About the job

Job summary

The Head of the Capability and Rostering Team (CRT) supports the Chief Inspector SPO Force Control and CRT in delivering operational support to the Force within the Superintendent Ops Support area of TC&S providing services to both TC&S and Nuclear and Marine Commands. The role requires flexibility in approach, taking appropriate action to ensure the CRT operates effectively and delivers key outputs regarding rostering of Police Officers and staff and training records management.

Line management responsibilities of a team of police & civilian personnel. Responsible for ensuring accurate records are maintained of all staffs training & qualifications aligned to role profiles, together with publication of staff duties, in accordance with PRGs. Ensuring efficient and intelligent use of Chronicle & GRS software applications in compliance with COP Licence requirements, MDP Policy & SOPs and MoD PRGs enabling MDP capability & availability to be accurately reported. Lead in the formulation of policy, strategy, and change initiatives through development of close working relationships with operational stations, internal departments, and contractors, chairing working groups and representing CRT at meetings and policy groups.

This post is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

The appropriate supervision and management of the Roster Management cell and Chronicle team would impact upon the Force outputs. Inefficient rostering of Police officer’s impacts upon operational Policing outputs. Chronicle provides a number of records for the Force including Firearms records. The inefficient management of Chronicle outputs could impact upon the College of Policing criteria mandated for the Force to achieve its Firearms outputs and to retain its Firearms License issued by COP.  This post will be pivotal in the Force’s transition to Demetrio. Data Transition and security will be key elements of this transition and the appropriate management and supervision of this change will be vital. 

Management of external contractual suppliers has been affected by not having this post. This will in turn impact upon customer relations with key suppliers

Person specification

Candidates should have experience of managing personnel.

Further to this experience in operating and managing data across IT platforms is essential.

The suitable candidate will be highly motivated have experience in managing customer relationships with external providers and suppliers.

The candidate will be required to complete Security vetting.

Experience of working within a Police/Government department would be desirable.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 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 and Experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability.

At sift, you will be assessed against your statement of suitability and the following Behaviours: 

• Changing and improving
• Managing and quality service 
• Communicating and influencing 
• Working together

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Strengths

• Efficient
• Focussed
• Organiser
• Team Leader

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 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

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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.