Jen C.

From teaching, recruiting, finance and marketing - amazing career

9 years as an AGC ETS officer teaching soldiers on career courses, 4 years in the Army Reserves as an ETS officer and now an AGC SPS officer working in Pers admin but now marketing. I couldn’t have had a more varied career. 5yrs in Germany, 3 kids and several house moves later the Army is still exactly where I want to be. What other employer is going to pay me to ski and teach skiing or go on some amazing trips - Canada, Brunei, Bavaria, Norway, Sweden, Portugal!

I work as an AGC SPS officer with a small team who do assurance visits

My last job as an SPS officer was as a Regimental Admin Officer looking at finances of the unit and looking after my small team of amazing soldiers. I moved into Army Recruiting in the marketing team- a great job making sure there are soldiers to feature on our TV adverts, the radio or on cool social media channels. I am currently working in a HQ where i conduct assurance visits into units to check that no fraud is being committed.

The varied and challenging nature of my job.

As with lots of Army jobs you learn as you work. I love the challenge and variety of my job - every day is different! As an Army teacher, each lesson despite teaching in 10x would always be different due to the different class of soldiers and how they interacted with each other and me. I got to manage civil servants who were older than my parents which had its own challenges but who I learnt so much from. As a Regt Admin officer everyday was a different question about finance, unit support, managing my soldiers generally or even organising a massive party for 300 people.

Keep an open mind, stay true to yourself and laugh all the way.

Haribo (or morale-i-bo) will get you through everything. The only thing you can ever prep entirely for is fitness so work hard. Treat everyone how you want to be treated, you never know when you might rely on them whether it be people you go through training with or colleagues and friends you meet along the way- the Army is a small place!

Having soldiers promoted

During 2.5yrs as a Regt Admin Officer, all my eligible soldiers were promoted. I had an amazing bunch of soldiers and they all worked hard and utterly deserved it.