Army - Mrtc Armoury Storekeeper

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 313799**Salary**:

- £21,610- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Industrial- Skillzone 2**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Army - Mission Ready Training Centre (MRTC)**Type of role**:

- Industrial
- Logistics
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- The Mission Ready Training Centre, Bassingbourn Barracks, Royston, Cambridgeshire, SG8 5LX.About the job

**Job summary**:
The Mission Ready Training Centre (MRTC) is looking for a motivated and driven individual to join the Quartermasters (QM) Technical Department in the role of Armoury Storekeeper.

The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants, ours is a diverse workforce with many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Amy.

The Mission Ready Training Centre (MRTC) is part of the Army Collective Training Group and is responsible for assuring the directed training of both individual soldiers and formed units deploying on Operations within the UK and worldwide. After being closed for several years, Bassingbourn Barracks is undergoing a complete modernisation to accommodate MRTC and numerous smaller lodger units. The MRTC is a mix of Army personnel (both Regular and Reserve) and Civil Servants.

Your role as the Armoury Storekeeper will be to support the Quartermaster’s department in ensuring all MRTC held weapons are managed and controlled in accordance with legislation and policy, to support MRTC in completing its mission.

We are looking for a friendly, well-organised and adaptable person to work alongside other civilians and military personnel and be part of the team.

The role of the Armoury Storekeeper is hands on and customer facing, therefore there is an expectation to be on site for most of the working week.

These vacancies are included under the Great Place for Veterans to Work scheme.

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:

- Do you want to work within a dynamic and rewarding operationally focused environment, that offers a wide range of additional opportunities and benefits?
- The Armoury Storekeeper position is an essential role within the MRTC Quartermasters Dept, responsible for the management and control of unit weapons.**Person specification**:
We are looking for someone that has strong customer service skills along with basic digital (IT) literacy.

They will demonstrate the ability to react quickly and positively to change and will understand the importance of following manual handling regulations.

Key Areas of Responsibility:
1. Assist in the management of and the day to day running of the armoury.

2. Issuing and receipting weaponry and equipment to personnel.

3. Ensuring all weaponry and equipment is clean and serviceable.

4. Issue / receipt of stores.

5. Ensuring all equipment loaned to outside units is correctly monitored.

6. Liaising with the MRTC Armourers to keep all weaponry and equipment serviceable.

7. Assisting the CQMS Armoury with the preparation of weapons for transportation to training locations.

8. Maintaining documentation for stores accounting and auditing.

9. Assisting the Duty Officer with daily and weekly checks.

This post requires a degree of physical ability as you will be expected to lift and carry weapons, boxes of ancillaries and equipment around the armoury (also load / offload vehicles), and place / retrieve items and boxes from shelving that may be above head height. In accordance with HSE guidance, the recommended maximum manual handling weight that applicants can expect to lift is men (25kg) and women (16kg).

This post will involve on occasions working outside of the core hours, so a degree of flexibility is required. (This may require the need to work on evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays or outside Core hours. Overtime pay or time off in lieu will be granted).

Training
- Training will be provided in post on the use of the current inventory management information system - Management of the Joint Deployed Inventory (MJDI).

**Licences**:

- Full Driving Licence - CAT B essential;
- CAT C, C+E and Forklift desirable.-
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £21,610, Ministry of Defence contributes £5,834 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity