Job Description
Your role
as a Reserve Chaplain will be unlike anything you’ve done in your civilian career. Working in a multi-faith environment can include challenging situations, and the need to support reservists, as well as their families, when they’re deployed.
Chef Apprentice (RFA)
It’s not just our engines that need fuel, our people do too. As a Chef Apprentice, you’re the person who provides it. Learn all about high-pressure, high-volume cooking, as you travel the world and experience things a civilian apprenticeship simply can’t match.
Communications Apprentice (RFA)
As a Communications Apprentice, you’ll play a big part in Our Replenishment at Sea operations. That means ensuring transmission of vital messages to Royal Navy ships, so we can deliver the equipment and supplies they need, anywhere in the world.
Communications Specialist (CIS)
This role puts you in the thick of the action, transmitting and receiving crucial messages. You’re constantly relied upon by your Commanding Officer, who uses the information you provide to make key strategic decisions.
Communications Specialist (CIS) (Submariner)
Part of the elite Silent Service, you’ll be a central member of your vessel’s engineering team. Using ultramodern radio and satellite systems to communicate with off-vessel command, you’re key to tactical and strategic communications.
Cryptologic Technician
Being a Communications Technician means you’re vital to the ship’s intelligence gathering operation. The go-to for information that shapes the operational decision making process. Your insight will transform raw data into an indispensable analysis of the situation.
Cyber Unit Reserve
The role goes beyond an in-depth technical knowledge. Being part of the Joint Cyber Reserve means you can make a real difference, working at the leading-edge of technology – safeguarding our national security.It's a challenge that you won't get anywhere else.
Deck Officer (RFA)
Refueling a Type 45 Destroyer in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? All in a day’s work for a Deck Officer. It’s a position of huge responsibility, and a rewarding one too. You’ll be integral to your ship’s operations any time, every day.
Dental Hygienist
Experience dental practice on land or at sea, Your patients could be on a shore establishment, anywhere in the UK or overseas, on an aircraft carrier or even an assault ship. You’ll deliver the world-class care they need, where they need it.
Dental Nurse
Help deliver world-class dental healthcare anywhere from a shore establishment in the UK to a portable dental unit in the Middle East. You’ll be central to ensuring our personnel are fighting fit at all times, both on active service abroad and when they’re at home.
Dental Officer
Being a Dental Officer in the Royal Navy means delivering world-class care in challenging environments to the people who protect our nation’s interests, every day. It's a massive task that's unlike anything you would do anywhere else.
Dental Officer Cadet
The dental branch of the Royal Navy is full of dedicated healthcare professionals who support people in the UK and all over the world. The Dental Officer Cadetship is designed to develop the next generation of military dental practitioners.
Engineer Apprentice (RFA)
Without its engineers, the RFA couldn’t provide the essential operational support it does. As an Engineer Apprentice, you’ll be doing the work that keeps our ships moving. Start a career that will see you working at the leading-edge of industry.
Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering)
You’ll be pivotal to day-to-day operations. Making sure our state-of-the-art warships are powered, maintained and ready for action. Wherever you are, whatever the problem, you’ll be the one to fix it.
Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering) (Submariner)
This role makes you the boat‘s driving force. You keep our submarines moving, deep below the surface. You’ll often be on highly sensitive operations, where avoiding detection is paramount. It’s a unique engineering effort – and a unique engineering career.
Engineering Technician (Weapon Engineering)
You’ll take charge of some of the most advanced kit on the planet, ensuring it’s spot on and ready to perform in any situation. That could mean maintaining highly sensitive radar one day and working on state-of-the-art missile systems the next.
Engineering Technician (Weapon Engineering) (Submariner)
Responsible for our nation’s nuclear deterrent, you’ll be maintaining and preparing some of the most advanced defence technology ever developed. From ballistic missile systems to state-of-the-art sensors and radars. As a Weapon Engineer in the Silent Service, you provide the firepower, and the stealth.
Environmental Health Officer
Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel are exposed to some of the most extreme conditions imaginable. You’ll tackle remote, demanding and potentially hostile environments, adapting your skills and applying your knowledge to overcome whatever challenges you face.
Ex-regular Forces Reserve
If you’re a former Royal Navy rating or officer, you have a unique wealth of skills and experience. The discipline, the teamwork, the leadership. And we still have a real need for that expertise, so why not enjoy the best of both worlds in the Royal Naval Reserve?
General Entry Officer Reserve
Go beyond the everyday. Push yourself further. Become a leader. Being a General Entry Officer is your opportunity to use your skills and interests in a wide range of specialisms, from mine warfare and submarines, to media and intelligence.
General Entry Rating Reserve
Take a step out of your comfort zone. Push yourself further. You don’t even need any previous Naval experience, just the commitment to complete your Basic Training alongside your day job.
