Managed Services Team Supply Chain Officer
Defence Electronics & Components Agency
Vacancy Reference Number: 204026
Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Friday 20th May 2022
Salary: £25,826 – £31,569
Grade: Executive Officer / D
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Commercial Directorate – Managed Services
Type of role: Commercial
Working pattern: Full-time
Number of posts: 5
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Location
Garden City, Wales, CH5 2LS : Hopton, West Midlands (region), ST18 0AY
About the job
Summary
In this Civil Service role you will be required to work a hybrid model including from the office, remotely and from home to suit business needs as part of a multi-functional team.
An element of paid and funded business travel is required (subject to Government guidance related to COVID19), and you will contribute to forecasting and scheduling travel providing attendees the greatest possible notice.
DECA values and respects it employees seeking a long-term relationship in which your continuous professional development is assured and funded. You are required to develop as a supply chain management professional and then undertake leadership development providing DECA with strong candidates for future senior leadership roles in the Commercial Directorate.
We value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce. We promote equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment and a working environment free from discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation.
Government spends circa £290Bn per year on behalf of the people of the United Kingdom.
Join DECA and make a real difference.
Job description
PLEASE SEE THE CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK (a hyperlink is included in the attachment section at the bottom of the form)
You will be managing the supply chain using MOD inventory and logistics information systems as a specialist alongside Project, Engineering, and Finance professions introducing equipment to service, managing availability in-service, and disposal at the out of service date. You and your team will work closely and develop a high degree of expertise in the equipment within the portfolio with you as the supply chain specialist.
We recognise the challenge of joining a new organisation, and will pair you with experience supply chain professionals and enthusiastically support you to become an expert team member. Hybrid working drives good planning and regular effective communications. You will contribute to maintaining a close team working relationship in a world of distributed digital working.
Your portfolio will include equipment used in Land, Maritime and Air environments including communication, identification, avionics, medical and dental equipment, and test-equipment among others. DECA order book is growing and you will be part of delivering against our long-term secure agreements.
Responsibilities
The role is described in greater detail in the Candidate Information Pack accessible from the hyperlink at the bottom of the page.
Are you qualified to apply?
We are looking to recruit fully qualified and experience supply chain professionals in the first instance. Consideration will also be given to applicants with transferable skills who demonstrate their suitability for development based on past experience and academic achievement. Interviews and appointments will be on merit.
Benefits
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- *Hybrid working including from the office, remotely and from home to suit business needs
•*Paid business travel including other DECA sites and customer/supplier location (excluding duty station)
• Flexible working time scheme
• Completive salary of £25,826 to £ £31,569
• Pensions options benefiting from a 27.1% employer contribution rate
• 37 hour week worked flexibly, excess accrued hours may be taken as days off subject to conditions
• 26.5 days holiday pa rising to 31.5 after 5 years’ service, existing service accumulated in a service commission accredited public body service may count towards the higher holiday value
• Funded and supported continuous professional development (CPD), and leadership development programme
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversityJoin DECA, a family friendly employer.
Things you need to know
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours.
On-line application is quick and easy using your CV.
You are requested to upload a copy of your current CV, the first page of which should be a statement of your suitability for the advertised post.
We will assess your statement and CV for eligibility, including essential and desirable criteria. Interviews will be offered on merit.
At interview
You will be assessed against your functional competence to perform the supply chain role. We will also assess your behaviours against the following success factors:
Managing a quality service
Delivering at pace
Making effective decisions
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Success factors can be downloaded through the hyperlink at the bottom of the page.Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
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)
- 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
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
- *Hybrid working including from the office, remotely and from home to suit business needs
Apply and further information
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name :Damien Warren
- Email :Damien.Warren@deca.mod.uk
- Telephone :0734 202 0459
Recruitment team :
- Email :Julia.Brimfield@deca.mod.uk
Attachments
| 20220329-Candidate information pack-MST Supply Chain Officer Opens in new window(pdf, 542kB) |
Skills and Experiences
We will apply the following essential criteria to applications:
Minimum ONC or equivalent
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an Inventory and Supply Chain or Logistics role
Willingness to undertake fully funded functional training and development to achieve the role specific minimum certification and competence in a reasonable timescale.
We will also consider the following desirable criteria:
Experienced user of any MOD Joint Supply Chain (JSC) Logistics Information Systems (LogIS)
MOD SCM Skills Certification (Advanced)
Membership of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (MCILT) or Membership
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service
