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Cheltenham, London, Manchester

At GCHQ, we unlock the complex world of data and communications to keep the UK and its citizens safe, both in the real world and online. Working closely with our British Intelligence partners in MI5 and MI6, we protect the UK from threats including serious organised crime, terrorism, and cyber-attacks. A role in GCHQ means you’ll have varied and fascinating work in a supportive and encouraging environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork.  

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, is the UK Government’s lead authority on cyber security. The organisation is at the heart of the Government’s cyber security strategy and has the aim of making the UK the safest place to live and work online.  This role is in NCSC’s Resilience and Future Technology Directorate, which is at the forefront of our security mission, leading the government’s “whole of society” approach to building a resilient and prosperous digital UK.   

Within the Resilience and Future Technology Directorate, the Private Sector Critical National Infrastructure (PSCNI) team works together with the private sector organisations that operate our critical national infrastructure – supporting their cyber security and resilience to protect these essential services. This work with industry often involves identifying and resolving common challenges and opportunities affecting several CNI sectors – the PSCNI Campaigns and Collaborations Hub leads this cross-sector approach.  

What will the successful candidate be doing? 

• Leading cross-sector work to identify and mitigate common cyber risks to UK CNI to increase their overall cyber security and resilience. This will involve working with colleagues across the organisation to identify priorities, develop responses to them, and work with sector-facing teams, policy and regulatory colleagues, and operational and technical-focused colleagues to deliver them.
• Working with colleagues across NCSC and government (Cabinet Office, CPNI and lead government departments) to progress policy change on priority issues relating to CNI cyber resilience, such as high-risk vendors.
• Working with colleagues across NCSC and our parent organisation to ensure that PSCNI engagement with industry makes most effective use of threat intelligence.
• Coordinating the PSCNI input to NCSC’s response to major cyber incidents.
• Support wider work of the Campaigns and Collaboration Hub.
• Line management of at least one team member.

As Policy and Response Lead, you will be responsible for planning and delivering cross-sector work to identify and mitigate cyber risks to UK CNI. You will be: 

• A self-starter, confident applying structure to messy problems and comfortable with ambiguity. 
• A strategic thinker, able to balance competing demands and long-term and short-term priorities.
• A team player, able to bring the best out of colleagues within the campaigns and collaborations hub (CHH) team and across the business.
• A bridge, connecting technical-focused colleagues and external stakeholders. You do not need to be a cyber security specialist, but able to grasp and translate complex cyber security issues.

 

The successful candidate will need to have:

• Communication and Knowledge sharing    – Higher 
• Corporate Vision and Efficiency   – Intermediate 
• Change and Innovation   – Higher 
• Analysis and Decision Making – Intermediate
• Contribution to Delivery   – Higher
• Managing the Customer Relationship   – Higher
• Working with and Leading Others – Higher

You can familiarise yourself with the general competencies we use to assess the aptitude of candidates here – Recruitment Process

At NCSC and GCHQ, we are proud of our inclusive and supportive working environment that’s designed to encourage open minds and attitudes.  As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we are committed to helping you fulfil your potential.  With comprehensive training and development opportunities, tailored to your needs and the requirements of your work, we will enable you to flourish in your role and perform to the very best of your abilities.

You’ll receive a starting salary of £45,676 plus an annual National Security Payment of £2,428 subject to mandatory training. A London Allowance of £6,250 is applicable for London contracted employees. 

Other benefits: 

• 25 Days Annual Leave automatically rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service, and an additional 10.5 day’s public and privilege holidays 
• An environment with flexible working options 
• Opportunities to be recognised through our employee performance scheme. 
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Facilities such as a gym, restaurant and on-site coffee bars (at some locations)
• Paid parental and adoption leave.
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

We operate a hybrid working model and fully support flexibility with colleagues already based across the UK working from home and linked to one of our core locations in Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), London, Manchester, Edinburgh or Darlington.

For this role you will be linked to one of the core locations, the frequency of attendance at our offices is agreed with you as relevant to your role.

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment?

Do you want to be part of modernising cybersecurity within a large organisation? Can you identify Information Security threat and vulnerability trends?

Then we could have the role for you.

We are looking for Cyber Security Vulnerability Lead Analyst, to work within the expanding Cyber Threat intelligence and Vulnerability Assessment team.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has a long history of working with personal, economic and commercial information. Security and the management of information used for corporate and statistical activities is critical to business operations and the trust that citizens place in us. ONS has a strong commitment to protecting this information.

We will be holding a webinar on the 28th March to talk about Cyber Security and security careers at ONS. If you are interested in finding out more about the work we do, and our teams plans, please sign up to our Eventbrite webinar or take a look at some of our current content from people in the Security team.

The Cyber Security Vulnerability Lead Analyst role forms part of the ONS Operational Security team within the Security and Information Management Directorate at the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The role reports to the Cyber Security Principal.

The Cyber Security Vulnerability Lead Analyst will Lead the Cyber Threat intelligence and Vulnerability Assessment team.

