air traffic control specialist

This posting in Fairford, UK closed 5/24/22. Just curious if anyone else here submitted an application. Also curious if anyone knows much about the job, i.e. is there any additional pay such as housing allowance, any insight into life in Fairford and how’s the working structure with RAF.

Had a kind of weird situation come up last night. Civilian aircraft calls the tower looking for a vfr transition through tower airspace. I started to give him the information and approve his transition when I realized he was 100 feet above my airspace. I told him to contact the approach facility...

I have been looking on this website for any clues, as to when the next Open Bid will be, but I haven't seen anything talk about it. Does anyone know when the next open hiring bid will be? And what should I be doing in order to prepare myself to be in the most ideal shape for this application...