Worthy Down, SO21 3RG
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.
The Defence School of Logistics and Administration (DSLA), one of three schools in the Defence College of Support (DCSp) delivers training to all Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force service personnel in Supply, Distribution, Catering, and Personnel Administration. We are predominantly based at Worthy Down - a newly built, modern campus in Winchester.
The college is made up of 3 schools; Defence School of Logistics and Administration (DSLA) predominantly based at Worthy Down; Defence School of Policing and Guarding (DSPG) in Southwick Park; and Defence School of Transport (DST) at Leconfield. The college headquarters is also based at Worthy Down – a newly built, modern campus in Hampshire.
The Supply Training Wing (STW) has a vacancy for its Cargo Transport Unit (CTU) Supervisor Instructor post. This post works from the Worthy Down Site to oversee training delivery and drive continuous improvement across the CTU courses.
This is a full-time post of 37 hours per week. Attendance to the site will be required to suit the course schedules, but there may be opportunity for hybrid working around this.
Job Description
The post is primarily responsible for the planning and delivery of the CTU Supervisor Course and allocation of resources to achieve the number of course instances required for the training year.
This position will require candidates to be forward thinking and proactive, with a natural ability to form and motivate trainees to deliver qualified personnel. The candidate must be confident in providing the appropriate leadership and direction to trainees to maximise training optimisation.
Main Key Tasks Include:
* Lead for CTU Supervisor Courses and for planning and allocating resources.
* Provide liaison with various stakeholders, to ensure risk is identified and mitigated with any elements of CTU training delivery.
* Oversee training delivery by conducting both regular reviews of courses documents.
* Oversee lesson and trainer assessments for courses.
* Ensure Course remains compliant with OFSTED requirements.
* To attend appropriate meetings in support of the department.
Person specification
Essential Experience:
* The successful applicant will require previous experience of a training environment.
Desirable Experience:
* A reasonable knowledge of the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) is desirable.
* An understanding of the delivery of Logistics and Movements within the Services is desirable.
* A good level of IT skill will be required as they will be required to extensively use MS Office, in particular MS Excel and Word.
* The ideal candidate shall have a training background and preferably an understanding of the delivery of Logistics and Movements within the Services. A reasonable knowledge of the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT) is desirable, combined with a drive for continuous improvement and effective teamwork to support our business outputs.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Communicating and Influencing
* Making Effective Decisions
* Changing and Improving
At Application You Will Be Assessed Against:
* CV with full job history
* 500 word personal statement outlining why you feel you would be best suited for the role and demonstrating your experience of working in a training establishment.
* 1 behaviour: Communicating and Influencing
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Applications will be sifted using the success profiles that have been chosen for this campaign, but in the event of 10 or more applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the behaviour 'Communicating and Influencing'.
Interview dates are to be confirmed. These will be held in person. 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 into 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.
Contact point for applicants
* Name: Barry Hills
* Email: barry.hills712@mod.gov.uk
Recruitment team
* Email: DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk
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