JOB DESCRIPTION

The DTSO is responsible to the Training Safety Officer (TSO) for the provision of safe training facilities:

• Promote strong working relationships both within the team and with other teams across Defence.
• Comply with the qualifications / courses listed within the technical details of this document.
• Remain current and competent by completing the mandatory training listed in this document.
• Help to maintain Range and FTA Files including an action plan to address any areas of concern.
• Assist in the production of site-specific Risk Assessments.
• Assist in the amendment of the Range Standing Orders.
• Conduct and support all mandatory range and training area inspections.
• Where applicable, produce a Daily Safety Summary and ensure this is communicated to the User.
• Coordinate monthly safety and deconfliction meetings.
• Provide Safe Place direction and guidance to all Users.
• Ensure Civilian Shooting Clubs are affiliated to an approved National Governing Body and that the correct conditions of use are followed.
• Ensure Civil Police Forces are licensed to use the facilities on the estate.
• Conduct Gross Error Checks by checking Safe Activity Assurance Forms (SAAF) including sketch maps and Range Danger Area Traces.
• Assist in the monitoring and control over Users to ensure the estate remains a safe place.
• Ensure the safe access and safety of authorised civilians and livestock from the hazards associated with or resulting from all training activities.
• Ensure that all reasonable precautions are taken to safeguard the public both inside and outside the range boundary.
• In the absence of the TSO, act as a focal point for all Air Safety Management (ASM) issues.
• Report accidents and incidents on the estate in accordance with regulations and policy.
• Report incursions and near misses on the estate in accordance with regulations and policy.
• Participate in the annual practice drills with the Emergency Services in the event of incident or accident.
• Help to assist relevant agencies if a casualty or fatality was to occur.
• Support maintenance of the ecological and environmental sustainability of the estate consistent with environmental regulations and policy.
• As directed attend the annual Range and Training Area Safety Conference.

QUALIFICATIONS

Small Arms (A) (18) or legacy equivalent or civilian equivalent.

BEHAVIOURS

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £29,580, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,569 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 employer contribution of 28.97%

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.
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.
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Things you need to know

SELECTION PROCESS DETAILS

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
Selection process details:
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience..
Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience.
Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

Candidates will be required to provide:

• CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
• A Statement of Suitability. (750 Words)

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• CV, previous skills and experience
• Personal Statement
• Communicating & Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

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.

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating & Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

Please provide your evidence using the STAR Technique.
Situation: Describe the situation you found yourself in. You must describe a specific event or situation. Be sure to give enough detail for the job holder to understand. Where are you? Who was there with you? What had happened?
Task: The recruitment panel will want to understand what you tried to achieve from the situation you found yourself in. What was the task that you had to complete and why? What did you have to achieve?
Action: What did you do? The job holder will be looking for information of what you did, how you did it and why. Keep the focus on you. What specific steps did you take and what was your contribution? Remember to include how you did it, and the behaviours you used. Try to use “I” rather than “we” to explain your actions that lead to the result. Be careful not to take credit for something that you did not do.
Result: Don’t be shy about taking credit for your behaviour. Quote specific facts and figures easily understandable. What results did the actions produce? What did you achieve through your actions, and did you meet your goals? Was it a successful outcome? If not, what did you learn from the experience? Keep the situation and task parts brief.
Concentrate on the action and the result. If the result was not entirely successful describe what you learned from this and what you would do differently next time. Make sure you focus on your strengths. When providing your evidence please ensure that you avoid acronyms and company specific jargon.
Personal Statement
Detailing in no more than 750 words, please use examples to demonstrate relevant, suitable experience and knowledge at an appropriate level as to how you meet the job criteria.

When writing a personal statement, it is important that you:

• Read the job specification so you are clear about the job requirements
• Outline the skills and experience that you have that are relevant to the job and use examples to help demonstrate this
• Keep to the word limit, if your statement is too brief it will not provide the required depth of detail and evidence to be assessed fully
• Please do not use acronyms

We require you to provide evidence and a demonstration of specific skills, knowledge or transferable experience. This will allow you to provide evidence to show a more rounded picture of your suitability for the role.
Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements. In the event of a significant number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour of Making Effective Decisions, previous skills and experience.
Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing:
17 February 2025
Interviews will take place in person at Lydd Camp and will be conducted week commencing:
24 February 2025
A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews.
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.

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)

The DTSO is responsible for Live Firing Marksmanship Training (LFMT) and Live Firing Tactical Training (LFTT) on the DTE. The specific duties of the DTSO may vary by location due to site specific requirements, however, they must be able to achieve an assessment level of Practitioner of the Defence Ranges Framework Competencies in the following areas:

• Competence 1 - Development and application of appropriate regulation.
• Competence 2 - Range Maintenance.
• Competence 3 - Range Inspection.
• Competence 4 - Range Compliance and Assurance