Royal Air Force People Specialist

Role: People Specialist. Full Time, Regular, In Person

Location: Assigned every 3-5 years at an RAF Unit in the UK (preferences taken into consideration)*

Your role as a People Specialist in the RAF will be diverse, exciting, and highly rewarding. Wherever the RAF is operational, there is a team of People Specialists ready to provide a professional service to personnel of all specialisations. In the People Specialisation you will be undertaking roles such as:

Advising on and administering pay and allowances, movements, travel and accommodation

Processing performance appraisals Preparing RAF personnel for deployment to operations and military exercises and supporting them throughout, often deploying with and working alongside them

Providing Welfare support to all personnel in the UK and overseas

Administering Service Discipline procedures

Managing career assignments in the UK and overseas, enhancing personnel employment pathways

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Executive Support

Business Support

Employment Policy

Accounting & Finance

Other roles may include Recruitment, Instructing/Training and many more.

Salary:

Pay starting at £26,300 + benefits

Benefits:

6 weeks’ paid annual leave and public holidays

Subsidised food and accommodation

Travel expenses and free parking

Free Medical, Dental and Prescriptions,

24 hour access to Gym

Non-contributary pension

Maternity Leave package

Forces Help to Buy Scheme

Armed Forces discounts

Adventure Training opportunities (no annual leave required)

Free or subsidised Education and Further Training

Career development and progression

Qualifications you need;

None. However, GCSE or equivalent at Grade C/4 (Scottish National 5 at Grade C) or above in English Language and Mathematics are desired .

If you do not hold the desirable qualifications, you will be given the opportunity to complete Functional Skills Level 2 at no cost. Completion of FS is mandatory to proceed to Phase 2 Training.

Joining age – 16-47 (applications can be made from 15 years and 9 months)

Other entry requirements;

You must be a UK, Republic of Ireland, a commonwealth citizen since birth (with ‘right to work’ immigration status) or holder of dual UK/other nationality.

Whether or not you were born in the UK, you should have resided there for 3 years immediately preceding your application.

Apprenticeship/Training;

Training is 8 weeks at MOD Worthy Down (following Basic Training) and personnel will gain a Foundation Certificate in People Practice by undertaking a CIPD Level 3 qualification.

Modern Force:

The RAF recognises the value of a person’s ability no matter their ethnicity, social background, religion or belief, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status/civil partnership.

*Career progression allows for remote working opportunities and overseas assignment locations