About the job

Job summary

The mission of NAVY COMMAND (NC) HQ, FGen, Logistics is to manage current and future capability and sustainability requirements, deliver logistic aspects of maritime and amphibious deployment, sustainment and recovery; provide logistic assurance across defence through FE@R and FE@S; setting maritime logistic doctrine, policy, standards and practices. DACOS Land Combat Service Support (CSS) is accountable to DD Logs for delivery of the Land Logistics (Logs) and Equipment Support (ES) elements in the Land Littoral Strike (LLS) role.  

The NC HEO Mov & DG Auditor is accountable to NC SEO Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA) and is responsible for Movements and Dangerous Goods 2nd Line of Defence Assurance (2LoDA) across Navy TLB.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Primary Purposes:

The NC HEO Mov & DG Auditor is responsible for the delivery across Navy establishments, ships and units iaw the annual assurance program. Deliver assurance of DG policy, principles and standards ensuring compliance with the requirement through inspection, investigation and/or enforcement, where appropriate.

Plan and complete audits of units and establishments to identify regulatory compliance including overseas audit activity.

Secondary Purposes:

Produce and submit Audit report to monitor standards and identify trends, strongly suggesting corrective actions if required.

Monitor unit responses to ensure that appropriate action has taken place to resolve any non-compliance.

Where possible, provide assistance and guidance to units in accordance with DGSA duties and functions to achieve compliance.

Develop the monitoring programme with due regard to unit roles and associated DG movement risks.

Carryout investigations regarding accidents and incidents involving DG, as tasked by NC SEO DGSA.

Liaise with other government departments and DTs representing Navy TLB ensuring DG compliance is both met and understood.

In conjunction with other government departments carry out compliance checks and appropriate enforcement action as tasked by NC SEO DGSA.

Attend DG meetings as required by the NC SEO DGSA. Maintain TLB specific Dangerous Goods policy and advice, while at the same time promoting good practice.

Refine and maintenance of Mov and DG question set to include policy and legislative updates in conjunction with NC SEO DGSA and ensure relevance to Navy TLB.

Maintain Mov and DG SharePoint Site.

Person specification

Mandatory Training and Experience

• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor.
• DGSA road
• Previous qualifications and experience in the application of ADR, RID, IMDG Code and IATA DGRs.
• DGSA road
• Authorised Representative (Road)
• Radiation Protection Supervisor

If out of date, all qualifications to be refreshed within 6 months of employment

Desirable Training

• Government Authorised Explosive Representative (GAER)
• Radiation Safety Officer

Technical skills: Provide technical advice to NC staff and units on:

• Matters relating to the NC operation, control and use of Dangerous Goods.
• Movement of dangerous goods and hazardous materials. Conduct periodic assessment of ADR DG training delivered in NC units to provide assurance of training.

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.

Apply through the CS Jobs website. You will be assessed at sift and interviewed against the behaviours listed. All interviews will be held face to face at NCHQ in Portsmouth. Date of interviews to be arranged in due course.

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

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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.