Navy Command

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

- 268721**Salary**:

- £22,220**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Navy**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Plymouth, South West England, PL2 2BGAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Fleet Operational Standards and Training Ships (FOST(S)) trains the ships of the Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and those of our international partners to deliver highly trained and capable ships to meet the operational demands that they may be required to face. This training is delivered to individual Force Elements either in the UK or globally. The FOST(S) brand is internationally recognised as the gold standard provider of Operational Sea Training (OST) and is highly sought after. The ability to provide complex, live, multi-unit warfighting training, delivered by highly experienced and specialist staff, under-pinned by a comprehensive but unobtrusive safety system, is unmatched.

FOST(S) is a training provider under the command of Commander FOST (COMFOST) who reports to the Fleet Commander. FOST(S) has its centre of gravity in HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth, with training hubs located in Portsmouth and Faslane.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The Travel Coord will book travel and accommodation for FOST personnel in the execution of their duties in a timely and efficient manner. You will be responsible for ensuring they arrive at their destination, home or abroad, refreshed, and able to expertly deliver training to the standards they are globally recognised for. This is a dynamic and fast paced role which will require the successful applicant to be able to continually prioritise their workload and manage change.

You will be required to maintain a periodic on call status within a roster (1 in 3), which will attract an on call allowance.

**Person specification**:
Duties will include, but are not limited to:

- Book Travel to assist FOST Staff in the execution of their duties. Ensure all travel is booked via the official process and on receipt of an approved BCF.
- Keep an accurate record of travel and accommodation expenses on the Budget Sheet and update with any changes.
- Produce cost comparison estimates of potential trips.
- Allocate Service vehicles on production of an approved BCF ensuring accurate completion of the FMT paperwork.
- MyDrive and Clarity interrogation for mandatory Driver Documentation.
- Ensure Driver vehicle checks are completed and annotated on the FMT paperwork before issuing the vehicle.
- Issue fuel cards and Driver packs.
- Create/Amend and Archive HRG and Clarity profiles.

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

- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:

- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%- *25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service plus Bank Holidays
- *Personal & professional development tailored to your role
- *Access to a confidential, professional support service
- *Discount schemes
- *Cycle to work scheme/season ticket loans
- *Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- *Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year

In Navy Command we understand the everyday commitments both inside and outside the workplace, so our aim is to provide the flexibility to maintain a great work-life balance. We also offer an impressive range of on-site facilities including a gymnasium, tennis courts and other sporting facilities, a children’s nursery, a bistro restaurant, a handy shop, plenty of car parking spaces.
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 mínimal 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.