Army - Secretary and Operations Officer (Ranger Regiment)

The Ministry of Defence, Civil Service workforce is diverse, with many different functions and professions ranging from cyber and digital transformation, police officers, security guards, trainers, human resources, teachers, psychologists, storekeepers, and policy secretariat staff to support the British Army.

The Ranger Regiment is the British Army’s newest Regiment and a NATO-focused Special Operations organisation. As it continues to establish its permanent Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) in Aldershot, we are seeking an individual to play a central role in supporting Regimental governance, coordination and the delivery of key activities across the Regiment.

The successful candidate will be based at Aldershot Garrison, with occasional travel to Northern Ireland.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the Regimental Headquarters (RHQ), including the management of a small Civil Service team and the delivery of effective business support.
• Support the Colonel of the Regiment and Regimental Council by coordinating Regimental activities, implementing decisions, and acting as Secretary to the Council.
• Work with HQ Infantry and Land Special Operations Forces to support recruitment, retention, and workforce planning across the Regiment.
• Act as the focal point for welfare, casualty support, and aftercare arrangements for serving personnel, veterans, and their families, including liaison with charities and voluntary organisations.
• Oversee the provision of benevolence and transition support for current and former Regimental personnel and their dependants.
• Coordinate and support Regimental engagement activities, including public events, ceremonial duties, commemorative events, heritage initiatives, and battlefield studies.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with military, civilian, charitable, and external stakeholders to support Regimental objectives.
• Provide finance, welfare, and benevolence support to the Chief Executive and Trustees of the Regimental Fund until a dedicated Finance Officer is appointed.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At the application stage, you will be assessed against the following criteria, listed in priority order:

• Personal Statement - 500 words demonstrating your relevant skills and experience in line with the essential criteria listed on the advert.
• Behaviour - Changing & Improving
• Behaviour Communicating & Influencing

Where a large number of applications are received, an initial sift may be conducted against the Personal Statement only. The remaining evidence submitted at the application stage will be assessed only if you are successful at this initial sift.

At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following criteria, listed in priority order:

• Behaviour - Communicating & Influencing
• Behaviour - Leadership
• Behaviour - Changing & Improving
• Behaviour - Making Effective Decisions

Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed and will be held in person. We endeavour to keep to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.

Further information:

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.

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. 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.

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.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.