As a military spouse/partner, there is support available for you in making the next step in your career. Find out more about your eligibility and the offers and opportunities available to you, including the Forces Families Jobs portal.
1. Forces Families Jobs
Forces Families Jobs (FFJ) is the free careers platform for family members of currently serving UK personnel, run for you by the tri-Service Families Federations.
We understand the unique challenges, and opportunities, that being part of a serving military family can bring to your own career journey.
We know that being a military family member often means moving with your service person or being apart from them; that you can have gaps in your CV or regularly change jobs and/or career as a result of military life.
We also know you have a wealth of knowledge, skills, expertise and work ethic to share with employers.
The jobs board connects you with employment opportunities in Forces friendly organisations – all our employers have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, so you can be confident that they are committed to supporting our community.
You can apply for jobs and access employment and training opportunities with companies and organisations who are Forces family friendly. You can use the website with confidence, knowing that all of the employers have signed the Armed Forces Covenant or are able to demonstrate their commitment to the Armed Forces. This is your gateway to accessing information about acquiring new skills, upgrading your existing skills or applying directly to employers who are understanding of the unique challenges that come with being a family member of a Serving person.
We already have a whole host of specially chosen employers who’ve shown us that they celebrate military families and are waiting to employ someone like you! This site can give you access to hundreds of current, high quality jobs through its powerful search engine. By subscribing for job alerts you can pro-actively receive new job notifications directly into your inbox daily, weekly, or moments after the job is posted. To increase the ways through which you can find a job, you can upload your CV, create a profile and make your details searchable. This will make you visible in our candidate database, which will be searched by prospective employers looking to fill their vacancies, and which maximises your chance of finding a new job through FFJ.
You can also access the site for a range of:
2. Eligibility
FFJ is a free portal for spouses/partners and adult children (aged 18-25) of:
- Currently serving personnel (Regular and Reserves)
- Service personnel who have left the Armed Forces within the last 12 months
In accordance with the Armed Forces Covenant’s principle of ‘due regard’ you are also eligible to use this service if you are a:
- Spouse, partner or adult child (aged 18-25) of a UK serviceperson who has experienced life changing illness or injury.
- Bereaved spouse, partner or adult child (aged 18-25) of a UK serviceperson.
Employers who wish to advertise with FFJ must be:
- Armed Forces Covenant Signatory.
The training and career opportunities section does not require the training provider to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant or proof of Employer Recognition Scheme Status, but they will need to meet one of the following criteria:
- Provide a FREE service to Armed Forces families
- Provide a discount or subsidised rate specifically for Service families.
3. Further information
Information for Employers/Training Providers
FFJ is not a paid for service but is provided free to those who have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and/or able to demonstrate their commitment to the Armed Forces community.
- Visit our ‘information for employers’ page for more details/ good practice for your workplace.
- Employers can set up their profiles via the website. If you are a training provider, please contact the support team to request a sign-up form.
As an employer, you can:
- Advertise your jobs to this audience free of charge. If you’re a Gold ERS Award holder you will automatically become one of our featured clients on the home page.
- Search our candidate database and download candidate CVs free of charge.
- Fulfil your commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC) and progress through the Employment Recognition Scheme (ERS) by demonstrating your commitment to Service spouses/partners.
- Have your own company profile where you can articulate your specific commitments to the AFC and your ERS level.
As a training provider, you can:
- Advertise your opportunities and courses to this audience free of charge.
- Within the training section of the site, have a summary of your own company profile where you can articulate your specific commitments to the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC) and the support services that you provide.
- As a training providers you will be required to provide us with a link to your website, a logo and a few paragraphs about the support that you can provide to families.
Further information
Please email help@forcesfamiliesjobs.co.uk for further information and to request a copy of the registration form for training providers.
As Seen In Homeport
Our quarterly magazine, Homeport, shares news, activities and opportunities for naval families, as well as sharing real stories from across the community.
So Many Opportunities
In our Spring 2026 issue, Rosie shared her experiences taking part in some of the courses available to naval spouses and partners, including Milspo Business Launch Accelerator, JPMorgan ACCESS Programme and Supporting the Unsung Hero – X-Forces Enterprise a “Start Your Own Business” course. Read her story here.
Milspo Business Network
In our Spring 2026 issue we heard from Bekky about her experiences setting up her own business and how the Business Launch Accelerator Start-Up course from the Milspo Business Network helped her get started. Read her article here.
From Corporate Life to Penguins
Partner employment can be a challenge during overseas assignments, we loved hearing from Jo about how moving overseas led to a new business and how she navigated this opportunity. Read her article here.
If you would like to find out more information about the courses and opportunities available to you, check out our Supporting Organisations & Resources page.