About the job

Job summary

This is a specialist technical communications unit formed from military, civil service and contractor personnel. Teams provide IT and communications support to static units and forward deployed personnel, delivering operationally crucial services over a wide geographical area. The roles are technologically challenging, with wide scope of personal development and progression, and are centred at the very heart of operations.

The position of the Crypto Accountant is a Developed Vetting post (DV) and will require a vetting procedure and a Sensitive Post Check (SPC) to be conducted prior to any offer of employment.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

This newly established position is an ambitious and exciting opportunity which requires good judgement, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively prioritise tasks.
The Crypto Accountant will be working part of the Operations Team and is responsible to the Custodian Officer for the whole life accounting for all deployed and static Cryptographic/Secure media material held on account, ensuring the safe handling and the distribution/disposal of these items are recorded and controlled appropriately.

Person specification

As a Crypto Accountant, you will:
• Maintain actual custody, handling, safeguarding and destruction of all crypto and secure material received from any issuing authority.
• Maintain the crypto/media ledger of items received and all issues made by the department.
• Maintain day to day account of the cryptographic and secure media items and being able to react to time-based requirements.
• Assist scheduled cryptographic changes as advised.
• Submit periodic returns to the Crypto Distribution Agency (CDA) when requested.
• Complete quarterly and 100% musters of all items on account and sub accounts.
• Conduct weekly check of all stored material.
• Maintaining a filing system for crypto/media correspondence as required by the custodian.
• Registering classified correspondence in the designated MOD Form 102 or appropriate Database.
• Keeping the access list, emergency destruction and evacuation/fire plans up to date.
• Controlling access to the store and office.
• Preparation and dispatch of crypto material by courier.
• Conduct resupply as advised by the custodian officer.
• Actively seek to improve working practices.
• Complete all HR responsibilities to include all mandatory training required for the grade.
• Any additional tasks commensurate to skill-set and grade.

Mandatory requirements to be completed within the first 12 months.

• Complete a Crypto accountants course - Essential.
• ITIL Foundation - Desirable.
• All Civil Service mandatory training to be completed respective of the grade.

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 and Experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability word limit of 750.
Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include: job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

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

• leadership 
• changing and improving
• making effective decisions 
• communicating and influencing

Mandatory qualifications 

• Mandatory requirements to be completed within the first 12 months.
• Complete a Crypto accountants course - Essential.
• ITIL Foundation - Desirable.
• All Civil Service mandatory training to be completed respective of the grade.

Applications and interviews will also be assessed on the Behaviours on the Vacancy
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

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.

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 

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 developed vetting (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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.