Staff and Personnel Support

SPS soldiers are responsible for the Personnel Administration, Accountancy and Financial Management, and Information Management/Information Exploitation to the British Army. Deployed overseas and in the UK on operations, we manage the Army’s most powerful weapon: its personnel.

SPS soldiers work in close-knit Detachments of approximately 20 personnel. Attached to every unit in the British Army, as well as overseas locations such as NATO Headquarters and British Embassies, they are a key part of the Unit organisation and work closely with the Unit hierarchy to ensure readiness to deploy on operations, before deploying with their unit to continue providing integral support. SPS officers and soldiers often find themselves in positions of unusually high responsibility right from the start of their careers. This is reflected in our motto: Animo et Fide – with resolution and fidelity.

As a junior Officer, you will lead and manage a team of approximately 20 soldiers providing administration and financial support to every member of the unit which you are attached to.

You will be responsible for the training and career management of your soldiers, and the readiness of your unit to deploy on Operations and Exercises around the world. 

We play a key part in keeping the British Army, its soldiers and its Officers from functioning and able to achieve its tasks and goals.

Find out more about being an Officer in the SPS