Working and Remaining
in the Defence Sector
As you will be aware, careers in the Ministry of Defence are exciting, interesting and very varied. Whether your experience has been within the Armed Forces or the Civil Service, there may come a time when you are faced with the decision of whether to move to a commercial role outside of the MOD.
However, as an MOD in the Civil Service you may wish to continue your service, and not consider other career paths. Likewise you may be at the early stages of your Armed Forces career and want to know more about developing your Career within the Defence Sector.
Your next career move may well be right in front of you, within the MOD
It may be prudent at this point, to point out the obvious, you all have something in common, well a few things:
So for some it feels right to have that connection with the organisation that they have been part of for such a long time.
As we go onto explain, there is so much to look at and consider, that we could right about this section for hours, instead what have done is looked at a couple of different options, that you may to choose to explore.
This was previously known as the Reserve Army Opportunity List and in order to apply for the vacancies, you must create an account and apply via the following page:
This details the submission process for the Application.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) offers a wide range of engaging opportunities; jobs which have a direct impact on the quality of services we provide. Roles can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within MOD and across the wider Civil Service.
Opportunities vary from policy, finance, HR, IT, Supply Chain commercial and project management and all the types of jobs you would expect to find across Defence.
You can view the vacancies but in order to apply you need to generate a civil service job portal login.
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is a bespoke trading entity, an arm’s length body of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Employing around 12,500 people and with a budget of £14 billion, DE&S plays a vital role in maintaining military operational capability by acquiring and supporting a wide range of world class equipment and services
To achieve our goals, we need people with diverse backgrounds and disciplines. These include: project management, engineering, information technology, finance, procurement and logistics.
Not officers for protecting the streets, Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) protect sites of national importance, plus everything on them and everyone in them. It’s vital, sensitive work that takes our Officers across England, Scotland and Wales in a whole range of roles, from the specialist Marine Unit to the Dog Section, CID to Special Escort Group, and from Tactical to Central or Operational Support. MDP officers even lend their specialist skills to other police forces.
