About the job

Job summary

Do you want to work for the Ministry of Defence in a high octane Operational Headquarters managing the registration of specific vehicle capabilities? The Register Keeper department, based in the East Midlands, has a rare opportunity for the right person to lead the small team. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week, with on-call remuneration for out of hours cover.

Where business needs allow, there may be the opportunity for some hybrid working practices, although the nature of the role does dictate the need for largely office based routine. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). 

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.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Ministry of Defence in the small Register Keeper Team. The post of the Register Keeper Manager is multifaceted and necessitates tasks carried out at desktop level. The successful candidate will be a motivated, self-starter who is able to manage and prioritise workloads according to priorities of the business deliverables and risk based analysis and to establish relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships that promote collaboration between a range of stakeholders that support continual improvement. Forward thinking, ability to see the bigger picture with an awareness of  sensitivities around the customer base. Demonstrate a personal dedication to the customers values, in particular the flat hierarchical nature.

Specific duties include, but not limited to:

• Demonstrate a personal dedication to the customers values
• Stakeholder engagement
• Support to resolution of complaints
• Ensure local compliance with legislative and mandatory requirement
• Individual and collective management of the team
• Through life registration management of fleet
• Processing of Management Information Reports
• Management of registration system
• Ownership of PO Box and maintenance of branch account records
• Liaison of all stakeholders including UK Strategic Command, Field Army, DVLA, internal customers and Police Forces
• Cryptographic Custodian Duties

Person specification

Licences

Full UK Drivers Licence

Qualifications

Essential:

• Educated to A-Level Standard/NVQ Management Level 3 or 4 or relevant equivalent experience
• Computer literate inclusive of MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Desirable:

• Experience of Power Apps

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.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.

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

• Working Together 
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours at interview 

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Working Together 

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience. 
 
Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

A sift will be conducted week commencing 22 Jul 24 with interviews being conducted week commencing 29 Jul 24.

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

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.