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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

Three New Bailey, Salford, Manchester, M6 5FS, Brooke Lawrance House, Ipswich, IP1 2AN

About Risk and Intelligence Service (RIS)

Risk and Intelligence Service (RIS) is at the heart of HMRC compliance and enforcement activity. The purpose of the Intelligence team within RIS is to develop and enhance the intelligence picture of organised crime and serious fraud impacting HMRC. We then deliver quality intelligence products to drive decision making and compliance interventions to maximise our impact. 

We do this by:

• Collecting, collating, and exploiting intelligence to identify the greatest threats to HMRC and drive operational decision making.
• Providing information, intelligence & live operational support to HMRC teams, Law Enforcement, and international partners to increase their impact and effectiveness.
• Developing and delivering high impacting intervention opportunities to stop and disrupt serious non-compliance.
• Collaborating with national and international partners to increase our collective impact and capability.

Fraud Reporting Gateway team assists in the delivery of this function.

See what it’s like to work at HMRC: find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

The post holder will join the Fraud Reporting Gateway (FRG). The FRG is part of the Intelligence Services branch of RIS Intelligence. The team receive, assesses, and disseminates intelligence derived from Human Intelligence (HumInt) sources, including the HMRC Fraud Hotline, which is open from 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday, to a wide range of customers.

Human Intelligence (HumInt) is the term we use for someone who gives HMRC information about possible criminal offences, regulatory breaches, or non-compliance by a third party. The intelligence usually involves alleged wrongdoing and is a key source of intelligence for RIS.

The team’s activity supports HMRC and external partners to tackle evasion, avoidance, serious non-compliance, and wider criminality. Such cases are expected to contribute to the strategic objectives in the Customer compliance Group business plan.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Handling telephone calls from the public in relation to HMRC fraud.

• Using internal and external databases and other sources to interpret, analyse and accurately record the intelligence received.

• Handling restricted and confidential material.

• Providing support to wider operational teams.

• Maintaining good working relationships with colleagues and managers.

• Assessment and enhancement of the information received, via various communication channels, creating reports/Intelligence packages for dissemination to customers.

• Working in a continuous improvement environment and working closely with others to share ideas and improve processes.

• General office duties including managing and maintaining team mailboxes and databases, stationery ordering, processing of travel bookings, booking meeting / conference room facilities.

• This is a customer facing role that requires office attendance.

• This is a customer facing telephony role, so the post holder should have excellent communication skills alongside the ability to gather information accurately, whilst effectively communicating with the caller.

• The post holder should have the ability to analyse and effectively handle complex information from a wide range of sources.

• The post holder should be able to manage a challenging workload with changing priorities, be a team player but also work independently to a high standard.

Essential Criteria:

• National Security Vetting (NSV) at Security Check clearance is essential for this role.
• If successful, a job will be conditional on currently holding or subsequently passing NSV at SC clearance level
• If you do not hold or are unable to obtain the required security vetting, we will withdraw the offer of employment, this is because you will not have met the conditions of employment for this role.

Desirable Criteria:

Recent knowledge and evidence of working within either the Criminal Justice or Tax compliance environment would be advantageous, however training is available.

Training

• Full Training for the role will be provided.

• The post holder will be required to successfully complete the Intelligence Foundation Course and be awarded the Accredited Counter Fraud Intelligence Technician (ACFITech) Certificate (unless an equivalent Criminal Justice Level 1 award has already been obtained).

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £24,278, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £6,555 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• A cycle to work scheme
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30 days, plus public holidays, and privilege leave.
• Access to a range of retail, travel, and lifestyle employee discounts.

Find more about HMRC benefits in ‘Your little extras and big benefits handbook’ for further information or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service.

London & South-East

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.

During your time in our Apprenticeship Academy, you will 
•    Work towards achieving the Fire, Emergency and Security Technician Level Three standard
•    Attain your professional membership by the Engineering Council successful completion will equip you with the requirements for registration as EngTech.
•    Be supported by your SSG Line Manager, dedicated Apprenticeship Manager, and mentor. In addition to your tutors.
•    Opportunity to gain a breadth of experience across multiple teams in SSG / DIO
•    Potential opportunity to visit overseas DIO estates
•    Gain real world experience with external contractors/consultants

We will support your technical development through a range of on-the-job experiences, putting what you’re learning in the classroom into practice in your day job. We’ll also support your professional development through a combination of training courses, mentoring, and networking opportunities.

