About the job

Job summary

His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde (HMNB Clyde) is home to the United Kingdom’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, Astute Class Attack Submarines, Sandown Class Mine Hunter Vessels and 43 Commando Royal Marines. It is an operational support and maintenance Naval Base within Navy Command and comprises both Faslane and Coulport sites. Its primary purpose is to provide engineering and logistical support to the Royal Navy in maintaining Continuous at Sea Deterrent (CASD). 

Based with HMNB Clyde, Fleet Operational Standards and Training (Submarines) (FOST SM) is charged with the corporate governance of the submarine training.   

The role of the FOST SM TMT Quality Control Assistant (FOST SM TMT QCA) is primarily to provide administrative support to the Internal Validation of Collective Training (CT) to the FOST SM organisation. They will administer the records and databases connected with CT and its assurance. The post is a Civilian AO grade. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. 

Job description

• Administering the Internal Validation of sea and shore Collective Training within FOST SM, including the conduct of follow-up and post training discussions with crews. 
• Administering the TMT SharePoint site to ensure efficient organisation and proper recording of all feedback reports and record management in line with JSP 441. 
• Conducting assurance checks of FOST SM Shore Training Facility examinations and manage records of the same. 
• Providing administrative and secretarial support to maintain the standards of TMT training documentation. 
• Coordinate and collate information regarding Training Assurance Visits (TAV’s) to ensure that Training Providers meet governance criteria. 
• Attend meetings and briefings recording minutes and distributing to the TMT.

Person specification

The post holder will have the exciting opportunity to join the Fleet Operational Standards and Training organisation, within the Training Management Team. As part of Transformation, the RN is modernising its Individual Training and Collective Training whilst ships/submarines are deployed. There will be much activity in the short term such as the Future Submarine Training Centre being built and operating in the base, to new training facilities for the next class of submarine coming into service. The assurance of this training is paramount to achieving its quality. 
 
The successful applicant will require good communication skills, strong MS Office knowledge, be proactive, self-motivated, able to work cohesively with members of the wider FOST SM department to deliver assurance of training. 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £24,040, Ministry of Defence contributes £6,490 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.

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

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the big picture
• Changing and improving  

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

• Communicating and Influencing 
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Sift to be carried out following the closing date and interview timings to be confirmed.

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).

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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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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.