About the job

Job summary

The Defence School of Marine Engineering (DSMarE) is a personnel and training organisation situated at HMS Sultan, the Gosport site for the Tri-service, Defence College of Electro-mechanical Engineering (DCEME)

Main outputs are the training of Royal Navy Marine Engineers and Technicians, Army and RAF specific courses and some commercial training.  The DSMarE also provides personnel support for its staff and other users of the Gosport site.  Many of these functions are provided through a contractual arrangement with Babcock Limited which also markets spare capacity for income generation.  HQ DCEME acts as the primary administrative authority for DSMarE and provides financial services, contracts oversight and property management functions.

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. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. 

Job description

Primary duties will involve the delivery of workshop theory, practical instruction to Service and Civilian trainees to Foundation Degree/ Defence standards.

 Secondary roles include: providing Subject Matter Expertise on the courses delivered and liaising with external authorities, ships, establishments and other military units to provide technical support and advise where required.

The post holder will also be expected to prepare course documentation, assess and mark tests and examinations, develop new course material as required and the minor maintenance and repair of training equipment and training aids.

 As a member of a training delivery team of 10 band D, Specialist Instructional Officers; experience is required in all aspects of fitting, turning, milling and grinding as well as being to interpret engineering drawings in accordance with BS8888.                       

Person specification

Candidates will have served a recognised apprenticeship or a relevant alternative period of training in Fitting and Turning processes to the appropriate ONC, City and Guilds (part III), BTEC or an equivalent level qualification, plus have recent experience within the appropriate workshop skills. Applicants who have completed a full Services Engineering Apprenticeship plus recent practical experience in that trade or specialisation will be deemed to meet the necessary requirements.

 Previous experience in a training/instructional role would be beneficial but training in Defence instructional techniques will be provided for the successful applicant without prior experience.

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.

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 (up to 1,000 words). 

Selection will be by practical test in all workshop processes given above and a short lecture and interview. 

Candidates are reminded that they must provide evidence of ability, experience and any qualifications in full.

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.  

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

• Leadership
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Practical Turning Exercise which includes screw cutting
• A fifteen minute lesson presented on one of the following, the use of a 0-25mm Micrometer, Screw Cutting using a single point tool on a centre lathe of Taper Turning on a centre lathe.

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.