HEO OC Shorncliffe SP Unit - Shorncliffe

Do you want to play a key role in supporting Defence operations and delivering essential services across a busy military estate?

We are looking for a proactive and adaptable individual to lead the Shorncliffe Support Unit at Sir John Moore Barracks, Folkestone. This is a varied and rewarding role at the heart of station delivery, providing leadership across people, infrastructure, security, compliance, logistics and business support functions.

You will work with a wide range of military and civilian stakeholders to ensure the effective running of the station and support the operational readiness of units based across the Firm Base. Leading a diverse team, you will coordinate competing priorities, provide advice to senior leaders and help ensure the delivery of safe, compliant and effective support services.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your leadership and operational delivery experience while making a direct contribution to Defence outputs in the South East.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

As Officer Commanding Shorncliffe Support Unit, you will play a central role in ensuring the effective delivery of support services across Sir John Moore Barracks and the wider Defence community. You will lead the coordination of people, infrastructure, security, logistics and business support activities, helping to create a safe, compliant and operationally effective environment.

Working closely with military and civilian colleagues, you will act as a key advisor to senior leaders, providing direction, oversight and assurance across a broad range of station functions. You will build strong relationships with stakeholders, contractors and partner organisations to ensure services are delivered effectively and priorities are aligned.

This is a varied leadership role requiring sound judgement, resilience and the ability to balance competing demands in a fast-paced environment. You will lead and develop a diverse team, drive continuous improvement and ensure that governance, compliance and risk management requirements are met.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Leading the delivery of personnel, administrative and business support functions across the station.
• Providing oversight of security, information management, data protection and compliance arrangements.
• Coordinating support services and infrastructure activity to ensure the effective operation of the military estate.
• Managing stakeholder relationships across Defence, industry partners and local support organisations.
• Leading assurance activity and preparing the organisation for inspections, audits and regulatory assessments.
• Maintaining governance arrangements, managing risk and ensuring compliance with relevant policies and processes.
• Overseeing the management and accountability of equipment, stores and other assigned resources.
• Line managing and developing a mixed military and civilian workforce, fostering a culture of inclusion, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Providing clear advice and recommendations to senior leaders to support informed decision-making and operational effectiveness

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

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

Applications will be assessed against the Experience and Behaviour requirements outlined in this advert.

At application stage, candidates will be assessed against the following:

• A CV detailing their employment history, skills and experience.
• A Personal Statement (maximum 500 words) demonstrating how they meet the essential criteria for the role and providing evidence of their suitability for the position.
• Behaviour: Leadership.

During sift, applications will be assessed against the Behaviour Leadership and the Experience requirements evidenced through the CV and Personal Statement.

Should a high volume of applications be received, the sift will be conducted against the lead behaviour only.

Candidates successful at sift will be invited to interview.

At interview, candidates will be assessed against the following:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

In addition, candidates will be assessed against relevant Strengths aligned to the requirements of the role.

Further information regarding the interview process will be provided to candidates invited to interview.

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.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

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.