On this 36-month Fire, Emergency and Security Systems Technician standard, you’ll be immersed in DIO and SSG from day one. Fast paced and rewarding, this Apprenticeship will allow you to make your mark on a global organisation, while building connections with talented people across our business. 
 
You will be required to attend college, on a block release basis, each unit will be a 3-day attendance usually running from Wednesday to Friday. College attendance is mandatory for the qualification to be achieved, with cost of any overnight accommodation required for the college attendance funded by the employer.

From the beginning, you’ll be given a mentor to provide useful tips and guidance on your work and career whenever you need it. You will also be given a full induction on how SSG functions as a business, and the wider DIO, becoming an integral part of our Apprenticeship Academy, and of course, discover how your role plays a crucial part in driving a culture and community of advancement and continuous improvement.

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.

Your tasks will include learning about and gaining experience whilst supervised in the following areas:
•    Control Room IAS, CCTV & AACS Standard Monitoring Systems
•    Automatic Access Control Systems
•    CCTV Systems
•    External & Perimeter Intruder Detection Systems
•    Intruder Alarm Systems

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

Please note that due to the nature of the role, it is an essential requirement that you undertake and obtain Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance by the end of your 3-year Apprenticeship Programme.

You will be provided with a non-liveried company vehicle to work in the field travelling between various governmental and military sites alongside your experienced SSG mentors.

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 security field
•    Laptop, tablet, and mobile phone 
•    Tool kit and uniform

Further information can be obtained on enquiry.

Environmental Factors:

The applicant may be required to undertake occasional work within Radiological and Explosive Storage areas.

Minimum Provisional Driving Licence
Driving a vehicle is a requirement of the job; field technicians are tasked from home and are provided with a vehicle to carry their tools and equipment to/from sites which are remote and not accessible by public transport and in response to SSG’s 24/7 On Call Rota.

5 x GCSE A*- C Grades (or equivalent)

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.

London

DESNZ

The responsibilities for the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero for 2023 are as follows: 

• Delivering security of energy supply 
• Ensuring properly functioning energy markets 
• Encouraging greater energy efficiency 
• Seizing the opportunities of net zero to lead the world in new green industries 

For 2023, our priorities are: 

• Ensure security of energy supply this winter, next winter and in the longer-term – bringing down energy bills and reducing inflation. 
• Ensure the UK is on track to meet its legally binding Net Zero commitments and support economic growth by significantly speeding up delivery of network infrastructure and domestic energy production. 
• Improve the energy efficiency of UK homes, businesses and public sector buildings to meet the 15% demand reduction ambition. 
• Deliver current schemes to support energy consumers with their bills and develop options for long-term reform to improve how the electricity market works for families and businesses. 
• Seize the economic benefits of Net Zero, including the jobs and growth created through investment in new green industries. 
• Pass the Energy Bill to support the emerging CCUS and hydrogen sectors; to update the governance of the energy system; and to reduce the time taken to consent offshore wind. 

Our Inclusive Environment

We are building an inclusive culture to make the Department a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves.

We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. We will fully support candidates with a disability or long-term condition who require adjustments in our recruitment process.

Find Out More

We regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/departmentforenergysecurityandnetzero?

You can also follow our LinkedIn Careers Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/desnz-careers/

The two roles are both exciting opportunities, one within the Crisis Management & Fuel Resilience (CMFR) team, and the other in State Threats, Energy Resilience and Cyber Security (STERCS). Both roles are supporting high-profile, crosscutting risk and resilience work at the forefront of seniors’ and ministers’ priorities. You will provide critical expertise and build links between DESNZ and other partners across Government and industry to guarantee the Department has the right plans, processes, and capabilities to respond to incidents affecting our diverse sectors.

