Army -Senior Instructor Food Safety

The Defence School of Logistics and Administration (DSLA) one of 3 Schools in the Defence College of Support (DCSp) delivers training to all Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air-force personnel in Supply, Distribution, Catering and Personnel Administration. We are predominantly based at Worthy Down, a newly built, modern campus in Winchester.
The role sits within the Catering Training Wing (CTW) of DSLA, providing initial and continuation training for all our Military chefs. Catering Training Wing is seeking a Senior Food safety Instructor within the team. The successful applicant will be responsible for administrating and delivering training in Food Safety and Health and Safety up to Level 4 and for ensuring compliance with Food Safety standards across the department. Your outputs will ensure Defence Catering personnel are fully prepared for their future role’s and that the Catering Training wing maintains it’s standards as a centre of Catering excellence.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week., You will drive the Culinary Courses at the Catering Training wing (CTW) - Defence’s Centre of Catering Excellence - by managing the Food Safety training of military catering personnel up to Level 4 standard, while also developing and optimising courses to make sure they remain relevant in an ever-changing environment. You will also be responsible for the Food Safety culture of CTW; planning, influencing, directing, organising and controlling all Food Safety matters to ensure the Wing maintains its high standards.
You will collaborate with senior managers, using your expertise to aid their decision making and management of the Catering Training Wing through the provision of strategic oversight and guidance.
Specific tasks the Senior Instructor Food Safety will carry out are;
+ Deliver Food Safety and Health and Safety Training up to Level 4 standard.
+ Coordinate the management of Safety training with awarding bodies.
+ Oversee and direct Food Safety practices within the wing.
+ Provide expert Food Safety advice and guidance to the wing to enable effective management of risks and compliance with legal responsibilities.
+ Act as a member of the department management team., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Changing and Improving
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Leadership
+ Communicating and Influencing
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
+ Changing and Improving
+ Managing a Quality Service, + A CV; details to include job history, qualification details and previous skills and experience
Success Profiles Behaviours:
+ Changing and Improving
+ Managing a Quality Service
At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:
+ Leadership
+ Communicating and Influencing
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 into 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.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.
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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
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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.

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Do you have experience in health and safety in a catering role? Do you want to work with our armed forces? This could be just what you are looking for!
Our Senior Instructor Food Safety position within the Catering Training Wing (CTW) at MOD Worthy Down offers an exciting opportunity to work in a front-facing military training environment.
We are seeking applicants who are forward thinking, have initiative and can work proactively. Due to the variety of ranks of Service Personnel (SP) and grades of Civil Servants (CS), applicants will need to be effective communicators and confident to develop trusting working relationships with a variety of stakeholders and trainees.
Successful candidates will have catering experience at a managerial level with a proven track record of delivering training programmes to various levels of ability from apprentices at level 2 to junior leaders at level 4.
It is advantageous, though not essential; if applicants have;
+ Teaching and instructional experience
+ Health & Safety within the workplace qualification
+ Chef experience to at least Supervisory level
+ Relevant Culinary qualifications
+ Level 4 Food Safety Qualification
Essential Personal Skills:
+ An ability to plan and manage resources, to prioritise activity and to deliver to deadlines.
+ Effective written and oral communication skills able to inform and influence.
+ An excellent communicator, able to manage sensitive subjects and demands.
+ Good IT skills including familiarity with Office 365 including use of MS Teams.
+ An eye for detail with the ability to analyse information and drive continuous improvement and change

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,223 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 average employer contribution of 27%
+ 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
+ 8 Paid Bank Holidays
+ Use of on-site gym and sports facilities
+ Free on-site parking
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.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
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 and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.