Army Armoury Storekeeper, MRTC

Details

Reference number

221043

Salary

£19,770

Job grade

Industrial Skillzone 2

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Army - Mission Ready Training Centre (MRTC)

Type of role

Industrial
Logistics
Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

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About the job

Benefits

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Location

The Mission Ready Training Centre, Bassingbourn Barracks, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 5LX.

About the job

Job summary

The Mission Ready Training Centre (MRTC) is part of the Army Collective Training Group and is responsible for assuring the directed training of both individual soldiers and formed units deploying on Operations within the UK and worldwide. After being closed for several years, Bassingbourn Barracks is undergoing a complete modernisation to accommodate MRTC and numerous smaller lodger units. The MRTC is a mix of Army personnel (both Regular and Reserve) and Civil Servants.

Your role as an Armoury Storekeeper 1 will be to support the Quartermaster’s department in ensuring all MRTC held weapons are managed and controlled in accordance with legislation and policy, to support MRTC in completing its mission.

This vacancy is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Do you want to work within a dynamic and rewarding operationally focused environment, that offers a wide range of additional opportunities and benefits?

The Armoury Storekeeper 1 position is an essential role within the MRTC Quartermasters Dept, responsible for the management and control of unit weapons.

Person specification

Key Areas of Responsibility:
1. Assist in the management of and the day to day running of the armoury.

2. Issuing and receipting weaponry and equipment to personnel.

3. Ensuring all weaponry and equipment is clean and serviceable.

4. Issue / receipt of stores.

5. Ensuring all equipment loaned to outside units is correctly monitored.

6. Liaising with the MRTC Armourers to keep all weaponry and equipment serviceable.

7. Assisting the CQMS Armoury with the preparation of weapons for transportation to training locations.

8. Maintaining documentation for stores accounting and auditing.

9. Assisting the Duty Officer with daily and weekly checks.

This post requires a degree of physical ability as you will be expected to lift and carry weapons, boxes of ancillaries and equipment around the armoury (also load / offload vehicles), and place / retrieve items and boxes from shelving that may be above head height. In accordance with HSE guidance, the recommended maximum manual handling weight that applicants can expect to lift is men (25kg) and women (16kg).




This post will involve on occasions working outside of the core hours, so a degree of flexibility is required. (This may require the need to work on evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays or outside Core hours. Overtime pay or time off in lieu will be granted).

Training

Training will be provided in post on the use of the current inventory management information system – Management of the Joint Deployed Inventory (MJDI).

Licences

Full Driving Licence – CAT B essential;
CAT C, C+E and Forklift desirable.
Successful candidate will be expected to drive MOD vehicles in the course of their duties.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Working Together

Benefits

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
Highly competitive Civil Service pension scheme
Alternative working practices
25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The Queen’s birthday
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
On-site gymnasium (for a small monthly fee for membership of Civil Service Sports Club)
Cycle Loan (Advance on Salary)
Defence Sports & Recreational Association (DSRA)
Defence Discount Service

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six month probation period.

Please note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.”

“MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together (Lead Behaviour) - Application
• Managing a Quality Service - Interview
• Leadership - Interview
• Communicating and Influencing - Interview

Candidates will be required to complete an online CV template to include job history, full details of education and qualifications, previous experiences and skills and your suitability for this post.

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

If a large number of applications are received, initial sift will be on the lead behaviour.

Sifting will be conducted upon the advertising window closing.

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 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 Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

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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.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Capt K Bell, QM(T), MRTC Email : Keith.Bell651@mod.gov.uk Telephone : 03001526259

Recruitment team :

Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. Please refer to the attached Candidate Information guide.