Army Transport Clerk

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

- 273904**Salary**:

- £22,220**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer- E1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Army - Andover Support Unit**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**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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- AndoverAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Have you considered working for Defence? The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 9,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, firefighters and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army.

If you enjoy working in a fast paced, exciting environment where there are a variety of Business Administration tasks, that not only provide a professional service to the organisation, but also focuses on your personal development, then this is the role for you

At Andover Support Unit (ASpU), the Transport Support Unit (TSU) provides support to the Army Headquarters (AHQ) within Marlborough Lines, Andover. The TSU is 24 hour 7 days a week operational environment to conduct and support the military capability to operations worldwide.

TSU services include, administering White Fleet Self-Drive vehicles and UK hires, also Motor Mileage certificates for personnel utilising their own vehicles. The TSU administrative function is set to ensure value for money on all journeys requested. Ensuring the compliance in Defence Policy and Governance of Entitlement when utilising public funds.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The role is ideal if you would like to progress or start a career in Business Administration or if you are looking to bring previous administration experience to a new organisation.

You will be working with an excellent customer service focused team, noting this role is predominately, but not limited to, coordinating transport solutions.

***Key Responsibilities
- In a timely manner, process transport service requests that are received from personnel based at Army HQ. Checking entitlement to travel in accordance with the relevant Defence regulations, always ensuring best value for money at public cost is always pursued.
- Scheduling vehicles and drivers in the most effective manner, ensuring that full utilisation of fleet and driver resources are sought.
- Ensuring the vehicle fleet is in full working order, reporting defects immediately and arranging vehicles to be repaired at the earliest convenience.
- Conducting customer driving licence checks, ensuring that all AHQ personnel are current and competent to drive the required vehicles on the fleet.
- Data collation for road safety initiatives, weekly download of telematics data and where there are breeches in driver behaviour the customer is to be contacted and asked to report to the TSU.

**Person specification**:
To be considered for this role, you must have excellent communication skills with good attention to detail. Excellent time leadership skills, with an ability to prioritise are crucial, and we are looking for someone who can work independently and in a team.

You will need to proficient in using Microsoft Office software products, specifically Outlook and Excel, training will be provided on the various Transport Management Systems.

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

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

**Benefits**:
As a civil servant working alongside the Army, you will be part of a forward-looking organisation with inclusive workplace policies, excellent career prospects and a job that makes a difference.

We are passionate about Smarter Working and believe that a combination of flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance, while ensuing you deliver your outcomes effectively and efficiently - we expect you to know where to be to have the most impact, balancing your individual needs with that of your team and the organisation.

**Other benefits include**:

- A competitive paid leave entitlement starting at 25 days a year (rising by 1 day a year to a maximum of 30), as well as 8 days public holidays and 1 privilege day
- An environment with flexible working options (although they may be occasions when exact working hours must be advised)
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme - a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
- Parental le