SO2 RBL COVENANT AND DELIVERY OF PS PROJ COHERENCE

Preamble

Operational success rests firmly upon the quality of our people. People are our ultimate capability. Looking after our people to ensure that the nation treats them fairly, values and respects them as well as sustain/reward them and their families. It is also important to improve work-life balance of personnel. This can be done by allocating funding to projects from the Re-Balancing Lives fund to combat many of the issues that Royal; Navy personnel encounter daily. 

Purposes

Primary  

To act as Armed Forces Covenant (AFC), Re Balancing Lives (RBL), Charities, and Projects focal point for the People Support organisation. Advising Hd PS and SO1 Cas Mgt on AFC issues, RBL expenditure, and Charities coherence, alongside progress on delegated projects. SO2 AFC RBL Charities Projects administers and authorises expenditure of the RBL fund, and cascades relevant information to the Royal Navy via the AFC Champions Network and inputs to the AFC Annual Report.
 
Secondary

a.    To promote the importance of the AFC to all Royal Navy personnel, raising awareness across all regions and fighting arms.

b.    To promote the use of the RBL fund across all areas of the Royal Navy, targeting key areas of need.

c.    To understand and promote the RN Charities sector.

d.    Deliver project solutions as directed by Hd PS.

Principal Tasks

1.    Engage with MOD (Centre) Covenant team and appropriate stakeholders to deliver the practical, financial and policy (benefits) arising from the AFC.

2.     Support the Defence Tri-Service Covenant team, providing guidance, direction and advice from a RN perspective.

3.     Provide briefings as required on matters relating to the AFC and to promote awareness of the AFC and its associated measures throughout the RN.

4.    Engage with RN-related charities to understand their areas of SME, mechanisms and processes they use to support beneficiaries, and most effective means to engage with RN-related personnel.

5.    Support generation and enactment of the RN Charities Strategy.

6.     Maintain and develop key relationships; Defence Covenant Team, Naval Families Federation, Naval Regional Cdrs, Maritime Res and other Service SMEs. 

7.     Liaise with Research Management Team to ensure questions contained within the AFCAS and FAMCAS surveys meet the requirements of the AFC feedback. 

8.     Raise the awareness of the AFC to all SP and their families by developing a more focussed and targeted communications/information campaign. 

9.      Manage and promote the RBL (£132K PA) on behalf of Hd of People Support.  

10.     Manage, direct and deliver projects as directed by Hd PS and SO1 Cas Mgt, operating within an Agile Project Team, using Agile & Scrum principles and tools.

Must be an OF3 of ANY specialisation. OF2 applicants with a recommend for the next higher rank in their most recent OJAR may be considered. 

OF4 applicants, if successful, will only be paid as and normally wear the rank of OF3.

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

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.

The start date is the anticipated one however, applicants should be aware a number of factors will potentially impact on this including the completion of pre-employment checks, medical category confirmation and the award of a Security Clearance. The start date could therefore be adjusted as appropriate – earlier for a fully qualified person with their and the employers agreement, or later if approvals cannot be immediately completed.

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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