About the job

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and diligent individual to join the Reserve Personnel Management Centre’s (RPMC) RAF Reserves Team located within HQ Air Command, RAF High Wycombe.  

This is a varied and interesting role encompassing many aspects of RAF Reserves HR where we are looking for a friendly, well-organised and adaptable Administrator to join our Team of military and civilian HR professionals and administrative staff. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.  As an employer we support flexible working policies, however there will be an expectation of office presence.  

Job description

The RPMC provide HR and Career Management support for established Full Time and Volunteer Reserve positions along with administration of the Base Support Groups. 

The successful candidate will facilitate the Career Management of designated Reserve Personnel by delivering the following: 

• Conduct eligibility checks and carry out transactions on JPA 
• Ensure Attestation forms are completed correctly
• Ensure individuals are added to Promotion courses in a timely manner through ACS Halton
• Substantiate individuals in rank after attendance of appropriate promotion course 
• Mobilisation of RAuxAF personnel when required 
• Terminations  
• Extension of contracts 
• Career Intermissions/JPAN Moves/any ad-hoc transactions in support of the above 
• Provide SME advice to designated Squadrons, Unit HRs, and Line Managers in Reserve business 
• Become an SME on HR and JPA Career Management actions of Reserve personnel 
• Develop effective understanding of policy relating to all RAF Reserves business 
• Any other tasks as directed by Line Manager, commensurate with grade 

Person specification

Essential:

Good oral and written communication skills are required as this role involves daily contact with a wide array of civilian and military colleagues at various grades and ranks

Wider experience and knowledge of IT hardware, Information Management and Data Protection would be an advantage

A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Desirable: 

A good working knowledge of JPA (not essential as training/experience will evolve in the role)

Knowledge/experience of the RAF 

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 and Experience.

We will assess you against experience and civil service behaviours as part of the selection process. 

Candidates will be required to provide a CV, to include job history, qualifications and previous skills and experience.

You will be required to provide a statement of suitability of no more than 250 words on how your experience and skills will allow you to carry out the advertised role successfully. 

We'll assess you against these behaviours during Application:

• Seeing the Big Picture 
• Working Together 
• Managing a Quality Service 
• Delivering at Pace  

We'll assess you against these behaviours during Interview:

• Seeing the Big Picture 
• Working Together 
• Managing a Quality Service 
• Delivering at Pace

Please submit your evidence using the S.T.A.R. format (Situation, Task, Action, Result) 
 
Results of the sift will be done via CS Jobs and dates for interview will 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).

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.