Army - Stores and Equipment Coordinator

The British Army protects the United Kingdom’s interests at home and abroad, providing a safe and secure environment in which all British citizens can live and prosper. The Army is supported by a large workforce of MOD Civil Servants. This civilian workforce provides a vast range of roles such as teachers, firefighters and psychologists to logisticians, financiers, project and programme managers and policy staff all of whom enable the Army to deliver its core outputs.

Headquarters 2nd Medical Group, which falls under Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), is responsible for force generating, preparing and commanding deployed hospital care and specialist clinical capabilities in support of worldwide commitments with Allies and partners. The Group commands nine Multi-Role Medical Regiments, which provide and deliver primary and secondary healthcare. They recruit, retain, train and generate specialist medical capability Force Elements (FEs) to support operations overseas and within the UK, while maintaining interoperability and driving innovation through Warfare Development (WARDEV).

This post is part of 243 Multi-Role Medical Regiment located in Keynsham, Bristol. They report to the Unit’s Quartermaster and responsible for the control and daily maintenance of the stores and equipment held in within the Unit, from both military and civilian sources. They’re responsible for the documentary accounting for all items held, ensuring equipment etc is recorded and maintained to high standard, ready for use.

Please note: This role involves regular manual handling activities, including lifting items and carrying stock and equipment, loading and unloading vehicles, and placing and retrieving items from storage shelving, including shelving above head height. All manual handling activities are undertaken in accordance with Health and Safety procedures.

Further information on manual handling can be found in the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance. HSE: Information about health and safety at work

This post will work closely with civilian and military colleagues, ensuring accurate record-keeping and timely supply of equipment and materials. Full training will be provided on using MOD systems for stock control and inventory.

Key responsibilities:

• Control and oversee all types of stores, equipment and clothing held on the following accounts: Unit Equipment Table
• Medical Equipment Table
• Fuels, Lubricants and Industrial Gases
• Unit Spares Account
• Special Tools and Equipment
• Receipt and dispose of stores in accordance with DLF (Defence Logistic Framework) and current regulations.
• Issue and receive stores and equipment in accordance with DLF and current regulations.
• Maintain an up to date working knowledge of systems such as MJDI, JAMES, MyHR, and CHURCHILL.
• Complete all issue vouchers and accounts documentation.
• Clearance of receipt vouchers.
• Ensure all items leaving or returning to the stores are correctly accounted for. Ensure all stores and equipment on charge, being stored, issued and/or received are clean and serviceable.
• Locate stores in the correct storage area and in such a way that it will not present a danger to personnel in the storage area.
• Present equipment for scheduled inspections in a clean and serviceable condition.
• Comply with all relevant Health and Safety at Work Act regulations and MOD/Unit policies.
• Liaise with outside agencies and contractors regarding maintenance, repair and calibration of unit equipment.

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.

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

Behaviours

• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions

Where a large number of applications are received, an initial sift may be conducted against the Managing a Quality Service 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:

Behaviours

• Communicating & Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Further information:

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.

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.