Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron Mechanical Transport Manager
Ministry of Defence
Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 31st October 2024
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Job summary
The Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (JARTS) is the only fully established military air system post-crash and incident management (APCIM) team in Europe, delivering support to the Defence Air Accident Investigation Branch and civilian Air Accident Investigation Branch. JARTS provide Defence with a rapid runway clearance capability to ensure minimal disruption to aviation operations. JARTS also deliver training scenarios to Defence establishments, participate in civilian APCIM exercises and transport MOD owned aircraft throughout the organisation on operations or routine fleet management activities. Working at short notice, teams maintain high readiness postures to deploy globally supporting Defence outputs.
JARTS Mission - To be prepared, trained and resourced to conduct worldwide Post Crash Management, Recovery and Transportation of all MOD aircraft.
JARTS is a great place to work and develop your career offering an operational focus that is critical for Defence outputs, whether that is responding at extremely short notice to activation or longer term planned transportation tasking. The support to both Defence and Civilian APCIM is crucial to the development of National resilience in response to unique challenges. The MTO is critical to ensuring deployable teams are supported with appropriate vehicles and supporting equipment to deliver successful outcomes.
The JARTS are focused on the introduction of new capabilities and developing relationships with foreign partners to ensure the Squadron remains the lead organisation for APCIM. This includes the introduction of new vehicle types ranging from standard cars through to specialist trailers developed for the transportation of the full breadth of MOD air systems in use.
The role will have responsibility for managing the JARTS MT personnel, full fleet of vehicles, trailers and associated ground support equipment to ensure maximum availability to deliver critical Squadron outputs. The role out of new vehicles will see the introduction of new training requirements for personnel that will need to be successfully managed whilst maintaining current operational tempo. Engagement with Command Headquarters is essential to ensure JARTS requirements are fully articulated and MT fleet issues are addressed in a timely fashion.
The role also includes responsibilities for facilities management, ensuring faults are reported and repaired appropriately and liaising with maintenance personnel to ensure mandatory testing of vital systems is completed satisfactorily.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
As the Band EO Mechanical Transport Manager in the Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (JARTS) you will be responsible for the management of personnel, vehicles, equipment, infrastructure and associated funding allocated in support of MT, to accomplish the Unit’s mission and core outputs.
You will also be responsible for ensuring JARTS facilities are maintained appropriately, raising corrective work requirements to appropriate organisations, and ensuring timely repairs when required.
The main duties are:
- The effective management of Sqn MT personnel and ensuring that all Sqn personnel are trained to fulfil their duties.
- Ensuring the through life management of MT vehicles are safe to operate, maximising vehicle, trailer, and associated ground support equipment availability through effective fleet management processes, maintaining appropriate records in compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Manage MT related budgets within your financial delegation, providing auditable records of expenditure and preparing estimates for future requirements.
- Managing MT related IT systems as the JAMES administrator for JARTS in compliance with mandated processes.
- Promulgation and distribution of Regulations and policy updates, briefing personnel on pertinent changes and implementing updates to Sqn Orders as required.
- Monitor MT related contracts to ensure the delivery of expected performance requirements, addressing any shortfalls and briefing Sqn Management on issues that impact the delivery of JARTS outputs.
- Implementation of road safety strategies and carrying out investigations related to safety issues involving Sqn personnel and vehicles / equipment.
- Ensuring all MT related activities are managed within MOD policy, including but not limited to Health and Safety Regulations, and MOD Environmental and Quality Management policies.
- The management of transportation tasking, ensuring sufficient personnel are qualified to achieve tasks and monitor compliance with ADR and CDG Road requirements.
You will be responsible for assuring Officer Commanding JARTS that all legislative and regulatory requirements are satisfied as a minimum. Furthermore, you will assure that maintenance carried out on JARTS vehicles is compliant with requirements.
Person specification
Essential Criteria:
- Deliver at pace: You will be able to organise and lead a team to deliver a high-quality service for customers, often to tight deadlines. By developing your team and making sure there is a balance of responsibilities, you will be able to deliver a range of priorities.
- Communicating and influencing: You will use your excellent stakeholder management skills, building partnerships quickly and effectively. You will have the ability to adapt your communication style to influence and suit the audience, translating policy matters for seniors and team members. You will lead a collaborative team that works effectively across JARTS and externally.
- Making effective decisions. Use evidence and knowledge to support accurate, expert decisions and advice. Carefully consider alternative options, implications and risks of decisions.
- Changing and improving. Seek out opportunities to create effective change and suggest innovative ideas for improvement. Review ways of working, including seeking and providing feedback.
Desirable Criteria:
- Background in MOD Mechanical Transport (MT) operations and knowledge of MOD MT Regulations and Policy.
- Management experience with financial delegations.
- UK Full Driving Licence
Role specific training will be provided.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- Professional and personal development of skills
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
- 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service (pro rata). In additional to 8 public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The Sovereign's birthday
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.
The post does not offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.
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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Selection process details
Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.
Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.
To apply for this post, you will be asked to complete the following as part of the online application:
A CV setting out your career history, with previous skills and experience. Provide employment history that relates to the Essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages.
A Personal Statement of up to 500 words, explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the Essential criteria.
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.
At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/Technical Skills:
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
In the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift will be conducted on the personal statement.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to interview.
At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/Technical Skills:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
As part of your interview, you will be asked to deliver a short oral presentation, details will be provided prior to your interview.
Candidates will be required to complete an online Civil Service Judgement test.
The Civil Service Judgement Test is not bankable and therefore must be taken on every vacancy where it is applied.
Should you be invited to complete the online tests, please allow sufficient time to complete the tests and the remainder of the full application form; only candidates who are successful at the test stage will be invited to complete the remainder of the application by clicking ‘Submit Application’. Your application must be completed by 23:55 on the closing date of the vacancy. Late submissions cannot be accepted. The tests are not timed, as they work by giving you harder questions if you answer the previous question correctly, and easier if you get it wrong. You should allow up to an hour for each test, and each test must be completed before you will be invited to complete the second part of your application. Internet access will be required for the duration of the test. Please refer to the attached Candidate Guidance for further information.
Candidates that reach the minimum required pass mark will have their results saved as a banked score against the following tests:
- New Civil Service Verbal Test
- New Civil Service Numerical Test
When a candidate has a banked score they’re not asked to re-take the same test providing it is set at the same level. Scores will be banked for a 6 month period from the date of test completion. If a candidate is invited to take the same test against multiple vacancies, the banked score will be recognised against all vacancies and all active applications will progress.
CSJT scores cannot be banked as each test is generated from the behaviours required for a specific role which will vary between recruitment campaigns.
If you require any particular arrangements (for example due to a disability or health problem) to be made in order for you to complete the online test you MUST contact the DBS Enquiry Centre on 0800 345 7772 BEFORE accessing the online test.
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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.
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Job contact :
- Name : Bryan Crossman
- Email : bryan.crossman397@mod.gov.uk
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