Airborne Delivery Wing Administrative Officer

Job summary

The Airborne Delivery Wing delivers specialist parachuting support to the Defence Airborne Forces community. ADW is commanded at OF4 (Wing Commander) and is made up of a Headquarters and four Squadrons, which sits within the Air Wing of the Air Mobility Force in 1 Group. The four Squadrons include Parachute Training Squadron (PTS), Support Squadron, MAB Delivery Squadron and finally Airborne Engineering Squadron. We seek excellence in all we do to deliver world-class specialist parachuting support and training, maintaining strong and effective relationships throughout. Your role sits within the Headquarters of the Wing, providing the foundational administration to keep the Wing of ~230 personnel organised, prepared and informed.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join an essential team within RAF Brize Norton as an integral part of the Airborne Delivery Wing Headquarters. Your role assists with the smooth running of the Wing by supporting the Executive Officer and works closely with the wider Executive team to inform and enable their outputs as well as providing routine information input to various wider Station agencies. You will be a valued member of the team, operating in a challenging, fast-paced environment, with the impact of your work directly affecting Wing members, key stakeholders and wider business areas.

Person specification

You will undertake a variety of administration and organisational tasks, mainly focused on maintaining the foundational administrative tasks that keep the Wing in an organised administrative state such as, but not limited to:

• Outlook diary, Wing Management Planner management, updating of Wing Orders.
• Monitoring arrivals and departures across the Wing, updating ADW Staff Handbook and completing the administration to on-board new arrivals into the Wing.
• Management of the ADW Organisational chart.
• Management of mandatory competency statistics across the Wing.
• Coordination of F540 submissions to Stn.
• Management of office mail. Monitoring, ordering, and distribution of stationery and other office supplies.
• Management of information flow (distribution lists, MS Teams, Email & Meeting requests)
• Team Site Administrator, Superuser and LSO.
• Preparation of and uploading of monthly invoices ready for financial approval.
• Any other administration duties as required by ADW XO, commensurate with the grade.

Behaviours

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £27,866, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,072 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Benefits include, but are not limited to:
• Flexible working opportunities
• Training and personal development
• 25 days paid annual leave rising to 30 days on completion of 5 years’ service, plus leave for HM The King’s birthday
• 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
• Highly competitive civil service pension scheme 28.97%
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Subsidised membership to a fitness suite and lunchtime/evening Military led fitness classes

Hybrid Working:

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements 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.

Further Information:

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

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

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a Personal Statement (500 words).

At sift, candidates will be assessed against their CV and Personal Statement and the following:

Behaviours:

• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture

In the event of a significant number of applications, an initial pre-sift may be conducted on Delivering at Pace and Communicating and Influencing. Candidates who are successful at the pre-sift will then progress to a full sift.

At interview stage, you will be assessed against:

Behaviours

• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture

Application sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing 30 November 2026. Interviews will take place on the week commencing 7 December 2026. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.

Further information:

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.

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. 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.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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 theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Flt Lt Mike Smith
• Email : Michael.Smith374@mod.gov.uk
• Telephone : +443001530096

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam5@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk.

Attachments

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