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ATTRACT WO ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT

Vacancy summary

Royal Navy
2177033
OR-8 - WO2, OR-9 - WO1 - WO/Macr
Warrant Officer 1, Warrant Officer 2

17/03/2024, 23:55 

2 YEARS
Royal Navy, Royal Marines
Any
Any
Jago Road, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth,
Hampshire
United Kingdom
FTRS - Full Commitment

Vacancy detail

Primary Purpose

To establish and deliver a coherent direct contact engagement and outreach plan for Hd R&A that raises awareness of the NS to the general population and specifically in under-represented groups, as directed by Hd R&A, through the direction and co-ordination of the AT within their AOR.

Secondary Purposes. 

  • Develop a  sustained and consistent tailored and coordinated programme of engagement and outreach activities to engage with young people in a broad age group of 10-25 raising their awareness of the Royal Navy to communities which will achieve the aim of creating permissive recruiting environments or to exploit permissive recruiting environments through both face to face direct contact engagement and through authorised digital channels.
  • Develop networks and relationships with other key MoD Diversity stakeholders including within RNMCE, MoD D&I, NCHQ D&I, Chaplain of the Fleet, CMR and the other Services.
  • Effectively developing the role as a key interlocutors between Hd R&A and MCE ensuring clear, agile and reactive communication between areas which allows both to fully utilise content generated in the most effective method to highlight the engagement work taken which will improve the diversity of the NS.
  • Liaise and coordinate with other Hd R&A entities (e.g. SO2 Attract Managers, the Recruiting Field Force (RFF) and Specialist Recruitment Teams (SRTs)) to develop a tailored and coordinated programme of engagement and outreach activities to achieve the aim of creating permissive recruiting environments.

Primary Tasks:

  • Support the development of a suite of training activities including development of ISPECs and lesson plans.
  •  Ensure that all Attract team members are confident in delivering all areas of the activities.
  •  Liaise with RTAG to see where cohesive learning can be provided across all areas of CNR.
  •  Maintain a diverse photo database for use in support of team presentations and media opportunities.
  •  Support the maintenance of a MOD IT compliant repository for lesson plans which will be accessible by external stakeholders to the MOD.
  •  Support the develop a cohesive suite of training activities that highlights the role of the RN to an audience that has little or no knowledge of its role in society for use Pan Attract Pillar including the creation of Lesson plans and user guides for activity.
  •  Support the development an ongoing programme for creative development liaising with all internal and external stakeholders to deliver.
  •  Be responsible for the audit of current Attract activities to ensure they are relevant and appropriate for the Target Audiences.
  •  Co-ordination for R&A Marketing input to Attract Activities.
  •  Coordinate and report the evaluation of the activities effectiveness and report to Command bi-annually.
  •  Where activity meets the part of the national curriculum (including the devolved nations) produce lesson plans that articulate the areas of the curriculum covered that can be utilised by the teacher).
  •  Develop and maintain an induction process which incorporates both the broader R&A induction and the specific Attract Pillar induction requirements.
  • Create and deliver Hd R&A media plan highlighting and enhancing Hd R&A Engagement and Outreach activities for use on both internal and external channels utilising issued LTT and messaging from MCE channels.
  •  Inform the Attract Pillar elements of the newly developed webpage through liaison with R&A Hd of Marketing.
  •  Responsible for the development and maintenance of a MOD IT compliant repository for the AT lesson plans that is accessible by educational establishments.
  •  Assume full responsibility for all budgetary matters in their AOR ensuring full compliance with all corporate governance guidance and MOD financial regulations.
  •  Liaise with peers in the other Services within their AOR, ensuring networks and best practice are shared on a tri-Service basis, attending meetings as required.
  •  Attend key meetings as required and directed.

Secondary Tasks:

  • Co-ordinate the maintenance of records of AT’s activity across the region, prepare returns for SO1 Attract/Hd R&A HQ which appropriately evaluate the impact of Attract and SRT’s outreach across their AOR with all the diverse groups of the community as directed at the AT Management meetings.
  • Respond to other tasking as appropriate by SO1 Attract.

 

Must be an OR8 or OR9 of ANY specialisation.

Must be serving as a member of the Reserve Forces or have served with the Regular Forces.

Driver Cat B licence

Proficient in Word, Power Point and Excel and digital delivery platforms such as MS Teams, Google classroom and zoom.

Experienced in Social Media development.

Media Training.

Applicants will undergo an initial eligibility sift. Successful applicants will have their details forwarded to the Post Sponsor to arrange interviews. Unsuccessful applicants will be advised accordingly.

Following interviews; the successful applicant will be informed that they are the Preferred Candidate with details being sent to the CM RES FTRS Cell who will continue the recruitment process. Unsuccessful applicants will be advised accordingly.

