Applicants should monitor their Civil Service Jobs application centre regularly for updates.
All broader banded (Band E2 B1) and skill zone employees joining MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period effective from the employment start date.
Any move to Ministry of Defence 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/
Complaints:
Please be aware that the selection and interviewing of applicants is the responsibility of the Recruiting Line Manager (RLM) and not the Defence Business Services (DBS) Resourcing team. DBS does not play any part in the selection and interview process itself. Therefore, if you wish to discuss your feedback, or you are dissatisfied with your markings, you should in the first instance raise this with the Recruiting Line Manager of the vacancy. 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, using the following options:
Emailing the DBS Complaints Team:
[email protected] Calling the DBS Enquiry Centre: 0800 345 7772
We recommend using the above channels to raise all complaints relating to the level of service provided to you by DBS.
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:
[email protected] Cabinet Office Fraud Checks:
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant whose details are found to be held on the IFD will be refused employment.
If you need to contact Defense Business Services (DBS) regarding this vacancy, please indicate that your vacancy is being handled by DE&S Enhanced Graduate and Apprentice Recruitment Team.
If you experience any technical difficulties with the CS Jobs system, please contact the Support Team at
[email protected].
Please see the MOD Privacy Policy Notice which informs how we will use your personal data, explains your rights and gives you information you are entitled to under Data Protection legislation.
Optima Health conducts pre-employment health assessments on behalf of the MOD and may contact you in respect of your application on the contact details you provide, should an offer of employment be made. Optima Healths Privacy notice describes how your personal data may be processed for those purposes.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating staff on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harms associated with second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Tobacco-Free Working Environment (TFWE) programme, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere, unless stated otherwise, in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022.
Those seeking, considering, or accepting employment should be aware of this requirement.
To find out a bit more about what its like working for MOD, visit the Civil Service Careers Website.
https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/
