Army - Storekeeper Greetham, England
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Cottesmore Station Headquarters’ mission is to provide effective logistical and infrastructure support to all units, agencies and lodgers resident within Kendrew Barracks. The Station Storekeeper is part of a small team located in the Station Quartermasters Department which is focussed on delivering Firm Base logistical support. The team provides multiple outputs across the largest Army site in the East Midlands.
You will have the opportunity to work in a team delivering the support units need to enable them to live, work and train for operations. The team is responsible for laundry, waste management, fire safety, stores and accounting procedures and some aspects of Soft Facilities Management supporting our Industry Partners. We are looking for someone who is confident and proactive, who can prioritise their work across multiple areas of delivery. We are looking for an outstanding teammate who can deliver excellent customer service. We need someone who relishes a challenge and wants to make a difference.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
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The driver storekeeper role is fast paced and diverse which brings different challenges. The team supports over x1300 personnel from various units and the stores are key to supporting the work they do to be ready for operations. The main duties you will be required to undertake are as follows:
- Day to day control of stores and accounts, processing vouchers and carrying out general office procedures
- Data entry of demands and ensuring shelf life is maintained and stock rotation is utilised
- Maintain Defence Accommodation Stores (DAS) and Miscellaneous Stores Account (MSA); receipting and issuing of the stores manually and on Management of Joint Deployed Inventory (MJDI)
- Use of Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP&F) system to place demands outside the Management of Joint Deployed Inventory (MJDI) system, receipt and issue
- Maintain Articles in Use (AinU) accounts for accommodation, miscellaneous and technical stores to accurately reflect distribution across the site
- Coordinate the laundry and dry-cleaning Soft Facilities Management (SFM) services for resident and lodger units within Kendrew Barracks
- Provide and control access to Station Scrap Compound in accordance with procedures; maintaining a register of use; providing advice to lodger units on waste disposal routes;
- Providing facility for the disposal of hazardous waste and petroleum, oils and lubricants (POL) products, segregating waste and stores in the appropriate manner and facilitating contractor waste collections through Defence Equipment Sales
- Drive/operate forklift truck (FLT) and Station vehicle to support Station activities, ensuring mechanical transport is in a roadworthy condition and user checks are carried out prior to use
- Carry out Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) and maintain a register for electrical equipment held on account
- Asset and key management, providing access to buildings as required
- Provide excellent customer service and signposting information as required
Person specification
We are looking for someone who has worked in a logistics background particularly with stock management and the use of logistics IT systems. Previous experience of operating within a military logistics environment and an understanding of the MJDI system would be welcome but is not crucial as training will be provided.
Due to the nature of the role a clean driving license is an essential criterion for this position. A current Forklift Truck license would be encouraged or a willingness to undertake Forklift Training would be encouraged.
In a lively environment such as the Quartermasters excellent customer service and a basic understanding of Microsoft Office would be desirable. Due to the multi tasks encouraged of our stores personnel a willingness to undertake training and additional customer facing tasks is encouraged of all of our people.
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- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
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- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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.
This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.
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.
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The candidates will be assessed on the following behaviours at both the sift and interview phase of the recruitment:
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service
- Seeing the Bigger Picture
To assist the panel with the sift candidates will be asked to provide a career history and a personal statement to show previous experience matching the requirements of the role. Successful candidates selected for interview will be required to show proof of a current UK Driving License and if held a Fork Lift Truck License.
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. The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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