Army - Vehicle Fleet Manager and Driver
Ministry of Defence
Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 7th November 2024
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York Garrison is the collective term given to the group of barracks based in the greater York area be-longing to the British Army. These include all the barracks in York, Strensall, and extends to Leconfield in East Yorkshire.
Imphal Barracks is home to Headquarters 1st (UK) Division, 2 Signal Regiment, 3 Army Education Centre and several smaller Army Units.
An exciting position for a Vehicle Fleet Manager/Driver has opened within Headquarters Catterick Garrison. As part of a hard-working, motivated, and enthusiastic team, you will have an excellent op-portunity to work alongside civilian and military colleagues providing crucial transport support to a large number military and civilian staff as well as to many Army Units.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
As a Vehicle Fleet Manager and Driver you will be required too:
- Liaise, coordinate, and record bookings through vehicle contractors for legally required servicing, inspections and MOT's for coaches, minibuses, vans, and cars and chase as required.
- Your will be responsible for keeping all maintenance records up to date for assurance purposes, and to monitor contractor time frames if they have been exceeded.
- You will be required to administrate and inspect new and losing fleet vehicles – arranging removal of telematics and handover dates.
- The successful candidate will be proficient in the Handover and takeover of vehicles, follow policy and supervise Self Drive Staff (2 x Leading Hands) with Handover and Takeover of vehicles, and task drivers as required on maintenance tasks.
- You will become competent in the use of computer software for vehicle scheduling and user details.
- You will cover for the Leading Hands Driver during absence and to cover tasks in the event of other staff absences.
- The post holder will also complete driving tasks as and when required.
Person specification
Specific Driving Licenses required as follows - A full CAT D - Coach driving licence and a full CAT C - LGV driving licence.
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
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.
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At Application you will be assessed against:
- A 250 word statement of suitability. Within this you should provide detail of your work experience. This should include relevant career history, the work you have carried out and how you are suited to the vacancy based on your skill set history, or qualifications or memberships.
- 1 behaviour 'managing a quality service'
At interview you will be assessed against the following behaviours:
- Making effective decisions
- Working together
- Managing a quality service
Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date.
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
Interview dates are to be confirmed. These will likely be held in person but may be online via MS Teams. We endeavour to stick to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.
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 in to 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. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It 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.
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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).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Gayle Fletcher
- Email : gayle.fletcher418@mod.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk
Further information
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