About the job

Job summary

Do you want to join Defence and play your part in supporting our armed forces to operate effectively?  

Each year a third of the Defence budget is spent on Support. The Defence Support Organisation sits at the heart of providing support to the UK's Armed Forces. We provide logistic and engineering services to UK Armed Forces at home and abroad and have a broad remit spanning from planning to operational delivery. 

We offer an inclusive, encouraging working environment providing opportunities for you to thrive in your role and progress your career. Our core values are Respect, Trust, Understanding and Kindness as we passionately believe these will enable both a diverse workforce and ultimately high performing teams. 

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who will embrace these values and proactively demonstrate the principles of inclusion within the organisation.

Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities.  Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

 This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

The role of EO Data Materiel Controller sits in the Supply Chain Management Team (SCM) within Joint Support (JtSp).

Controlled Stocks (CS) are the resilience margin of critical stores, such as vehicle parts, that Defence holds in anticipation of surges in activity levels. The landscape pertaining to CS management has changed significantly over recent time: CS holdings are currently worth over £330M with further purchases in train. The control and management of CS liability has been centralised within the SCM Data Team. SCM Data Team provides four key functions:

1. Creation. Assisting as the interface between FLCs and DE&S in the detailed translation of requirements into demand plans listed by NSN and Qty.
2. Maintenance. Daily oversight of the management of CS including the focal point for any CS releases.
3. Reporting. Reporting on CS holdings, shortfalls and unfunded gaps in order to establish risk and advise on appropriate mitigations.
4. Usage. Support to the issue of CS as part of the wider Contingent Op Stock demand in response to an emerging demand.

The role would benefit from knowledge and understanding of Defence Supply Chain and inventory Management alongside Power BI knowledge.

MS Office experience is essential. 

Person specification

As a CS materiel Controller, you will deliver the Data Team’s Maintenance Function by managing and maintaining the detailed day to day records of CS Holdings on Defence Logistic IT systems and bespoke records. You will receive supportive oversight and direction from your line manager but will retain and own the responsibility to liaise with a range of stakeholders across Defence to ensure that the size and content of the CS items within your responsibility are correct and respond to authorised requests to increase or lower CS holdings. These stakeholders include the DE&S, Fd Army, Team LEIDOS, and DSCOM among others. You will be responsible for knowing the details of the CS that you oversee with the ability to advise on the impact of requests for the release of CS that are raised by Defence users seeking to access CS. At all times we expect you to work as a dedicated team member displaying; the civil service values, collegiate working, cross briefing, and shared knowledge & experience.

Responsibilities for the role are below, but not limited to:

- Advising and guiding Front Line Commands (FLCs) and DE&S on the processes to ensure the module constructs are maintained appropriately.

- Conducting regular CS module reviews.

- Maintaining the CS Databook.

- Assisting in CS Planning for CS creation and usage.

- Additional ad hoc duties aligned to the Supply Chain Management Teams and Strategic Base Activity.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 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.

When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

Sift will be completed on the advert closure. Successful candidates will be offered an invite to interview.

Please ensure you fully complete the CV and Behaviours sections.

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Communicating & Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Developing Self & Others

 At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Communicating & Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Developing Self & Others

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

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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.