The job

As a Logistics Officer, you’ll be responsible for providing all the logistics support that’s necessary to keep our aircraft flying. Leading a team of airmen/women, you’ll manage the supply chain from beginning to end, including the purchasing and storage of equipment, the use of complex IT management systems and the distribution of equipment by land, sea and air on a global scale. You’ll also deliver catering and hospitality services to RAF personnel both in the UK and overseas.

Sponsorship

We may be able to invest in your future by funding your studies until you’re ready to start training as a Logistics Officer.

If you’re in the sixth form, you can qualify for a Sixth Form Scholarship of up to £1,000. You can also apply for a University Bursary, worth up to £6,000, while you study for your degree. In return, we ask you to become a member of the University Air Squadron (UAS) (or Air Training Corps while you’re at school) and to join the RAF once you finish your studies.

The RAF also offers a special Sixth-Form education for future Logistics Officers. You’ll live and work at the Defence Sixth Form College at Welbeck near Loughborough. There you’ll do your A-levels and take part in a full range of sport, social and leadership activities that will prepare you for life as an RAF officer. What’s more, it’s available at little or no cost to your parents.

You can also qualify for sponsorship of £4,000 a year through the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS) if you’re studying logistics or a related subject at the universities of Aston, Birmingham, Cambridge, Loughborough, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbria, Oxford or Southampton. In return, we ask you to become a member of the University Support Unit, spending at least 45 days a year with the RAF, which will qualify you for an extra £1,500 training pay. You can also earn a bonus of up to £170 if you meet the minimum attendance requirement.

As well as financial support, being part of RAF life while studying is an opportunity to get first-hand experience of the challenges you’ll face working with our people, technology and aircraft – and we’ll also give you some free flying experience.

To find out more about sponsorship opportunities for potential Logistics Officers, contact an RAF Senior Careers Liaison Officer via the careers staff at your school or college – or visit your local Armed Forces Careers Office (AFCO).

For further information on Wellbeck Sixth Form College visit their website (link opens in new window), and for further information on the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme visit their website (link opens in new window).

Required degrees for Logistics Branch sponsorship

Bachelors Degrees

1. Preference (in no particular order) will be given to degrees in:

• Information Technology
• Business Studies/Administration
• Logistics
• Supply Chain Management
• Transportation Management
• Catering and/or Hospitality Management
• Purchasing
• Procurement/Acquisition
• Airport and/or Airline Management
• Chemistry
• Nutrition

2. Furthermore, subjects that generate analytical skills, or an understanding of military or government policy, are acceptable. Such subjects include the following, although this list is not exhaustive:

• Mathematics
• Economics
• Public Policy and Management
• War Studies
• International Relations
• Marketing

3. Additional weight could be given to any degree course that meets the criteria and is also combined with a foreign language such as French, German, Italian or Arabic.

4. Degrees outside the above guidelines should be discussed with the Logistics Branch Sponsor, via an AFCO, to determine their acceptability to the Branch for the purpose of University Bursary awards.

Masters Degrees

5. Where an applicant has not previously been granted a bursary and meets all other criteria for selection to the RAF, one year masters degrees in the subjects outlined above will also be eligible.

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