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Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

About DIO

View our YouTube video to see more about our work

https://www.youtube.com/embed/I9tLu3UdiGY  How the Defence Infrastructure Organisation Supports Defence

This is a Fixed-term Appointment for 36 Months and the reason why it’s for a fixed period is because an apprenticeship role is not guaranteed a permanent role. This post will therefore begin from 01/04/2024 and end on 31/03/2027.

Therefore, you should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, you may (if you are an existing civil servant) become at Risk of Redundancy and be given Priority Mover Status, unless:

• the contract end date is met and honoured, for external employees who are not existing civil servants.
• an extension to your Fixed-term Appointment has been agreed.
• a conversion of the Fixed-term Appointment to a permanent role has been agreed.
• you return to your home department
• you are successfully redeployed into a suitable alternative post.
• you secure another Civil Service post through a recruitment process.

Permanent Civil Servants joining the Ministry of Defence (MOD) on a Fixed-term Appointment:

If you accept a Fixed-term Appointment with MOD, the preferred option is for you to transfer from your home department on a loan basis to ensure you can return to your home department at the end of the Fixed-term Appointment. Exceptionally, if a transfer on a loan basis cannot be agreed by your home department, you would transfer and become a permanent employee at MOD but on a Fixed-term basis. This will not affect your continuity of employment. If you face a redundancy situation at the end of the Fixed-term Appointment you will be treated as a permanent civil servant for redundancy and priority mover purposes only. You must have two years’ service to be eligible for redundancy benefits under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.

Security Services Group (SSG) provides specialist security advice, compliance and assurance to areas of the public sector that require the highest levels of security protection. SSG is the Government’s expert provider specialising in design, installation and maintenance of both custom in-house security systems and highly accredited commercial products on the government estate.

Working as part of a 230-person team, we provide full life support services to UK Defence and Government sites throughout the UK and overseas.

The DIO Apprenticeship Academy offers a wide range of apprenticeships that combine practical work and training to gain valuable experience. SSG sits within the DIO, and through our apprenticeship you will gain professional knowledge, a recognised qualification and the wider skills required to upskill you and pave the way for your future career.

The role of SSG Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Apprentice is to build, develop and apply their knowledge of electronics and embedded software to design circuits or devices that provide a useful function, that are capable of being manufactured at a competitive cost, and that are reliable and safe in use. This involves enhancing your knowledge of electronics and electronic principles whilst gaining an in-depth understanding around SSG’s electronic security products.

Tasks include:

• Software Development, i.e. Embedded C, Javascript and HTML
• Circuit schematic and PCB layout design.
• Technical writing.
• Agile project delivery.
• Building technical knowledge.
• Collaboration.

The work in the development team is hugely varied, and our project time scales range from a couple of weeks to a few years. You’ll be working across a variety of technology stacks, so we need adaptable and passionate people with problem-solving skills to tackle challenges as we continue to push technology forward.

You will work with all areas of the team, including hardware engineers, firmware and embedded developers, system developers, production staff and support engineers.

You will complete a degree that will support the fundamental technical, scientific, and mathematical principles to equip you with the understanding required to operate effectively and efficiently at a high level within the embedded development world.

You will undertake placements across our production, development and support teams experiencing everything from design and test of simple circuits right the way through to the development of software defined security systems.

You will write documents that describe how the systems you have designed work and develop training material for SSG engineers implement the products in the field.

At SSG you’ll see how your work can really make a difference.

SSG will invest in your career development through mentoring and on-the-job training, formal technical training, and support to professional accreditation.

We will link you up with other Apprentices who you can meet and connect with, give you the opportunity to participate in bi-annual apprenticeship events and get involved with our many networks such as Race, Gender, LBGT+, Faith and Mental Health to really give you that all-round feeling of the culture in our business.

Other benefits include:
•    Access to Defence Discount Service 
•    Specsavers eye test vouchers  
•    Access to the Civil Service Sports Club (CSSC) (fees apply)  
•    Access to the Civil Service Club in London (fees apply)
•    Continuous professional development within the embedded development field
•    Laptop and mobile phone

You will be required to attend university periodically, and complete mandatory training activities in line with your job role.

Further information can be obtained on enquiry.

