Army - Mission Ready Training Centre Operational Clothing Storekeeper

Bassingbourn Barracks, SG8 5LX. Due to the customer facing nature of the role, attendance to site will be required full time.

The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 12,000 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.

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 Operational Clothing Storekeeper will be to support the Quartermaster's department in ensuring all MRTC held Operational clothing and equipment is managed and controlled in accordance with legislation and policy, to support MRTC in completing its mission. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Do you want to work within a dynamic and rewarding operationally focused environment, that offers a wide range of additional opportunities and benefits? The Operational Clothing Storekeeper position is an essential role within the MRTC Quartermasters Department, responsible for the management and control of Operational clothing and equipment.

Main Responsibilities Will Include:

• Demand stores
• Issue/receipt of stores
• Back-loading of general stores
• Deal with outside agencies for collection of waste disposal
• Deputising for Equipment Table storekeeper
• Deputy radiation supervisor for the unit
• Deputy Unit Administrative Assistant
• Main office support and administration tasks including correspondence
• Maintaining documentation for stores accounting and auditing

This post requires a degree of physical ability as you will be expected to lift and carry equipment, boxes of ancillaries and equipment around the store (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. Overtime pay or time off in lieu will be granted.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills both written and verbal, and will be comfortable dealing with colleagues of all grades, including senior Military personnel and Civil Servants.

Essential

• Full Category B Drivers Licence
• Ability to work in a team
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels

Desirable

• Prior experience of working within a logistics or store environment
• Experience using Microsoft Office suite of IT applications, particularly Office 365, Microsoft Word and Excel
• Knowledge of the Army logistics accounting and operating systems is desirable but not essential
• Category C driving license
• Category C+E driving license
• Forklift license

Behaviours

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

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

Alongside your salary of £23,116, Ministry of Defence contributes £6,696 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.

Other Benefits For Army Civil Servants Include:

• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Highly competitive pension scheme
• Personal and professional development of skills
• Alternative working patterns for many roles
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Enhanced parental and adoption leave
• 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities

We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.

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.

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.

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.