ARMY - Staff Station Officer

Ministry of Defence

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Details

Reference number

373076

Salary

£35,290

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Army

Type of role

Property
Other

Working pattern

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

Location

Imphal Barracks, York, YO10 4HD
Not Suitable for Hybrid Working

About the job

Job summary

The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army. As such using data to aid understanding of our workforce is vital.

York Garrison is the collective term given to the group of barracks based in the greater York area belonging to the British Army.  These include all the barracks in York, Strensall, and extends to Leconfield in East York-shire.  

Imphal Barracks is home to Headquarters 1st (UK) Division, 2 Signal Regiment, 3 Army Education Centre and several smaller Army Units.

An exciting role has arisen for a Station Staff Officer (SSO) in HQ York Garrison, overseeing the running of HQ York Garrison (HQYG) which includes Imphal Barracks and Queen Elizabeth Barracks Training Centre (QEBTC), Strensall. You will be part of a hard-working, motivated, and enthusiastic team, you will have an excellent opportunity to work alongside civilian and military colleagues providing crucial support and guidance to a military and civilian staff.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

The SSO post provides leadership and guidance in the Garrison, and will oversee the success of 2 major projects, Military/Civic engagement which includes 5 Royal Gun Salutes (RGS), York being the only saluting station in the NE, Kohima Day, Remembrance Day and Armed Forces Day, this partnership between the military and York City Council is of great importance to the City of York.

You will be responsible for Garrison security which is the management of vetting and security policy, procedures, processes and documents to ensure civilian staff and contractors are cleared, and car passes are issued, all in compliance with policy. The SSO manages the central funds within York Garrison, Garrison Budgets and Welfare Fund.

You will work alongside the Garrison Quartermaster (QM) on Estate matters for the Garrison, focusing on staff outputs and delivery. This includes mediation over accommodation issues for both York and QEBTC. Hold regular booking conferences and supervise allocation of accommodation and training resources and management of contracts with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

A key role of the SSO is liaison with Local Authorities on matters affecting the Local Authorities and interaction with the local community. The SSO holds the responsibility of line management of staff within HQ York Garrison.

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

You will hold experience in estate management
Experience in accounting and health and safety
Excellent communication and decision-making skills.

Behaviours

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

Making Effective Decisions
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace

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

Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,223 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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.

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/.

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 however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. 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.

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.

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.

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:

A Personal Statement of suitability (500 words) detailing your work experience and how you are suited to the vacancy based on your skill set history or any qualifications or memberships.
1 behaviour - 'Communicating and Influencing'

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

Making effective decisions
Leadership
Communicating and influencing
Delivering at pace

Application sifting will be provisionally scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date.

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.

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Thomas Skinner
Email : thomas.skinner147@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: , Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email:
info@csc.gov.uk.