You are encouraged to apply with your predicted grades. Evidence of the below qualifications will be required as part of your pre-employment checks before a formal offer can be made.

• A-Level standard (or equivalent) in Maths
• At least one further STEM based subject such as Physics, ICT, Computing or Electronics
• English Language at GCSE (grade C or above)

Please note that students are required to be 18 years or over at the start of their Apprenticeship.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Developing Self and Others
• Working Together

Alongside your salary of £23,310, Ministry of Defence contributes £6,293 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Highly competitive Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Alternative working practices such as working from home.
• Opportunity to join one of our several D&I Networks. We value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
• 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Most sites have free car parking, Sports & Social Clubs, Gym, on site shops and subsidised canteens.
• Alternative working practices such as working from home.

Allowances:

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Employment Hours:

• The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees.

Warrington

The CSERB is a critical national intelligence function supporting the Agency’s fight against online Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Acting as the gateway for online CSA reporting, referrals are  received from well-known electronic service providers (ESPs) such as TikTok, Facebook, Dropbox and YouTube via the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

The CSERB has been designated the UK reporting body under the new Online Safety Bill. CSERB will receive online CSA reports from UK companies. This new capability will be integrated with current operations to enhance the Agency’s response to tackling online CSA and coordinating UK law enforcement’s response to safeguarding victims and pursuing offenders.  The CSERB/Designated Reporting Body has been identified as a critical deliverable by the NCA Board.

As a proactive intelligence function the CSERB assesses online CSA reports to determine offences committed, identify risk factors and pursue serious child sex offenders. The CSERB works closely with the NTC, Tasking and NCA Investigations Team to identify the highest harm targets that require an Agency response. Acting as the UK’s central coordination of NCMEC reports the CSERB also works closely with Forces to help protect children from sexual abuse and bring child sex offenders to account.

***To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role***

As a Senior Officer, you will form a key part of the CSERB leadership team.  As such you will be expected to lead and develop not only officers from your team, but across the function.

The role of senior officer necessitates that on a regular basis you will view reports and assess whether the material (this includes images, media and chat) constitutes a criminal offence.  You will ensure quality and standards are maintained in the application and use of a variety of intelligence development methods, together with the appropriate use of specialist intelligence gathering processes.  You will be expected to make sure that corporate records are maintained and you complete assurance processes to validate the work that has been completed by your team members.

You must be resilient as the nature of the material viewed can be challenging.  This is why welfare and wellness is a unit priority.  You will be supported through specialist support mechanisms at individual, team and unit levels and within the team you will also play an active role in our internal wellness and wellbeing activities.  
The unit is based at Olympic House, Warrington. Due to the nature of the role and ongoing need for support, alternate locations are not available.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Demonstrate a time where you have had to use risk management protocols to identify, assess, manage and mitigate risk.
• Experienced in effective decision making
• Thorough understanding of intelligence gathering capabilities

Alongside your salary of £38,642, National Crime Agency contributes £10,433 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

Warrington

The CSERB is a critical national intelligence function supporting the Agency’s fight against online Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Acting as the gateway for online CSA reporting, referrals are  received from well-known electronic service providers (ESPs) such as TikTok, Facebook, Dropbox and YouTube via the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

The CSERB has been designated the UK reporting body under the new Online Safety Bill. CSERB will receive online CSA reports from UK companies. This new capability will be integrated with current operations to enhance the Agency’s response to tackling online CSA and coordinating UK law enforcement’s response to safeguarding victims and pursuing offenders.  The CSERB/Designated Reporting Body has been identified as a critical deliverable by the NCA Board.

As a proactive intelligence function the CSERB assesses online CSA reports to determine offences committed, identify risk factors and pursue serious child sex offenders. The CSERB works closely with the NTC, Tasking and NCA Investigations Team to identify the highest harm targets that require an Agency response. Acting as the UK’s central coordination of NCMEC reports the CSERB also works closely with Forces to help protect children from sexual abuse and bring child sex offenders to account.

The role of the Business Support Assistant necessitates that on a regular basis you will view reports and assess whether the material (this includes images, media and chat) constitutes a criminal offence.  Your task will be to identify the location of the child or subjects, utilising a variety of intelligence development techniques and working within relevant legislation.

***To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role***

You will need to make sure that corporate records are maintained as to the action and casework that is undertaken.

