Royal Navy People - RFA Advancements, Promotions and Development Officer 2 (Fixed Term Appointment)

The People and Training Directorate within Navy Command Headquarters is responsible for attracting, recruiting, training, sustaining and retaining inspired, capable and motivated people in an agile and flexible Whole Force to enable the Royal Navy to succeed on operations by putting our people capability first. Our modern approach to the future workplace and our singular focus on improving the lived experience presents a unique opportunity to support, enable and empower the people of the Royal Navy to thrive, and unlock their potential as valued and respected individuals who operate to fight and win.

Our team is based within Navy Command Headquarters; the nerve centre of the Royal Navy providing the ships, people, aircraft and equipment to deliver the UK’s defence policy. Civil Servants and Armed Forces personnel work together across a wide range of interesting and challenging jobs in different disciplines.

The uniformed civilians of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are professional qualified seafarers, trained and educated to recognised international maritime standards and deliver worldwide logistics and operational support to Royal Navy military operations. Fully integrated into front-line warships, the RFA is an essential element of how the Royal Navy operates with freedom around the globe. The RFA supports a wide spectrum of operations from high-tempo war fighting to counter piracy, disaster relief, counter narcotics, law enforcement and evacuation operations.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

We are a mixed and diverse team working in a hybrid environment, putting People Capability at the heart of our decision making. This is a time of great change – but also of fantastic opportunity. We are seeking a people-focused professional with an eye for detail and excellent verbal communication skills to join us at an exciting time where you will have the opportunity to shape and develop an evolving new team, to:

• act as Co-Chair and Secretary of the Career Framework Working Group meetings to ensure that new Career Framework criteria and Talent Management Scheme initiatives are successfully integrated into future Career Development Panels (CDPs)
• ensure accurate Grade Assessment data is scrutinized, available and appropriately recorded for each panel including Skills and Experience comments, caveats and waivers to enable efficiency of each Career Development panel and individual Appeal Panel
• manage the Shore Post tracking process, advertising positions in accordance with relief timelines, generating a list of eligible candidates identified as suitable by CDPs and acting as a panel member on behalf of Hd RFA People Ops
• identify and implement bespoke career plans for individuals to progress them through the Career Framework
• be the point of contact with other teams across P+T carrying out similar functions and seek out ways to improve, digitise, automate and integrate our Career Development Panels, Talent Management scheme and HR admin processes within an agile Whole Force Royal Navy.

We are looking for someone who would like to shape and influence change, who is happy to work with a degree of flexibility and ambiguity as the team develops and who is confident enough to speak up with ideas and challenges.

Applications are welcomed from autonomous, pragmatic individuals who are able to demonstrate experience in:

Essential:

• Digital records management with attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Managing complex and conflicting priorities
• Coordinating a team

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of Royal Fleet Auxiliary and its working practices

• Previous experience of working within an HR or People team
• Working experience of HR systems – MyHR, Magellan, JPA , OneView, Oracle

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

• 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%

In Navy Command we believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking an apprenticeship as part of your role.

An apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through an apprenticeship you will gain professional knowledge, practical experience, and the broader skills required to upskill you in your current role and pave the way for your future career. Most of the training will be ‘on-the-job’, with the remaining ‘off-the-job’ training often delivered by a training provider. This means minimal disruption and maximum impact.

Professional qualifications can be achieved through an apprenticeship and range from Level 2 (equivalent to 5 GCSEs), Level 3 (equivalent to 2 A Levels), and Levels 4 -7, which can give you a foundation degree, a full Bachelor’s degree, or a Master’s degree.

Apprenticeships normally last between 12 months - 3 years, depending on the level of the apprenticeship.

Anyone can undertake an Apprenticeship and everyone, regardless of age, can benefit from developing their skills in an accredited way. Successful candidates can discuss their development options with their manager when in post.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) is not permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Job contact :

Name :
Erica Verity - Royal Navy, Head of RFA People Ops
Email :
erica.verity433@mod.gov.uk
Telephone :
erica.verity433@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team :

Email :
DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk