Low Value Purchase Clerk

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

- 381231

**Salary**:

- £26,235
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- MOD - Air - RAF Brize Norton

**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

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Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Carterton

About the job

**Job summary**:
RAF Brize Norton is the largest station in the Royal Air Force, with approximately 7,200+ personnel, including a combination of military, civilian and supporting contractors, together maintaining the highly operational output of both regular and reserve units. The Station is home to the RAF’s Strategic and Tactical Air Transport and Air-to-Air Refuelling forces, as well as host to many lodger units and personnel from all armed services. With its mixed fleet of aircraft RAF Brize Norton provides rapid global mobility in support of UK overseas Operations and Exercises, as well as AAR support for fast jet aircraft both on Operations and in support of UK Homeland Defence.

This position comes under the Logistics Squadron on Base Support Wing. The purpose of the Squadron is to provide supply and accounting services to the wider Station, this includes provision of fuel, materiel, and transportation services as well as the accounting of these activities.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
You will report to Officer Commanding Supply Control and Accounting Flight and your role will provide Low Value Purchase and procurement support to RAF Brize Norton customers. Specifically, you will be required to carry out the following tasks:

- The supervision of personnel working within the Procurement Cell.
- The vetting, placing, and hastening of all unit Low Value Purchases (LVP) using Local Form 52 and the Electronic Purchase Card (EPC).
- Maintaining the LVP and EPC registers.
- Maintaining the LVP database ensuring records are accurate and changes are actioned promptly.
- Maintaining the Business Resource Management Wing Expenditure spreadsheet ensuring records are accurate and changes are actioned promptly.
- Submitting all LVP and EPC registers for scrutiny and sign off by the chain of command on a monthly, quarterly, and half yearly basis.
- Ensuring the correct clearance of all LVPs once received. Bringing on charge when required and initiating the collection of the goods and the payment of invoices through accounts.
- The vetting, placing, and hastening of Contracting, Purchasing and Finance (CP+F) orders.

**Person specification**:
Within this role you may deal with both internal and external stakeholders of various ranks / grades and therefore you must have good communication skills, both verbal and written. Since the position uses various systems for making purchases and recording information, good IT skills are essential

It would be advantageous for applicants to have some experience in an administrative role or in dealing with financial transactions, though neither is essential as all necessary training will be given.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £26,235, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,600 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
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

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.

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) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. 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