Royal Navy Sports Assistant in Portsmouth

Length of employment:
Job Summary:
The People and Training Directorate, led by Director People & Training (Dir P&T), is responsible for attracting, recruiting, training, sustaining and retaining inspired, capable and motivated people in an agile and flexible Whole Force to enable the Royal Navy to succeed on operations by putting our people capability first.
The Directorate therefore spans a multitude of both policy, functional and delivery areas. This includes the various training establishments, people and training strategy, and the full breadth of traditional HR functions including recruitment and attraction, remuneration, workforce planning and talent management. There are distinct teams too, such as the Royal Navy Office of Protocol, the Nuclear Faculty and Royal Navy Police HQ. The Directorate also incorporates the Chaplaincy, Legal and Healthcare functions to deliver the full gamut of people business.
The Directorate has undergone a number of major change programmes which focused on delivering the P&T Strategy to ensure the whole force can: Join Well, Train Well, Work Well, Live Well, and Leave Well.To enable this, the organisation is structured to ensure it runs well, embraces an innovative culture, and drives digital and technological advancement to improve our people analytics and insights.
The business of the Directorate, combined with our modern approach to the future workplace and our singular focus on improving the lived experience, presents a unique opportunity to support, enable and empower the people of the Royal Navy to thrive, and unlock their potential as valued and respected individuals who operate to fight and win.
Navy Sport is part of the trinity of Physical Development which also includes Adventurous Training and Physical Education. Physical Development is a key component of RN People Support which has the departmental objective to strengthen and enhance the resourcefulness and resilience of NS personnel and their families.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description:
RN Physical Development programmes contribute significantly to the development and sustainability of the Moral Component of Operational Capability by delivering individuals who are mentally and physically robust with a high degree of war-fighting spirit; they also make a substantial contribution to the maintenance of high morale. Sport also contributes to fitness, teamwork, leadership, self-discipline, determination, co-ordination, courage, competitive spirit, individual and collective resilience, and consequently military ethos. Inextricably linked to operational efficiency, authorised sport is a Condition of Service with duty status and is a core activity that cannot be considered discretionary.
In support of Dir P & T/People Support objectives, the Sport Assistant (SDA) will work under the management of SO1 Sport as the assistant staffing focal point for the 14 Major Sports within the Royal Navy, (Hockey, Tennis, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Football, Cricket, Swimming, Athletics, Boxing, Golf, Netball, Squash, Sailing and Winter Sports). Additional roles are supporting the development of minor sports to markedly increase participation. This role is primarily delivery focused in support of multiple events and activities and draws on organisational skills, the ability to prioritise effectively and communicate clearly with a broad range of service and civilian stakeholders.

• 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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Behaviours:

• Leadership

• Adaptable to change

• Communication

• Influencing

• Visionary

Essential Licence:
UK Driving Licence Cat B as a minimum
Experience:
A clear passion for the delivery, administration and facilitation of sport, with experience as a competitor, coach or official.
Knowledge of the issues and complexities surrounding sport in the Royal Navy.
An understanding of safety and assurance policy and delivery.
Experience of working in a team.
Desirable:
Prior Armed Forces experience
A range of sport coaching qualifications
Sound understanding of Navy structure operating practices.
Experience of managing websites (desirable)
At sift, you will be assessed against your CV,Statement of suitability and the following:
Behaviour :

• Changing and Improving

Experience:

• Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (500 Word count)
• Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills 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 interview, you will be assessed against the following:
Behaviour :

• Communicating and Influencing

You will be assessed on strengths.
The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.
The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.
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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.
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