed against the following behaviours at interview:
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
Link to behaviours description here.
Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
Please refer to Civil Service Recruitment pack (link)
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. 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
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.