Logistics & Motor Transport Operative

Logistics & Motor Transport Operative (LMTO)

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base, Sea Cadets Stores, PO1 3NT

Contract: 35hrs per week - Permanent

Salary: £26,000 gross per annum

Closing Date: 3 May 2024

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity in our Logistics & Trading team?

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.

We are currently looking for a Logistics Operative capable of embracing a broad-spectrum of responsibilities, primarily related to the administrative management of all MSSC and Ministry of Defence (MoD) Motor Transport (MT) used by MSSC employees and Volunteers, and secondly to support our warehouse team in the administration and practical output of MoD stock to our Sea Cadet units throughout the UK.

Responsibilities

·         Ensure correct procedures for acquisition and disposal of vehicles and equipment are adhered to.

·         Produce and provide cost data to users of all vehicles as required, within specified limits.

·         Ensure the MT is operated in accordance with MoD Road Transport Policy and other relevant regulations.

·         Support the Logistics & Trading Team in extraneous warehouse work as required.

Requirements

·       To successfully undergo MoD security clearance to SC level.

·       To be trained to MoD Transport standards for management of transport.

Desirable

·       Experience of working in the MoD IT environment.

·       Experience of working in the Cadet Forces as an adult.

·       Experience of managing transport for an organisation.

·       Experience of working within budgets.  

·       Warehouse administrative and practical experience.

For further information, please see our Recruitment Pack.

Benefits

• Limited flexible Working hours
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
• Private medical insurance
• Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
• National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our offsite staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees' views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.

If you are interested in this Motor Transport Officer vacancy, please apply now!

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire. 

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check.