Key to the role is an enquiring mind and ability to think laterally so that the right intelligence development technique is used to identify those who exploit children.  
You must be resilient as the nature of the material viewed can be challenging.  This is why welfare and wellness is a unit priority.  You will be supported through specialist support mechanisms at individual, team and unit levels and within the team you will also play an active role in our internal wellness and wellbeing activities.

The unit is based at Olympic House, Warrington. Due to the nature of the role and ongoing need for support, alternate locations are not available.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi task.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Proven administrative experience to include the use of Microsoft Office and new digital technologies.

Alongside your salary of £22,950, National Crime Agency contributes £6,196 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

Warrington

The CSERB is a critical national intelligence function supporting the Agency’s fight against online Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Acting as the gateway for online CSA reporting, referrals are  received from well-known electronic service providers (ESPs) such as TikTok, Facebook, Dropbox and YouTube via the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

The CSERB has been designated the UK reporting body under the new Online Safety Bill. CSERB will receive online CSA reports from UK companies. This new capability will be integrated with current operations to enhance the Agency’s response to tackling online CSA and coordinating UK law enforcement’s response to safeguarding victims and pursuing offenders.  The CSERB/Designated Reporting Body has been identified as a critical deliverable by the NCA Board.

As a proactive intelligence function the CSERB assesses online CSA reports to determine offences committed, identify risk factors and pursue serious child sex offenders. The CSERB works closely with the NTC, Tasking and NCA Investigations Team to identify the highest harm targets that require an Agency response. Acting as the UK’s central coordination of NCMEC reports the CSERB also works closely with Forces to help protect children from sexual abuse and bring child sex offenders to account.

The role of the Intelligence Officer necessitates that on a regular basis you will view reports and assess whether the material (this includes images, media and chat) constitutes a criminal offence.  Your task will be to identify the location of the child or subjects, utilising a variety of intelligence development techniques and working within relevant legislation.  

***To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role.***

You will need to make sure that corporate records are maintained as to the action and casework that is undertaken.

Key to the role is an enquiring mind and ability to think laterally so that the right intelligence development technique is used to identify those who exploit children.  
You must be resilient as the nature of the material viewed can be challenging.  This is why welfare and wellness is a unit priority.  You will be supported through specialist support mechanisms at individual, team and unit levels and within the team you will also play an active role in our internal wellness and wellbeing activities.

The unit is based at Olympic House, Warrington. Due to the nature of the role and ongoing need for support, alternate locations are not available.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Describe a time where you have overcome obstacles to meet a deadline.
• Describe a time when you analysed information from a wide range of sources to achieve a successful outcome.
• Tell me what inspires you. This could include:  Where you have been inspired to solve a problem.  To develop or learn something new.  To change direction in your life.

Alongside your salary of £26,370, National Crime Agency contributes £7,119 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

Donnington Support Unit Telford Shropshire TF2 8JT

Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.

DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to thrive, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers.

Our staff, future and current will be guided by the 4 Cs and we encourage you to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, collaborative in an inclusive culture, ambitious and resilient and committed to Defence, empowered and able to challenge so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation.

DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience:

• Meaningful, purposeful work
• The ability to learn and grow
• The right opportunities and resources
• To care about your wellbeing
• To feel valued and included

About DIO

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure.

We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman.

Our responsibilities include:

• Plan and deliver major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment
• Provide utilities services
• Manage soft facilities management (i.e. cleaning and catering)
• Provide a safe place to train
• Allocate Service Families Accommodation
• Procure and manage routine maintenance and reactive repair
• Provide a central register of asset information to advise infrastructure planning
• Act as steward of the Defence estate
• Provide the unarmed guarding service

Do you want to join the 2021 Government Security team of the year and be part of our Gold Standard security service?

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) provides high quality security services at approximately 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. We provide access control, military working dogs, control room operations and other security services. We play a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and work to protect the defence estate and personnel from crime, terrorism, espionage and sabotage threats.

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and employs over 2,500 staff. MGS Officers are often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on our professional, customer-focused culture.