Hydrography and Meteorology Officer
From the Caribbean to the Antarctic, you’ll lead the way in collecting, processing and analysing meteorological and oceanographic information. Using your leaderships skills, you’ll play an important role in preparing missions, coordinating the teams that analyse environmental factors around the world.
Hydrography and Meteorology Specialist
You'll be working in diverse environments all over the world, building a detailed picture of the conditions for our state-of-the-art aircraft and warships so that our global missions are operationally effective.
Leading Hand Chef (RFA)
As a Leading Hand Chef in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), you’ll be part of the management team that provides healthy and nutritious meals for the ship’s company. Your hard work is what keeps them going, and vital operations on track.
Leading Hand Helicopter Controller (RFA)
Day and night, you’ll play a crucial role in coordinating our aircraft flight patterns, launching and landing, in all weather – all over the world. Ready to ensure the safety of our aviation personnel?
Leading Hand Supply Chain (RFA)
You’ll directly contribute to the operational effectiveness of the Royal Navy by making sure our people have what they need, when and where they need it. From food to ammunition. Our people, all over the world will rely on you for essential supplies, every day.
Logistics Officer
Logistics is the backbone of the Royal Navy, and Logistics Officers are its leaders. Sustaining over 35,000 men and women across the world, every day, is no mean feat. Without you, global Naval operations would literally grind to a halt.
Logistics Officer (Submariner)
Logistics is the backbone of the Royal Navy; Logistics Officers are its leaders. You make sure your crewmates have what they need, when they need it – all over the world. These vital factors, and millions of pounds-worth of equipment, are in your hands.
Logistics Supply Officer (Trainee) (RFA)
It’s your job to make sure your crewmates get fed, paid and equipped. From sourcing vital supplies to delivering essential reports back to HQ, you’ll push yourself every day, all over the world.
Marine Engineer Officer
As a Marine Engineer Officer you manage the Engineering Technicians who keep the ship moving. Without you, vital operations wouldn’t happen. You’ll report to the Commanding Officer when there’s a problem, and be relied upon to make key decisions when it matters most.
Marine Engineer Officer (RFA)
You’ll provide the power we need to deliver vital worldwide logistical and operational support. Without you, the crucial work of the RFA would grind to a halt. It’s an engineering career of the utmost importance.
Marine Engineer Officer (Submariner)
It’s your job to lead your elite, highly trained team in some of the most challenging conditions imaginable. You’ll even oversee the maintenance and operation of a nuclear reactor. Without you, the boat is stranded, and some top secret missions don’t happen.
Medical Assistant
Being a Medical Assistant puts you in the heart of the action. You could be training with Special Forces in West Africa, or working in primary care on board ship in the Persian Gulf. Wherever the mission takes you, you’ll gain on-the-job medical skills.
Medical Assistant (Submariner)
Want to combine adventure with your medical career? Being a Medical Assistant puts you in the heart of the action. You’ll be part of the Silent Service, the highly specialised team at the forefront of our nation’s defence, embarking on a unique medical career.
Medical Officer
Your second-to-none medical knowledge is a given. As a Medical Officer, you’ll need much more than that, adapting your skills in wide-ranging environments, from conflict zones to tri-service hospitals. It's a career like no other.
Medical Officer Cadet
Start your journey at university by applying to finish your studies in the Royal Navy, earning a salary and having the final three years’ fees paid for by us. Then travel the world and specialise in an area of medicine that interests you.
Medical Officer Reserve
Use your medical skills to support vital Royal Navy operations, performing in challenging environments, all over the world. From primary care in conflict zones, to leadership in a tri-service hospital, you’ll be on the frontline of the medical profession.
Medical Technician (RFA)
You’ll take sole responsibility for the health and wellbeing of all your crewmates. You’re the only medic on board, so your advice directly informs Command in the event of an emergency. It’s a seriously challenging medical role, with serious rewards.
Mental Health Nurse (Qualified)
Your job will be as varied as it is crucial to ensuring our people are mentally fit for service.You could be taking part in exercises on an Assault Ship in the Indian Ocean. Or providing treatment for serving personnel in conflict zones.
Mental Health Nurse (Student)
Healthy mind, healthy body: our people need both. As a Student Mental Health Nurse, you’ll learn how to make sure they’re mentally fit for service. Once you’ve qualified, you’ll join a multi-disciplinary medical team and work all over the world.
Mine Clearance Diver
From the moment you join, you’ll train to become a world-class diver, travelling the world as part bomb disposal expert, part sub-aqua specialist. IIt’s physically demanding, but hugely rewarding.
Mine Warfare Specialist
We need to make the seas safe. For our warships, for civilian ships, for everyone. And that’s where you come in. You’ll lead the way for our fleet, clearing any mines in its path – and making our global missions possible.
