About the job

Job summary

The successful candidate will be expected to work in a high paced Tailor Shop, making adjustments and alterations to military clothing. The London Central Garrison Tailor shop is based in the Centre of London opposite Buckingham Palace and supports the in-house units as well as units outside. 

The role requires good knowledge of the Military's ranking, regiments and uniforms. Prior knowledge is not essential however must be willing to learn from the very start of the role as this is a huge part of the role. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

Job description

• You will be required to perform the tailoring requirements for a busy and high profile ceremonial unit which includes regiments of the Foot Guards and Household Division Bands, as well as members from Horse Guards and the Royal Palaces.
• You will need to be able to operate various sewing machines, in order to sew on various ranks and make alterations.
• Learn how to court mount medals.
• Hand sew ranks and various other accoutrements onto various uniforms.

Person specification

Main responsibilities:

• Operate in a clean and safe environment.
• Operate and maintain sewing machinery.
• Record and manage tailoring coming in and out within your area of responsibility.
• Conduct any tailoring tasks directed by the Master Tailor.

Desirables:

• Experience and skills in tailoring.
• Confidence to engage with others.
• Smart and presentable.
• Willingness to learn.

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.

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 behaviours : 

• Delivering at pace 
• managing a quality service 
• working together 
• leadership 

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.