All our Security Officers are required to have excellent customer service skills and must be willing to go above and beyond to support security operations across the defence estate. Due to the high profile and strategic locations of the sites we guard, it is essential our Security Officers have a strong work ethic, are able to work as part of a team, are observant to threats and are capable to challenge and de-escalate difficult situations if required. We also require our Security Officers to have good written and verbal communication skills. Our Officers must have resilience and remain positive and friendly in all weather conditions and on all occasions.

We provide our staff with a market leading salary, excellent sickness benefits, together with a defined benefit civil service pension. Free full uniform will be provided.

We are a growing organisation with opportunities for good quality staff to progress their security careers.

The MGS holds the Committed to Equality Gold Standard and we positively encourage applications from all under-represented communities and from all types of working backgrounds.

See more information about the MGS, please read the candidate pack and watch our Security Officer YouTube video https://youtu.be/nzSK9OPOoDI  

About MGS:

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) is a professionally qualified body of Civil Servants who provide unarmed guarding services at approximately 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. The MGS plays a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and works closely with its security partners

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and  employs over 2,500 operational and support staff. The MGS is managed by a Head Office team, dispersed strategically around the country.

MGS officers are very often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on a customer-focused culture, working to DIO’s Values as well as our own core values of honesty, integrity, professionalism and efficiency.

We are passionate about the services we deliver and work hard to keep pace with developments in the security industry, as we seek to be the unarmed  guarding provider of choice. The MGS holds the Committed to Equality Gold Standard and we positively encourage applications from all under-represented communities.

The key duties of a Security Officer are as follows:

Please note that these duties can vary from site to site.

• Controlling vehicular and pedestrian access and exit to/from site
• Issue of passes using site IT systems
• Reporting of environmental issues
• Issue and receipt of keys
• Patrolling on foot or in a vehicle
• Searching of vehicles, baggage, personnel, buildings and open areas
• Escorting visitors
• Traffic management
• Checking identity on site (ad hoc)
• Writing reports on breaches of security or defects and maintaining daily logs
• Referral of complaints
• Reporting MGS infrastructure defects
• Dealing with demonstrators and intruders as directed by those holding operational control
• Safeguarding classified information and material
• Cooperating with other security providers
• Collaborating with emergency services and invoking emergency procedures
• Operating and monitoring security systems; CCTV and alarms etc
• Operating and communicating effectively over the telephone and/or radio
• Reporting safety hazards and accidents in accordance with current instructions
• Carrying out, if required, initial action at the scene of any incident
• Other tasks commensurate with the grade

Travel Requirements:

Where close area working arrangements are in place staff may be required to attend other sites within their travel to work area (one hour from their home) on a detached duty basis.

Desirable Experience and Skills:

A background, qualification or interest in the delivery of site security and/or customer service will be an advantage

Driving licence is required for the use of patrol vehicles on site when required.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £30,000, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,100 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We enable our people to work at the right place, with the right people, at the right time.

We believe that if we look after our people, they will be passionate about delivering great things for our customers.

The MOD Discover My Benefits page lists the full set of benefits. Some of the many benefits you will receive include:

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Free Uniform
• 25 days (215 hours) annual leave rising (1 day per year, 8.6 hours) to 30 days (258) upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Ability to roll over up to 10 days (86 hours) annual leave per year
• Minimum of 15 Days Special Leave in a rolling 12-month period to for volunteer military or emergency service reserve commitments
• Special Paid Leave for volunteering up to 6 days a year
• Enhanced parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing
• Most sites have good travel links with free car parking; many also have other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and / or site shops

Learning & Development;

• Professional and Personal Development of skills
• Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by DIO
• Ability to obtain industry recognised qualifications supported by DIO

Employment Hours:

48 hours gross (including breaks) This is a shift working position. The successful candidate will be expected to work nights, weekends, bank holidays etc. The exact shift pattern will be explained in full during the interview. Successful applicants would work off a 10-week shift roster.

Medical:

MGS applicants are required to attend a medical appointment and to undertake a colour perception test.

