ARMY - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Assurance Manager

The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) exists to deliver support to the moral component of fighting power by providing leadership, direction, and guidance to the Regimental family. The Headquarters is the custodian and conscience on all Regimental matters.
The REME RHQ is an inclusive organisation and represents the Whole Force with a staff of 52 comprised of Civil Servants, Army Regular and Reserves, Grant-in-Aid posts and contractors. The REME are comprised of the Army's professional engineers and the Engineering Assurance role is critical, being the focal point and liaison lead for interactions with the UK Professional Engineering Institutes (PEIs).
We are looking for a friendly, professional, and adaptable Engineering Assurance specialist to join our encouraging and welcoming team of dedicated military and civilian professionals working within MOD Lyneham, Chippenham.
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, The Engineering Assurance role is directly responsible to Colonel REME for the delivery, assurance, development and support to the delivery of Professional Engineering Institute registrations for REME Personnel., Working closely with the wider REME Headquarters team on furthering whole life development for our personnel, you will be the Authorising Officer for all REME applications (circa 460 per annum) for membership of the Professional Engineering Institutions. These Professional Engineering Institutes have agreed, specialist processes to support the Army's unique circumstances and therefore you will be responsible for handling these revised procedures. You will also take on the function as the Professional Registration Adviser and act as mentor to all applicants for Incorporated (IEng) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration (circa 120 per annum).
You will liaise directly with the Professional Engineering Institutions to foster strong links and to develop a simplified path for the accreditation for REME personnel. This will involve mapping REME competencies to the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competencies and negotiating with PEIs to identify career break points for REME personnel that ensure they are able to gain professional accreditation in line with their qualifications and experience.
You will be expected to liaise with the PEI focal points in other Arms and Services and attend the quarterly Defence Committee as the REME representative. You will also advise Col REME on developments in UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competencies and the implications for REME Whole Life Development.
Finally, you will be the primary point of contact for all enquiries relating to REME Engineering Awards and these duties will include collating all nominations, briefing panel members on their individual areas of responsibility, preparing information packs, preparing all correspondence and ensuring our Instructions and website information is up to date., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Changing and Improving
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Leadership
+ Seeing the Big Picture, Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
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.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (1000 Word Count)
Please note that it is essential that your personal statement is aligned to provide evidence that you have the knowledge and recent practical experience for each of the following selection criteria in your application:
+ Broad understanding of the REME.
+ An understanding of the Army as an organisation.
+ Understanding of Professional Engineering Registration.
At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours/Experience:
+ Making Effective Decisions.
+ Managing a Quality Service.
+ Communicating and Influencing.
+ Leadership.
+ Seeing the Big Picture.
+ Personal Statement (1000 Word Count) To include career history.
At interview you will be assessed against the above along with the following:
+ Managing a Quality Service.
+ Communicating and Influencing.
+ Seeing the Big Picture.
+ Technical knowledge of engineering professional registration.
If there is a high number of applications we may only sift on the Personal Statement and the Lead Behaviour (Managing a Quality Service)
Applications will be sifted on all Behaviours, but in the event of a significant number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted, using the personal statement, on the lead 1 or 2 Elements/Behaviours: Making effective decisions and managing a quality of service. In this instance the remaining elements will be tested at interview.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Essential - Suitable degree or equivalent in an engineering subject.
Essential - Incorporated Engineer (IEng)
Desirable - Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Desirable – Project Management, Essential - Member of a relevant Professional Engineering Institute: Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Society of Operations Engineers (SOE), Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS).

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,480 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