In CMFR, alongside supporting crisis management exercising activity, this role refines and builds capabilities via adherence to a response assurance framework and management of lessons identified from responses to emergencies, such as Russia-Ukraine response, Covid-19 or incidents caused by severe weather. Working closely with DESNZ sector teams, you will build confidence and expertise in managing emergencies as and when they occur, identify gaps in departmental knowledge and skills, assure plans and contribute to the delivery of crisis management excellence across DESNZ and Government.

In STERCS, the role is an exciting opportunity to work across government and with industry to support the policy development to mitigate risks in the downstream electricity sector.

Both roles provide an opportunity to build a strong and collaborative network across the department, government and industry, working together to build resilience and be at the heart of government response structures. This role also allows you to build a diverse knowledge base of DESNZ Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) sectors and its wide policy portfolio.  

As part of CMFR and STERCS you will also support the Departments response to emergencies, being a core member of the Emergency Response Team. This role is a unique opportunity to work across a variety of DESNZ sectors and be part of the XHMG response and resilience community. 

If you would like to play a role in shaping the preparedness of DESNZ and Government, we would love to hear from you!

About the team:

Our friendly, welcoming and supportive teams ensure the risks of significant disruption to energy supplies and Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) are understood, prepared for and responded to effectively. We work across Whitehall and industry on the mitigation, prevention and reduction of risks, including severe weather (floods, storms, space weather), supply chain issues, cyber-attacks, terrorism, state actors, industrial action, and economic shocks. Our team works reciprocally to improve the resilience of sectors, in particular the oil, gas and electricity sectors, leading on the development of contingency plans and mitigation policies.

Our team provides emergency response coordination across DESNZ’s broad portfolio. We bring together the different strands of complex response operations and feed into cross-government COBR response structures and activity. We collaboratively develop and exercise plans and provide bespoke emergency response training to make sure that government is ready to respond effectively to incidents that threaten our areas of interest.

Emergency Response Capabilities and Operations Advisor

Crisis management might sound complicated, but effective response and preparedness comes down to understanding and communicating the risk and effective lessons learnt management – learning from past experiences to know what we need to do to, be prepared to respond and working with our key partners to ensure we collectively act at the right time according to the practised and integrated processes we have in place.

We are looking for a talented HEO (or someone ready for promotion) who is able to provide thought leadership and build positive and productive relationships with the full range of partners to deliver our objectives.

Working in our Emergency Response:

Capabilities and Operations (ERCO) Team within CMFR, you will focus on ensuring the implementation of the Lessons Learnt Strategy as well as leading on the management of the Assurance Framework across risk owning teams in DESNZ. The work is vital in assuring our preparedness to deal with incidents and in how we provide these assurances to seniors and ministers including through exercising with industry and across Government.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Support the management and delivery of the Emergency Response Concept of Operations and work to develop our preparedness to respond to incidents as a Lead Government Department during crises.

• Provide a key role in the DESNZ emergency response exercising and assurance work.

• Maintain a network with other DESNZ teams, ensuring advice and support on working to the Assurance Framework and associated resilience standards.

• Capture lessons identified from all activities and ensure we are proactively monitoring the implementation of those lessons and act as a lesson learnt and assurance champion – promoting meaningful implementation across the Department.

• Support the design and development of internal response exercises to build capability within DESNZ.

• Participate in cross-Whitehall exercising fora as appropriate.

• Support the coordination of the Department’s response to emergencies major incidents as and when they occur.

Other key responsibilities will be:

• Lead by example, helping to promote a positive culture of diversity, inclusion and collaboration within CMFR

• Drive yours and others personal development, ensuring they are happy, motivated and clear in our/their objectives and priorities.

• Maintain positive relationships with DESNZ teams and wider stakeholders to ensure a multidisciplinary and combined approach and interact with appropriate organisations across HMG and Agencies to work collaboratively on capability development and positively promote DESNZ interests

• Communicate effectively to provide advice, mentorship and direction internally and externally to partners and staff.

Policy Advisor: Downstream Gas and Electricity Resilience

• You can look forward to leading the implementation of the Severe Space Weather Preparedness Strategy across Government. Ensuring critical sectors (including electricity) are mitigating the effects of and prepared to respond to a Severe Space Weather event. 

