Ministry of Defence Hiring for HR Support Clerk at Cranwell Full Time

Reference number

142177

Salary

£20,919

Grade

Administrative Assistant

E1

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD – Air – Royal Air Force Cranwell

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of posts

1

Location

Station Headquarters, Royal Air Force Cranwell

About the job

Summary

To support HR Centre 2, based at RAF Cranwell, with a variety of tasks, ensuring that the Service Personnel of the Station are administratively prepared to support and deliver on Operations across the globe. Working as part of a small but specialised whole-force team to deliver timely and accurate support to a wide region encompassing 6 RAF Stations and other smaller dependent units.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

Job description

You will be expected to work within one of 4 teams, depending on the need and workload, gaining you exposure and awareness of a wide spectrum of administrative tasks and outputs. Regardless of which area that you are employed, you will be working as part of a small but enthusiastic and specialised team and will receive training and development, ensuring that you over time develop a broad understanding of various aspects of HR delivery. You may also be expected, once you have developed sufficient experiance and understanding of your subject matter, to deliver low-level training to new arrivals, enhancing the ability and understanding of your peers:

Pay & Movements: Ensure that Service Personnel are in the receipt of the right pay, entitlements, allowances and other benefits, as laid out by policy. Providing advice and guidance to personnel on their eligibility and circumstances.

TCOS: Managing and administrating the Terms & Conditions of Service (TCOS) for personnel in the Armed Forces. Managing maternity, terminations, Continuous Education Allowance (CEA) and other aspects of Service life.

Commitments: Supporting personnel that have been selected to deploy home or abroad on Operations, ensuring that they are prepared from the moment they are informed through to their safe return home.

Recruits, Reserves, Appraisals & Expenses: Management of the processing of Recruits and Reserves, annual appraisals and the approval and audit of financial expenses for Service Personnel within the region.

Responsibilities

As a civil servant, you are appointed on merit on the basis of fair and open competition and are expected to carry out your role with dedication and a commitment to the Civil Service and its core values: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. In this code:

• ‘integrity’ is putting the obligations of public service above your own personal interests
• ‘honesty’ is being truthful and open
• ‘objectivity’ is basing your advice and decisions on rigorous analysis of the evidence
• ‘impartiality’ is acting solely according to the merits of the case and serving equally well governments of different political persuasions

These core values support good government and ensure the achievement of the highest possible standards in all that the Civil Service does. This in turn helps the Civil Service to gain and retain the respect of ministers, Parliament, the public and its customers.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension

New entrants to the civil service will be entitled to 25 days paid leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service. You will also be entitled to 8 public/bank holidays.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six month probation period.

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.

Please note:
Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

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/

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