United Kingdom Job Openings
Ministry of Defence
DIO - Senior Logistics Manager
Deeside
FULL TIME
September 23, 2024
Details
Reference number
370328
Salary
£43,080
Alongside the substantial pension, benefits and the optional use of a company vehicle.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
C1
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Security Services Group (SSG)
Type of role
Business Management and Improvement
Logistics
Operational Delivery
Security
Strategy
Logistics
Operational Delivery
Security
Strategy
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
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Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
Apply and further information
Location
Garden City, Wales, CH5 2LS : Shrivenham, South East England, SN6 8LA
About the job
Job summary
Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!
View our You Tube video to see more about our work:
How the Defence Infrastructure Organisation Supports Defence - https://youtu.be/pqb LRs S9Se M
Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached.
Security Services Group (SSG)
Security Services Group (SSG) is a business unit within the DIO which assists the Mo D and the wider Government Estate in meeting its security requirements. SSG provides specialist security advice, compliance, and assurance to areas of the public sector that require the highest levels of security protection. We are the Government’s expert provider specialising in design, installation, and maintenance of both custom in-house security systems and highly accredited commercial products on the government estate. Working as part of a 230-person team, we provide full life support services to UK Defence and Government sites throughout the UK and overseas.
To find out more about SSG and our specialist role within Government and MOD please visit: Website: Security Services Group - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
View our You Tube video to see more about our work:
How the Defence Infrastructure Organisation Supports Defence - https://youtu.be/pqb LRs S9Se M
Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached.
Security Services Group (SSG)
Security Services Group (SSG) is a business unit within the DIO which assists the Mo D and the wider Government Estate in meeting its security requirements. SSG provides specialist security advice, compliance, and assurance to areas of the public sector that require the highest levels of security protection. We are the Government’s expert provider specialising in design, installation, and maintenance of both custom in-house security systems and highly accredited commercial products on the government estate. Working as part of a 230-person team, we provide full life support services to UK Defence and Government sites throughout the UK and overseas.
To find out more about SSG and our specialist role within Government and MOD please visit: Website: Security Services Group - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
We are looking for a motivated and passionate professional to join us as SSG's Senior Logistics Manager who will be responsible for the creation and implementation of the logistics vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance. You will also be responsible for the management of SSG’s logistics functions; moving materials, goods and products (including importing and exporting) to ensure that they are in the right place at the right time to meet stakeholder demand whilst also meeting the quality required in the most cost-effective way. You will develop, plan and oversee the process within the warehouse, whilst having people and budgetary management responsibility.
You will be offered the provision of a non-liveried company vehicle to work in your region including optional personal use (eligible for taxable benefit).
Where applicable, the following allowances are payable in addition to basic salary: travel time (where travel is external to core hours) and travel and subsistence package when working out of your region and overtime.
Other responsibilities include:
1. Leadership of, Inspiring and Empowering colleagues
You will be offered the provision of a non-liveried company vehicle to work in your region including optional personal use (eligible for taxable benefit).
Where applicable, the following allowances are payable in addition to basic salary: travel time (where travel is external to core hours) and travel and subsistence package when working out of your region and overtime.
Other responsibilities include:
1. Leadership of, Inspiring and Empowering colleagues
- Provide strategic direction to the team in order to deliver DIO outputs.
- Leadership in Action (Li A): Demonstrate a practical understanding of the Civil Service 4 Cs (Committed, Collaborative, Challenge & Curious) and integrated 8 Attributes of Leadership.
- Provide leadership for the function and/or team.
- Responsible for developing and supporting the team, enabling them to deliver departmental goals.
- Create an environment of strong working relationships both within the team and with other teams across DIO and Mo D.
- Accountable for ensuring compliance with mandatory staff related requirements
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with all connected with the logistics process
- Ensure all completed orders are dispatched on time
- Ensure products are shipped appropriately to ensure quality of goods during transportation
- Take control of packaging and provide appropriate, cost effective, high quality solutions
- Take responsibility for accuracy of labelling to ensure correct parts/finished assemblies reach correct customers at the correct time
- Ensure compliance with import/export regulations/customs regulations and legal and health and safety requirements
- Support new business initiatives and projects and contribute to review meetings and change process. Ensure effective logistics implementation takes place relating to the changes
- Planning and managing SSG logistics, stock, transport and related customer service.
- To direct, optimise and coordinate the supply cycle to meet SSG demand.
- Liaising and negotiating with suppliers, manufacturers and SSG Teams to ensure SSG logistics are correctly configured.
- To develop and maintain logistic efficiency throughout SSG.
- Assist in developing budgets and cost profiles to support SSG business.
- Review and maintain the appropriate materiel inventory to meet SSG’s operational output.
- Retaining a clear overview of stock, clothing, tools/testing equipment, consumables and transport related logistics to meet SSG’s operational output.
- Strong Logistics background, ideally within a 1* environment
- Contract management experience or awareness
- Environmental management within the MOD estate
Person specification
Desirable:
- A recognized qualification in fleet management within the civilian or MOD environment.
- Experience of above secret user communities within Defence.
- Experience of leadership within a logistic delivery function i.e. MT, Clothing, PPE, Workplace H&S.
- Experience or awareness of Project Management.
- Knowledge or experience of how Defence operates.
- Prior experience of working in logistics/supply chain/transportation function within the Mo D environment with a comprehensive knowledge of logistics and supply chain processes and procedures.
Qualifications
A recognized, relevant logistics background and / or supply chain management qualifications.
A recognized qualification in Health & Safety including Risk assessor within the civilian or MOD environment.
A recognized qualification in environmental management and law within a civilian or MOD environment.
A recognized qualification in Manual Handling.
A recognized experience and/or qualification in Leadership and Management.
A recognized qualification in Health & Safety including Risk assessor within the civilian or MOD environment.
A recognized qualification in environmental management and law within a civilian or MOD environment.
A recognized qualification in Manual Handling.
A recognized experience and/or qualification in Leadership and Management.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,480 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
- 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
- Enhanced parental leave
- Access to Defence Discount Service
- Specsavers eye test vouchers
- Access to the Civil Service Sports Club (CSSC) (fees apply)
- Access to the Civil Service Club in London (fees apply)
- Most sites have free car parking, Sports & Social Clubs, Gym, on site shops and subsidised canteens.
- Opportunity to join one of our several D&I Networks; We value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunity employer
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.
Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.
Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.
At application you will be assessed against the following:
CV
Behaviours:
Interviews are due to take place via Microsoft Teams on week commencing 21/10/2024.
A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews.
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.
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: DBSCiv Pers-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.
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.
Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.
At application you will be assessed against the following:
CV
- Job history
- Full qualification details
- Personal Statement (500 words)
- Leadership
Behaviours:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Changing and Improving
Interviews are due to take place via Microsoft Teams on week commencing 21/10/2024.
A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews.
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.
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: DBSCiv Pers-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.
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 developed vetting (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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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
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).
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).
Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name :
Alex Atherton
Email :
Alex.Atherton319@mod.gov.uk
Email :
DBSCiv Pers-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.
info@csc.gov.uk.
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