About the job

Job summary

OC Domestic Supply Flight is responsible for the management and provision of Accommodation Stores, Clothing for home and overseas for Service and Civilian customers, Flying Clothing and Personal Protective Equipment for all RAF Coningsby personnel and lodger units.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

Job description

OC DSF is responsible for the daily operation workforce management of DSF. Provision to the Station and parented units all requirements of clothing and accommodation stores within allocated budgets, scales and available resources. The Designated Officer for soft FM Multi-Activity Contracts and focal point between the unit and contractors. The management and supervision of Service Contracts. Maintaining a computer based system for the control of budgets to National Audit Office Standards. Scrutiny of all invoices from contractors, investigating any discrepancies prior to forwarding to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation for payment. Completing monthly Spend Data Reports for onwards transmission to DIO. The timely provision of accommodation stores for new builds or new service projects. All other matters associated with related budgets. Maintain effective liaison with customers, ensuring good working relationships are maintained. Identify and investigate any adverse trends affecting the level of logistic support to customers. Provide management and supervision to the DSF team. Identify training needs and objectives and encourage personal development amongst all DSF staff. Support and maintain all DSF personnel with their annual appraisals throughout the reporting year.

Person specification

The candidate should have a good understanding of customer service provision, an understanding of Material Accounting principals would be advantageous but not essential.

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 and will assess your behaviours.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability

All applications will be submitted on line. Applicants will be subject to an anonymous SIFT and if successful will be invited to interview where they will be assessed on the MOD behaviours as detailed.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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.