About the job

Job summary

Details of Organisation/Business Directorate  HMS RALEIGH is the initial training establishment for ratings of the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary. It is situated on the outskirts of Torpoint, a town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall. HMS RALEIGH consists of 6 training schools (Ph1 - 3) and 2 operational units.  This position works indirectly for Navy Command directorate, located at HMS Raleigh, responsible directly to the Captain, HMS Raleigh, via the Executive Officer (Commander). This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

The Energy and Environmental & Fire Protection Advisor (EEFPA): will support the Raleigh Executive in the development of an effective energy and environmental management system for HMS Raleigh and Outstations which meets appropriate legislation and MOD policy (i.e. defence publications).

The role is to provide information and oversight to the Command and wider authorities as necessary regarding Utility Matters and use, and Environmental Protection, and Fire safety Management, the role is also the estate focal point for Fire safety and the establishment fuels operating authority.  Subsidiary roles also involve noise, climate change, biodiversity, conservation, waste management and radiation protection.

Person specification

Please refer to the detail contained in the attached Terms of Reference. (EEFPA TORS). 

Candidates must hold the essential qualifications as stated, then preference will be given to those holding the 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 and Experience.

Candidates will be assessed on their CV, a 750 max -word personal statement on suitability. This should be used to explain how you feel your skills and experience are relevant or transferable to the role, and why you are particularly interested in it.

At application and interview the following Civil Service Success Profile behaviours will also be assessed: 

• Leadership 
• Working Together 
• Skills, experience, knowledge and suitability 

 If there are a high number of applications at sift, the sift will be conducted on the following:

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• CV
• Statement of Suitability

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

• Managing A Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions

If more than one candidate reaches the desired standard, those not selected will be held in reserve for 12 months.

Please note this role is 37 hours per week, requests to work flexibly will be considered, taking into account business needs.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date.

Provisional interview dates are planned for Tuesday 30th July and Thursday 1st August; preferably face to face, however we will offer online should face to face be difficult.

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.