The Department is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We value and welcome diversity. We aim to develop all our staff to enable them to make a full contribution to meeting the Department's objectives, and to fulfil their own potential on merit. We will not tolerate harassment or other unfair discrimination on grounds of sex, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, age, religion or sexual orientation. We will promote and support the use of a range of flexible working patterns to enable staff to balance home and work responsibilities; and we will treat people irrespective of their working arrangements

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The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

 

Under the terms of the Equality Act 2010, we are legally required to consider making reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged in the recruitment and selection process. We are therefore committed to meeting, wherever possible, any needs you specify in your application.

 

We will also consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Act to enable any applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post.

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The Department uses the ‘disability confident’ Disability Symbol, showing it is an employer which has a positive attitude towards applications from disabled people. The Department also offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) for all disabled applicants. We are committed to interviewing all applicants with a disability who provide evidence of meeting the minimum requirements necessary for the post, as set out in this candidate pack.

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Employee Network Groups come in all shapes and sizes, but they all share many similarities. They bring employees with shared characteristics together in a safe space and offer varying opportunities for their members. These include social and development opportunities, mentoring, volunteering, sharing best practice and a chance to gain skills and experience in areas they may not get the opportunity to do in their ‘day job’. They also provide a ‘voice’ to the organisation on issues faced, lived experience and potential improvements to policies. Some of the MOD networks include:

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• Defence Disability Network

• MOD Dyslexia Network

• sh…OUT MOD LGBT+ Network

• Defence Stammering Network

• Defence Epilepsy Network

• Defence Humanists

• MOD Christian Network

• MOD Fibromyalgia and ME Network

• MOD Visual and Hearing Impairment Network

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