Motorman Grade 1 (RFA)
You’ll perform the duties of a highly-trained Engineer Rating, monitoring and maintaining advanced mechanical and electronic systems. The ships you’ll work on provide vital operational support to the Royal Navy. No other merchant navy role comes with these skills – or this much responsibility.
Naval Airman Aircraft Handler
Your job is to make sure that our world-class jets and helicopters are in the right place at the right time. That means playing a key role in providing our airborne capability from our state-of-the-art warships or even a Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier.
Naval Nurse (Qualified)
Wherever you are in the world, you’ll play a key part in keeping our people fit and healthy. Expect unparalleled diversity, leadership opportunities, fast-tracked development – and a medical career like no other.
Naval Nurse (Student)
The Royal Navy is only as good as its people, so keeping them healthy is essential. Wherever you are in the world, once you’ve qualified as a Naval Nurse you’ll play a key part in keeping our personnel fit and healthy.
Naval Nurse Reserve
This role goes beyond providing world-class medical care. Whether it’s giving vital first aid at the scene of a natural disaster, or looking after fellow Naval personnel in a hospital, you’ll help to safeguard our biggest asset: our people.
Nursing Officer
Challenging conditions and first-class care don’t always go hand-in-hand. But they will for you as a Nursing Officer. From providing humanitarian aid, to supporting personnel in a maritime environment – you’ll safeguard our people and civilians alike.
Nursing Officer Mental Health
Lead a team in providing vital occupational mental health support to personnel all over the world and develop as a practitioner in unique environments that are a world away from civilian medicine.
Nursing Officer Reserve
Challenging conditions and first-class care don’t always go hand-in-hand; but they will for you as a Reserve Nursing Officer. You’ll play a key role in safeguarding our people and civilians alike, from humanitarian aid, to supporting personnel in a maritime environment.
Operating Department Practitioner (Qualified)
Saving the lives of the people who risk theirs: that’s life as an ODP. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of the surgical team, tackling all aspects of the operating theatre and developing skills that stay with you for life.
Operating Department Practitioner (Student)
Saving the lives of the people who risk theirs. Once you’ve finished your fully-funded ODP Diploma, that’s your focus, wherever you are in the world and whatever the mission demands. You’ll quickly become an essential part of our surgical team.
Physical Training Specialisation Direct Entry
As a Royal Navy Physical Trainer, you will be the person responsible for organising and delivering sporting, fitness and adventurous training opportunities, and for ensuring our people remain injury free and healthy.
Qualified Medical Technician Reserve
Whether you’re an Operating Department Practitioner (ODP), Biomedical Scientist or Radiographer, as a Reserve Qualified Medical Technician you’ll be a vital part of global operations.
Radiographer (Qualified)
By keeping our people healthy, you keep our global missions on track, whether you’re on board our casualty ship or in an NHS hospital. Offshore, onshore, close to home, or on the other side of the world, you'll provide the diagnoses that make a difference.
Radiographer (Student)
Offshore, onshore, close to home, or on the other side of the world, our people need the best medical treatment. Once you’ve completed your fully-funded Diagnostic Radiography degree, that’ll be your job.
Royal Marines Bugler
As a Bugler in the Royal Marines Band Service, you will be a key part of the Corps of Drums, learn to play the Bugle, and be front and centre at some of our most important ceremonial occasions.
Royal Marines Commando
Could you become part of the world’s most elite amphibious force and wear the coveted green beret? It’s not for everyone. You'll need to dig deep. In hostile environments, and on treacherous terrain. All as part of an exceptional team. It's a state of mind.
Royal Marines Musician
You’ll be a part of the world’s most versatile military music organisation, but not every event is a parade. We have talented musicians who can perform in every musical combination from a small jazz group to a full orchestra.
Royal Marines Officer
Can you lead the leaders? The Royal Marines are the world’s most elite amphibious force. As their officer, you’ll be in charge of the best. Your determination knows no bounds, just like your ability to get the most out of your team. And to get the job done, you’ll need that something special that sets you apart: your state of mind.
Royal Marines Reserve
Joining the Royal Marines Reserve means being a part-time soldier but a fully trained Commando. You’ll be part of the world’s most elite amphibious force, ready to deploy anytime, anywhere – and who stop at nothing.
Royal Marines Reserve (Ex-regular Forces)
Serving in the armed forces takes a certain level of commitment and dedication. But it takes something extra to earn the green beret. If you’ve served as a full-time Royal Marine within the last two years you may be eligible for seamless transfer at your final rank.
Royal Navy Police
From counter narcotics operations in the Caribbean to complex cyber-crime investigations, you'll play a crucial part in enforcing the strict code of conduct that comes with life in the Royal Navy.
Seaman Grade 1 (RFA)
You’ll be central to our Replenishment at Sea operations. Already qualified, you will be tackling new challenges every day, from crewing landing craft, to working with helicopters.