• You will support policy development to mitigate the risk of downstream electricity disruptive incidents, working with industry to ensure their and Departmental / HMG readiness to respond. 

• You will develop capabilities within the team to ensure we can fulfil our role as a Lead Government Department during an energy crisis. Including playing a key role in responding to disruptive emergencies in the energy sector when they occur; developing viable policy options and advising Ministers on appropriate response actions.

• All of the above involve significant engagement and collaborative working with the industry, energy teams across DESNZ and other government departments

Skills and experience requirements

You do not need to be a crisis management specialist, as we provide on the job training. Both roles would suit someone who is practically minded and seeking to develop transferable skills, or who may have an interest in moving into crisis management policy. Experience of energy and/or exercising and/or crisis management is desirable but not necessary. 

We are looking for someone who is flexible, proactive, enthusiastic and energetic, who can learn quickly and work collaboratively with others across industry and wider government.

You will:

• Be dedicated and have a hardworking, flexible approach to work.

• Enjoy delivering across multiple concurrent workstreams, prioritising when needed.

• A willingness to develop pragmatic solutions to risk and crisis management.

• Have an eye for detail and good analytical and data skills.

• Emergencies can occur at any time so you will become a member of the Out of Hours Emergency Rota (roughly 1 week in 6), providing a 24hr/7days a week capability. An additional allowance is provided for this function.

• Have or be willing to acquire DV security clearance, which is essential for this role.

The DV process can be completed in post, and requires you have 10 years residency in the UK and UK National Status. (Please contact the vacancy manager if you are unsure whether you meet these requirements).

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

Alongside your salary of £34,410, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £9,290 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including: A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours. Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an average employer contribution of 27%. A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30. An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue. Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts. A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need.

– The Royal Citadel, Plymouth, PL1 2PD; – DIO Kirkcudbright, MGS Guardroom, Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4QZ;

The Challenge:

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 a range of security services at over 160 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 mission of the MGS is to protect Defence from threats including crime, terrorism, espionage and sabotage.

The MGS employs over 2,700 security officers and support staff. Our security services include a large Military Working Dog (MWD) division with 11 units across the country, Control Room Operations, Static and Mobile security duties including access control, visitor access, traffic management, and foot patrols.

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

Main Responsibilities

• 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 & Skills:

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

Full UK Driving licence due to post requirements.

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

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

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 (including breaks) based on full time. 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. This is a shift working position due to site requirements.

Medical

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

About DIO

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, LGBTQ+, 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

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
• 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.

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

MOD West Moors, West Moors Dorset BH21 6QS

The Challenge

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 over 140 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 over 140 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.

Main Responsibilities

• Annual Licensing
• Continuation Training
• Upkeep of paperwork
• Using IT facilities
• Dog Welfare (for all Military Working Dogs on site)
• Daily upkeep of the Kennels (Disinfecting, sweeping and jet washing)
• Collaborating closely with Dog Evaluation Officer and Kennel Supervisor
• Driving MOD vehicles (Crucial for post)
• Controlling vehicular and pedestrian access and exit to/from site
• Issuing of passes
• Issuing and receipt of keys
• Searching of vehicles, baggage, personnel, buildings and open areas
• Escorting of visitors
• Controlling traffic
• Checking identity
• Reporting on breaches of security or defects
• Dealing with demonstrators and intruders
• Safeguarding classified information and material
• Collaborating closely with emergency services and invoking emergency procedures
• Operating and monitoring security systems; CCTV and alarms etc
• Reporting safety hazards and accidents
• Carrying out, if required, initial action at the scene of any incident

Desirable Experience & Skills

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

Travel Requirements

Alongside your normal patrolling duties that will encompass this role, there may be on occasion where you may need to travel to other sites to meet the needs of the Business, however, any taskings of this kind would be carried out in a MOD Vehicle.

A full UK Driving licence is essential for this role as you will be required to make trips to the local vets and the Defence Animal Centre as well as carrying out Mobile patrols.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service

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%
• 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Ability to roll over up to 10 days annual leave per year
• 8 public holidays
• 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 maternity, paternity and adoption 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

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

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 Gross (43 Net) Hours per week over a rolling week Sunday to Saturday. 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.

About DIO

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

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