This position can be based at NPS 5th Flr West Oakland House Manchester, M16 0PQ and Phoenix House Newport, NP10 8FZ

Please refer to Job Description

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Job Title:  Security Vetting Officer – Personnel Security Vetting Team

Directorate:  Directorate of Security

Band:  5

Overview of the job

The Personnel Security Vetting team are part of Risk and Capabilities Unit in the Directorate of Security. Located in Newport, Wales and Manchester, the team is responsible for evaluative decisions on the suitability of all applicants applying to join the Ministry of Justice and HMPPS Agency who are subject to security vetting. The team contribute to the management of corporate risk on behalf of the organisation, working closely with the Head of Personnel Security Vetting , as well as offering the opportunity to build relationships with individuals and agencies across the criminal justice landscape.

The role will contribute to the acceptance or refusal of vetting on over 6,000 applications in the central Ministry and over 22,000 cases per annum in HMPPS.

The post holder provides verbal and written advice to senior and recruitment managers in the central Ministry, as well as providing information which contributes to submissions, appeals and PQs.

The job role involves close, regular liaison and discussion with recruiting managers and Shared Services vetting teams to ensure any risk to HMPPS is effectively managed. It also involves partnership working with a number of internal and external stakeholders including the police and other criminal justice agencies.

This post will be based in Newport or Manchester within one of our vetting hubs. On occasion there may be a requirement to travel for a location other than your base location for full team/unit events.

Summary

The Security Vetting Officer works as a member of the Personnel Security Vetting team. This team is responsible for making evaluative decisions in a range of substantial work areas on the suitability of applicants to work within the Ministry of Justice and HMPPS; it contributes to the management of corporate risk in compliance with agreed policy and procedures.

To ensure all applicants are evaluated on a consistent basis and providing cover for colleagues to ensure business continuity in their absence, making decisions in consultation with the Head of Team where necessary.

Review and respond to appeals from applicants refused vetting for HMPPS and Ministry of Justice appointments within agreed timescales.
 
Undertake sampling checks on vetting applications ensuring checks are accurately submitted to third party organisations.

To maintain, review and update the record of staff dismissed and workers excluded held on the HMPPS Exclusion List as required in a timely manner.

Contribute to the overall operation of the Personnel Security Vetting team, the post holder will establish and develop stakeholder partnerships, ensuring the organisation applies best practice in security vetting in the most cost effective manner.

Contribute to the analysis of data on vetting applicants and decisions, identifying trends and patterns which may require revision and change to existing protocols or deliver procedural improvements.

Ensure that all applicants are evaluated in compliance with agreed policy and procedural guidelines, consulting with the Head of Team in more complex cases with wider policy, legal or procedural implications.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Ensure the quality and consistency of decision making, retaining an evidentiary audit trail and knowledge bank for future referral for both the Ministry of Justice and HMPPS.
• Operate within the Ministry of Justice SLA constraints and turnaround work to contribute to those timeframes being met.
• Consider the applications presented via the Oleeo platform and make balanced decisions on their eligibility and suitability to progress to a panel review.
• Direct follow up work for clarification purposes with Shared Services Vetting teams as appropriate.
• Provide fair, consistent and defensible decisions on the suitability of applicants, maintaining the security and credibility of the service.
• Work collaboratively and liaise regularly with a number of key stakeholders including Disclosure Scotland, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Corporate Security Branch, National Security team in Shared Services, recruiting managers and HRBPs.
• Applications under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS) should be progressed taking into account relevant policy and codes of practice.
• Consider any appeals/representations against a vetting decision whether from an applicant or third party, providing written notification of outcomes in a timely manner ensuring an appropriate audit trail.
• Monitor the storage of critical data and customer information to support decision making and conduct regular reviews to ensure it is stored accurately, confidentially and responsibly.
• End-to-end management of the Digital Vetting process within the Digital Investigation unit.
• The composition of evidence into formal and detailed reports to enable informed decisions around an individual’s suitability for HMPPS employment.
• Work closely liaising with Disclosure Scotland to ensure the efficient and accurate delivery of PNC reports. Ensure the integrity of data through quality checks, updating a local database of all cases where inaccuracies have been revealed in order that appropriate remedial action is taken.
• Ensure Disclosure Scotland comply with agreed service level agreement (SLA) raising any issues on quality or consistency of service with the contract manager via the Head of the Approvals Team.
• Ensure data is handled in line with the provisions of the Data Protection Act (DPA).
• This post is part of an adaptable resource and the post holder may be flexibly deployed in response to Ministry priorities.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

Please refer to Job Description

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

Alongside your salary of £33,104, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £8,971 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Birmingham, Warrington

Communications Data (CD) underpins virtially every element of modern life. It is about who we communicate with, how those communicaitons takes place, when they happened and where we were at the time.