Seaman Grade 1AT (RFA)
You’ll be central to our Replenishment at Sea operations. That means transferring fuel to the Royal Navy’s state-of-the-art warships, all over the world. It’s like no other merchant navy job.
Seaman Specialist
From the minute you join you’ll be on your way to becoming a professional sailor. Seaman Specialists experience a true life at sea: from navigation to guarding your ship in port, your skills protect our nation’s interests – wherever you are in the world.
Seamanship Apprentice (RFA)
This is no ordinary apprenticeship, for people who want to become extraordinary sailors. It’s a civilian role, but the skills you develop and the work you do are crucial to the efficiency of our operations.
Second Officer (Logistics Supply)
It’s your job to make sure your crewmates get fed, paid and equipped. In short, you’ll be the beating heart of the ship. Personnel of all levels will look to you to keep morale high, and missions on track.
Steward (RFA)
This is your chance to use your passion for hospitality to maintain the morale of our people. You’ll also have the opportunity to get involved with other duties such as firefighting, damage control and assisting with first aid.
Steward Apprentice (RFA)
From Bahrain to the Bahamas, you’ll be on course for a first-class career in hospitality that will take you all over the world. It’s not like any civilian job, you’ll also be trained to man weapons and work with helicopters on the flight deck.
Supply Chain Logistician
Everything from bullets and bed linen, to fuel and food. Without you, global operations would grind to a halt. You’re right at the heart of this huge operation, part of the essential team that makes sure everyone has what they need, when they need it.
Supply Chain Logistician (Submariner)
Logistics is the backbone of the Royal Navy. You’ll work closely with your Logistics Officer to make sure your crewmates have what they need, when they need it – all over the world. Without you, the submarine wouldn’t – and couldn’t – be operational.
Survival Equipment Technician (SET)
As a Survival Equipment Technician (SET), lives will depend on the equipment you’re working with just as much as they’ll depend on your skills and attention to detail. Commitment, enthusiasm and focus are essential for a job of this importance.
Systems Engineer Officer (RFA)
You’ll take overall responsibility for the vital electronics and communication systems that make every operation possible. From the Bridge, to the Engine Room,you’ll be part of a team maintaining a broad range of kit, gaining the experience you need to become a Chartered Engineer.
Training Management Officer
Our people make the Royal Navy the world-class force it is. They’re our biggest asset. Being a Training Management Officer means supporting the development of officers and ratings, all over the world.
Undergraduate Apprenticeship Scheme (UGAS)
This is your opportunity to be part of one of the Royal Navy’s most elite teams – and join one of the world’s most respected engineering apprenticeships. You’ll be paid to study for a degree in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
Warfare Intelligence Officer
You'll work with all disciplines within the Royal Navy and other services to deliver vital intelligence to Commanders on operations. As an Intelligence Officer you will find yourself leading a team of highly motivated, bright and flexible men and women.
Warfare Intelligence Specialist
Intelligence is critical in supporting warfighting and getting the right information to the right people at the right time. Everything could depend on your speed, skill, accuracy and powers of concentration to keep us one step ahead of the enemy.
Warfare Officer
You’ll be in the heart of the action, making key strategic decisions on board some of the most advanced warships on the planet. You and the team you lead provide the capabilities that are vital to protecting our nation’s interests.
Warfare Officer (Submariner)
You'll be the boat’s eyes and ears, deep below the surface. That means taking charge of sophisticated sonar, tactical kit and communications systems. You’ll be in a position of real responsibility from day one.
Warfare Specialist
You’re the one who identifies our targets, and our threats. You’re there at the start of every mission, and play a vital role throughout. From working in the ops room of a warship to preparing essential weaponry.
Warfare Specialist (Submariner)
You’ll use some of the most advanced radar systems on the planet to identify potential threats. From your first day on board, your role will be vital to the safety of your crewmates, and the success of some of our most highly classified missions.
Weapon Engineer Officer
You’re the one your team of world-class engineers looks to for advice, guidance and support. That means leading a range of projects simultaneously, solving complex problems with some of the most sophisticated equipment on the planet.
Weapon Engineer Officer (Submariner)
You’ll lead your elite team of engineers on some of our most highly classified missions. You could be maintaining the ballistic missiles that are our nation’s nuclear deterrent, or working on cutting-edge radar and detection systems.
Writer (Submariner)
Fancy being about as far from a traditional ‘desk job’ as possible? As a submarine’s HR Administrator, you’ll make an invaluable contribution to the livelihood of your crew. Before anything else though, you’re a Submariner - part of the elite Silent Service.
Writer Logistician
As an HR Administrator (Writer), you’re in charge of Human Resources (HR), handling legal matters, financial admin, and looking after the welfare of your crewmates. Travel the world in this unique job – in a unique environment.
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