Once the recruitment process is complete then the Preferred Candidate will be invited to take up FTRS.


INITIAL COMMITMENT LENGTH WILL NORMALLY BE 24 MONTHS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO EXTEND

NB: Where the Anticipated Start date has already passed, the start date will be ASAP

Eligibility for FTRS/ADC

Any member of the Maritime Part Time Volunteer Reserves (RNR, RMR) or the Royal Fleet Reserves (RFR) (Ex-Regular Reserve) may volunteer to undertake a period of FTRS/ADC. Ex-Regular personnel whose RFR liability has run out will be re-instated in the RFR to take up FTRS/ADC.

Applicants undertaking a period of FTRS/ADC must be suitably qualified by rank/rate, specialisation, qualifications and experience to fill the posts for which they apply.

Applications will be accepted from reservists who hold a rank/rate one or more above the advertised rank/rate or hold a rank/rate one below the advertised rank/rate.  

  • Applicants one rate below may be interviewed at the discretion of the FTRS Cell/Line Manager and may be employed in the acting higher rate (excluding the advertised rate of WO2 or WO1) if they are suitable, qualified, meet current promotion regulations in all respects and are selected to do so. Otherwise, they will be given the opportunity to carry out the role in their substantive rank/rate; the payment of Substitution Pay (SUPA) may be considered by the employer.
  • Applicants of a higher rank/rate prepared to serve in a position at a lower rank/rate than their current or former substantive rank will wear uniform, and be paid, at the Upper Rank/Rate’ level appropriate to that of the position on JPA. Exceptions will not normally be considered.

Ex-Regular Reserves of an equivalent rank from the Army or Royal Air Force are required to join the Maritime Reserves (RNR/RMR) before being eligible to apply.

Medical/Dental

Applicants must also be medically fit, and meet the minimum medical category required for the level of commitment, to fulfil the duties which their Commitment will require them to undertake.

  • A medical form to confirm MedCat and suitability to be employed is required to be returned within 2 weeks of commencing the role, or the commitment may be revoked.

Personnel who have been discharged via the RN Medical Board of Survey (MOBS) or the RN Medical Employability Board (MEB), do not have a RFR liability and are therefore unable to be considered for any FTRS/ADC/VERR role.

Only personnel on FTRS(FC) commitments will be entitled to the full range of Service Medical and Dental support. Those on lower levels will be entitled to emergency medical support whilst on duty.

Pension Issues

Personnel who qualify for a service pension should take financial advice from Defence Business Services (DBS) Reserves/Re-employment Pensions Department on the effect that undertaking FTRS service has on their pension, EDP, Resettlement Grant or Terminal Benefits.

Additional guidance can also be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pensions-and-compensation-for-veterans. Of particular note is reference to the ‘Effect of Re-employment’ on Commutation and, for those leaving on a ‘preserved’ pension, the Resettlement Grant. Other organisations such as the Armed Forces Pension Society or the White Ensign Association may also be able to offer advice, but it is stressed that only DBS can provide an authoritative answer.

Transition between TCoS

Personnel taking this appointment from other TCoS should consider the impact on any accrued entitlements, such as leave, resettlement etc and should seek specialist guidance where required as certain entitlements are TCoS specific and may not be retained or transferred on transition between TCoS. 

Naval Core Training (NCT), Individual Training Requirement (IRT) and Defence Mandated Training (DMT)

 Personnel on FTRS commitments are required to maintain currency in NCT, IRT and MDT in alignment with the rest of the RN/RM. The successful applicant will be expected to complete all modules and have them recorded on JPA within 2 months of commencing employment. This is an employer’s responsibility to monitor. 

  • RNFT

Personnel on FTRS Limited/Home/ADC/VERRs commitments are exempt the RNFT, unless they are a member of the RNR/RMR who should remain in date.

 Annual Salary and Leave

Pay will be in accordance with the pay scales published for the Armed Forces annually, and as governed by JSP 754.  Leave entitlement is detailed in JSP 760. Note, you are not able to carry forward leave from a Regular commission/engagement when commencing an FTRS Commitment or from one FTRS Commitment role to another FTRS Commitment role.

Allowances.

Entitlement to allowances is in accordance with JSP 754 however the following should be noted:

Get you Home (Travel)                  Only paid to qualifying personnel on FTRS(FC)

Home Duty Travel                          Only paid to qualifying personnel on FTRS(FC)

Accommodation.

Personnel serving on FTRS(FC) TCoS are entitled to Single Living Accommodation (SLA) and Service Families Accommodation (SFA) as per Regular entitlements. 

Personnel serving on FTRS(LC/HC)/ADC TCoS are only eligible to occupy surplus Single Living Accommodation (SLA), at non-entitled rates.

Personnel serving on VeRR TCoS are not entitled to service accommodation.

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