The need for criminals to communicate means that the requirement for CD and it’s subsequent analysis underpins all the NCA’s operational activity, as such  the demand for CD is increasing.

As technology evolves, the complexity of Communications Data is increasing

This role is based within the Communications Data Units  in Birmingham and Warrington. CDIs work with investigation teams to assist in achieving operational objectives  using communications data.  They manage and facilitate applications for data, within the legislative framework.

**To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role.**

• Act as a nationally accredited Single Point of Contact (SPoC) between the NCA and Telecommunications Operators.
• Facilitate the acquisition and dissemination of Communications Data intelligence and evidence in accordance with legislation and Code of Practice.
• Act as a subject matter expert to provide guidance and advice to Senior Investigating Officers and case teams on the use of Communications DataIdentify, prioritise and manage risk.
• Proactively identify and exploit intelligence sources in collaboration with specialist teams.
• Protect the NCA’s reputation by upholding the highest standards of integrity and accuracy.
• Accreditation is achieved by successful completion of a course, provided by the College of Policing.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Experience of using communication skills to work with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Experience of working with complex data sets and applying quality control processes
• Experience of effective decision making

Alongside your salary of £30,740, National Crime Agency contributes £8,299 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

Swindon

Manager – Evidence and Evaluation (Analysis) 

Salary: £34,905 – £37,173 per annum 
Hours: Full time or Part time (minimum 0.8 FTE) 
Contract Type: Permanent 
Location: Swindon (flexible working) 
Closing Date: 14 January 2023

About this role 

This is an exciting time for the Evidence and Evaluation team within BBSRC as we seek to further develop our analytical capabilities to provide new insights into the BBSRC portfolio of research investments. To support this work, we are seeking someone with an interest in data analysis or data science and a curiosity about bioscience research and the wider research landscape. 

This post will progress data analysis of BBSRC investments across a wide range of topic areas, spanning, agriculture, manufacturing, human and animal health, and technologies. In progressing this work, you will use a range of analysis tools and approaches including text analysis, data visualisation and research topic classification. 

You may not have previous experience with these various analytical tools and data science approaches.  We are looking to recruit someone with the passion and enthusiasm to develop these skills and we will support your learning and development as you progress. 

Strategic data analysis is important work within BBSRC and is critical to providing a robust evidence base to inform BBSRC’s strategic activities. Through your work you will gain a robust understanding of the full portfolio of BBSRC investments, communicating this knowledge to colleagues and stakeholders with clarity and enabling data-driven insights. The post interfaces with colleagues (both analysts and strategy teams) across the wider organisation.   

Main Job Activities 

The main activities of the role will include but are not limited to: 

• Classifying our portfolio of investments: you will use a range of automated, semi-automated and manual approaches to classify BBSRC research funding against scientific topics 
• Data analysis including cleaning, manipulating and summarising research funding data to identify patterns and trends across a wide range of topics 
• Responding to information requests from internal and external stakeholders including Government and other research funders 
• Communicating analyses to varied audiences through, tables, visualisations, reports, presentations, interactives, and dashboards 
• Continuous improvement to develop your knowledge and skills actively applying your learning to activities in the role 

Position and Person Requirements

• Good data analysis skills, able to work efficiently, accurately and in an organised and reproducible manner  
• Scientific literacy with an interest in the biosciences or related subjects  
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to present data clearly and concisely with thought for the needs of your audience  
• Effective team working and interpersonal skills: able to build relationships and work with colleagues to deliver results  
• An ability to plan and prioritise your work, manage activities and meet deadlines 
• Understanding and interest in the current UK research and innovation landscape

Alongside your salary of £34,905, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council contributes £9,424 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Additional information    

Developing talent:

We are committed to developing employees in their roles throughout their career. Learning and development plans enable employees to continue their professional development through training and development opportunities such as e-learning, classroom training and on-the-job experiences. We encourage our employees to share their learning across teams and organisations.  

