About the job

Job summary

This is an outstanding opportunity offered within Commando Logistic Regiment, Royal Marines which is both varied and rewarding. Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a fun but vital team?

Navy Command provides an open, flexible, and supportive work environment and Civil Servants and Armed forces personnel work together in a wealth of interesting and challenging jobs in different disciplines, from finance, legal service; personnel and HR, project planning and managing contracts, to media and communications.

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

As part of a team supporting the Commando Force operational output, you will essentially provide the logistical support to tradesmen within the workshop by processing required part orders through the supply chain required for the maintenance of an extensive fleet of high readiness vehicles.

Person specification

Are you an experienced logistician wanting to broaden your experience by working in a unique fast paced military environment where you will contribute to maintaining the readiness of a highly deployable fleet? We provide mentoring and training, also fully funded courses - some of which are residential. Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £21,610, Ministry of Defence contributes £5,834 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 assesses suitability through Success Profiles, the recruitment framework used within the Civil Service. Each element will be scored accordingly. 

Candidates will be required to complete a Statement of Suitability of no more than 500 words. Please provide experience relevant to the role.

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

· Making Effective Decisions

· Working Together

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

· Leadership

· Making Effective Decisions

· Working Together

Developing Self and Others

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

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everyone irrespective of gender and ethnic group. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

Your application must be completed by 23:55 on the closing date of the vacancy. Late submissions cannot be accepted.

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.