Benefits:

UKRI can offer the successful candidate:

– Flexible Working

– 30 days annual leave + Public Holidays

– Access to Civil Service Pension Scheme

– Various everyday discounts through our dedicated provider

Swindon

Senior Manager – Evidence and Evaluation

Salary: £43,116 – £47,076 per annum 
Hours: Full time or Part time  
Contract Type: Permanent 
Location: Swindon (flexible working) 
Closing Date: 14 January 2024

About this role 

BBSRC invests around £450 million in world-class bioscience research, innovation and training each year. It is essential that BBSRC can demonstrate the effectiveness of these investments in order to make the case for continued support for UK bioscience. To help achieve this, BBSRC supports a programme of evaluation activities to assess the impact arising from its investments and draw out any lessons for the future. 

BBSRC is currently recruiting two Senior Managers to join our evaluation team and support the delivery of BBSRC’s evaluation programme. The posts will contribute to the development of a robust evidence base of the performance, achievement and impact arising from BBSRC’s investments in bioscience. The posts will also work with colleagues across BBSRC to embed evaluation activities, helping to build a learning culture, and ensuring that key findings from evaluations are used to shape and influence future strategy. 

Main job activities

• Work in partnership with key stakeholders (internal and external) to design, co-develop and implement monitoring and evaluation plans for BBSRC’s investments in research, innovation and training 
• Lead the delivery of specific evaluations of BBSRC investments including internally-led and externally-commissioned activities. This includes work to design and develop logic models, theories of change, surveys, interviews and appropriate methodologies for measuring impact 
• Lead the commissioning and management of externally-commissioned evaluation work, building effective working relationships with contractors 
• Communicate evidence to a wide range of stakeholders, explaining technical information clearly, and describing the implications and uncertainties of evaluation and analysis.
• Contribute to BBSRC’s knowledge and understanding of evaluation and impact evidence approaches, maintaining awareness of current best practice and latest thinking on evaluation methodologies 

Each post will manage a diverse portfolio of work that contributes to the delivery of BBSRC’s evidence base. The posts will be located in BBSRC’s Evidence and Evaluation team. The roles involve close collaboration with colleagues from across BBSRC, with opportunities to work with the wider evaluation community within UKRI. 

BBSRC is looking to recruit individuals with an enthusiasm and aptitude to develop skills required to support the evaluation of research investments. The posts do not require applicants to have previous knowledge / experience of bioscience research.

Position and Person Requirements  

• Good analytical skills with experience of gathering, synthesising and interpreting information from multiple primary and secondary evidence sources 
• A good understanding of a broad range of approaches to evaluation, including the challenges associated with evaluation of research investments 
• Ability to apply critical thinking skills to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems (e.g., as part of evaluation design) 
• Effective communication skills with the ability to produce clear and well-structured documents or presentations 
• An ability to plan and prioritise your own work and the work of others to deliver successful outcomes 
• Effective interpersonal skills including working well in teams with colleagues and external stakeholders  

Alongside your salary of £43,116, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council contributes £11,641 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

In return, UKRI can offer the successful candidate:

– Flexible Working

– 30 days annual leave + Public Holidays

– Access to Civil Service Pension Scheme

– Various everyday discounts through our dedicated provider

HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 3LU

Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.

DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to thrive, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers.

Our staff, future and current will be guided by the 4 Cs and we encourage you to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, collaborative in an inclusive culture, ambitious and resilient and committed to Defence, empowered and able to challenge so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation.

DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience:

• Meaningful, purposeful work
• The ability to learn and grow
• The right opportunities and resources
• To care about your wellbeing
• To feel valued and included

About DIO

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure.

We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman.

Our responsibilities include:

• Plan and deliver major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment
• Provide utilities services
• Manage soft facilities management (i.e. cleaning and catering)
• Provide a safe place to train
• Allocate Service Families Accommodation
• Procure and manage routine maintenance and reactive repair
• Provide a central register of asset information to advise infrastructure planning
• Act as steward of the Defence estate
• Provide the unarmed guarding service

You can view our YouTube video to see more about our work https://www.youtube.com/embed/I9tLu3UdiGY?rel=0

Do you want to join the 2021 Government Security team of the year and be part of our Gold Standard security service?

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) provides high quality security services at approximately 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. We provide access control, military working dogs, control room operations and other security services. We play a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and work to protect the defence estate and personnel from crime, terrorism, espionage and sabotage threats.

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and employs over 2,500 staff. MGS Officers are often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on our professional, customer-focused culture.

All our Security Officers are required to have excellent customer service skills and must be willing to go above and beyond to support security operations across the defence estate. Due to the high profile and strategic locations of the sites we guard, it is essential our Security Officers have a strong work ethic, are able to work as part of a team, are observant to threats and are capable to challenge and de-escalate difficult situations if required. We also require our Security Officers to have good written and verbal communication skills. Our Officers must have resilience and remain positive and friendly in all weather conditions and on all occasions.

We provide our staff with a market leading salary, excellent sickness benefits, together with a defined benefit civil service pension. Free full uniform will be provided.

We are a growing organisation with opportunities for good quality staff to progress their security careers.

The MGS holds the Committed to Equality Gold Standard and we positively encourage applications from all under-represented communities and from all types of working backgrounds.

See more information about the MGS, please read the candidate pack and watch our Security Officer YouTube video https://youtu.be/nzSK9OPOoDI  

About MGS:  

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) is a professionally qualified body of Civil Servants who provide unarmed guarding services at approximately 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. The MGS plays a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and works closely with its security partners

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and  employs over 2,500 operational and support staff. The MGS is managed by a Head Office team, dispersed strategically around the country.

MGS officers are very often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on a customer-focused culture, working to DIO’s Values as well as our own core values of honesty, integrity, professionalism and efficiency.

We are passionate about the services we deliver and work hard to keep pace with developments in the security industry, as we seek to be the unarmed  guarding provider of choice. The MGS holds the Committed to Equality Gold Standard and we positively encourage applications from all under-represented communities.

The key duties of a Security Officer are as follows.

Please note that these duties can vary from site to site.

• Controlling vehicular and pedestrian access and exit to/from site
• Issue of passes using site IT systems
• Reporting of environmental issues
• Issue and receipt of keys
• Patrolling on foot and in a vehicle
• Searching of vehicles, baggage, personnel, buildings and open areas
• Escorting visitors
• Traffic management
• Checking identity on site (ad hoc)
• Writing reports on breaches of security or defects and maintaining daily logs
• Referral of complaints
• Reporting MGS infrastructure defects
• Dealing with demonstrators and intruders as directed by those holding operational control
• Safeguarding classified information and material
• Cooperating with other security providers
• Collaborating with emergency services and invoking emergency procedures
• Operating and monitoring security systems; CCTV and alarms etc
• Operating and communicating effectively over the telephone and/or radio
• Reporting safety hazards and accidents in accordance with current instructions
• Carrying out, if required, initial action at the scene of any incident
• Other tasks commensurate with the grade

Travel Requirements:

Where close area working arrangements are in place staff may be required to attend other sites within their travel to work area (one hour from their home) on a detached duty basis.

Desirable Experience and Skills:

A background, qualification or interest in the delivery of site security and/or customer service will be an advantage.

Full UK Driving Licence is desirable.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £30,000, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,100 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We enable our people to work at the right place, with the right people, at the right time.

We believe that if we look after our people, they will be passionate about delivering great things for our customers.

The MOD Discover My Benefits page lists the full set of benefits. Some of the many benefits you will receive include:

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Free Uniform
• 25 days (215 hours) annual leave rising (1 day per year, 8.6 hours) to 30 days (258) upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Ability to roll over up to 10 days (86 hours) annual leave per year
• Minimum of 15 Days Special Leave in a rolling 12-month period to for volunteer military or emergency service reserve commitments
• Special Paid Leave for volunteering up to 6 days a year
• Enhanced parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing
• Most sites have good travel links with free car parking; many also have other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and / or site shops

Learning & Development:

• Professional and Personal Development of skills
• Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by DIO
• Ability to obtain industry recognised qualifications supported by DIO

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

 Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Employment Hours

48 hours (including breaks). This is a shift working position, The successful candidate will be expected to work nights, weekends, bank holidays etc. The exact shift pattern will be explained in full during the interview

Medical

MGS applicants are required to attend a medical appointment to undertake a colour perception test. Operational staff at RAF Flying Stations and Royal Navy Dockyards are also required to undertake a hearing test