The last few years has seen an extensive overhaul of security and information management to meet the challenges of corporate and statistics transformation in technology, methods and practice, the Digital Economy Act and organisational risk appetite. The capability is evolving and expanding to address changes in threat and business direction.

What will the successful candidate be doing?

You will be delivering the core security operations of threat intelligence and vulnerability management. The role interacts with all areas of ONS to support and deliver these capabilities.

You will be key to the delivery of seamless threat intelligence and vulnerability management service into ONS business operations, verifying the effectiveness of estate-wide security measures.

You will manage the development and implementation of multiple vulnerability assessments and enterprise-wide scanning strategies across multiple complex environments.

You will establish a detailed understanding of ONS data security and architectures enabling the delivery of consistent security advice.

The Ideal candidate

As a Cyber Security Vulnerability Lead Analyst you will provide feedback and recommendations to the Cyber Security Principal on the emerging threats and the effectiveness of the vulnerability management service. You will have the ability to:

• Manage the development and implementation of multiple vulnerability assessments and enterprise-wide scanning strategies across multiple complex environments.
• Manage the triage and prioritisation of vulnerabilities through a risk-based approach, ensuring mitigation measures are implemented.
• Manage the development and implementation of the threat intelligence service across ONS engaging with internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish a detailed understanding of ONS data security and architectures enabling the delivery of a consistent security advice.
• Proactively identify and leverage threat intelligence sources to inform strategic vulnerability mitigation measures
• Develops ONS security policies and procedures to meet the corporate, regulatory and legal requirements.

You will need a willingness to work towards or obtain relevant professional qualifications and memberships:

• Working towards or have obtained, relevant professional membership e.g. practitioner level within the CESG Certified Professional scheme (CCP).
• Working towards or have obtained, professional development qualifications within specialist Security discipline e.g. Certified Ethical Hacker, ISO 27001 Security Auditor or equivalent

Essential Criteria

• Expert knowledge of application, infrastructure and networking security controls and systems covering physical, procedural and technical (ICT) areas, particularly in relation to data management.
• Experience of assisting with security advice and technical security solutions.
• Experience of using a variety of sources of information to identify, analyse and report on relevant threats and vulnerabilities.
• Experienced in supporting and managing a team in a multi-discipline environment.

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Seeing the Big Picture

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

• Cyber Security Operations
• Protective Security
• Threat Intelligence and Threat Assessment
• Threat Understanding

The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5400 valued colleagues across the business.

We operate a hybrid working model and fully support flexibility with colleagues already based across the UK working from home and linked to one of our core locations in Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), London, Manchester, Edinburgh or Darlington.

For this role you will be linked to one of the core locations, the frequency of attendance at our offices is agreed with you as relevant to your role.

Do you want to work in a role where you can have an impact at your organisation by keeping valuable data protected?

Can you stay one step ahead of where no two days are the same. If so, we have the role for you.

We are looking for Cyber Security Monitoring Lead Analyst, to work within the expanding Cyber Security team within the Security and Information Management Directorate.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has a long history of working with personal, economic and commercial information. Security and the management of information used for corporate and statistical activities is critical to business operations and the trust that citizens place in us. ONS has a strong commitment to protecting this information.

We will be holding a webinar on the 28th March to talk about Cyber Security and security careers at ONS. If you are interested in finding out more about the work we do, and our teams plans, please sign up to our Eventbrite webinar or take a look at some of our current content from people in the Security team.

The Cyber Security Monitoring Lead Analyst role forms part of the ONS Operational Security team within the Security and Information Management Division. The Cyber Security Monitoring Lead will lead groups of Cyber Security professionals to deliver defined pieces of work. You will report to the Cyber Security Principal.

You will interact with all areas of ONS to support and deliver these capabilities. Building successful working relationships with key stakeholders to improve the security of ONS.

The last few years has seen an extensive overhaul of security and information management to meet the challenges of corporate and statistics transformation in technology, methods and practice, the Digital Economy Act and organisational risk appetite. The capability is evolving and expanding to address changes in threat and business direction.

What will the successful candidate be doing?

Your primary focus is to deliver the core security operations capabilities; service management; protective monitoring; and security education and awareness. You will interact with all areas of ONS to support and deliver these capabilities.

You will provide seamless security operations integrated into ONS business operations, verifying the effectiveness of estate-wide security measures and effective response to security incidents.

You will deliver the core security operations capabilities; service management; protective monitoring; and security education and awareness.

The Ideal candidate

As a Cyber Security Monitoring Lead Analyst, you will manage the implementation of the monitoring roadmap. You will have the ability to:

• Support the shaping of the monitoring strategy, ensuring requirements, policies and standards to govern all activities and outputs are met.
• Manage the monitoring, triaging, and investigation of security alerts on protective monitoring platforms to identify security incidents, and reviewing analysis of security event data to manage security incident response, reporting, or escalation where appropriate.
• Lead small monitoring teams in the design, development and enablement of automated monitoring processes, recommending and implementing the latest SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and network analysis tools, techniques and procedures to:
  1. detect malicious activity
  2. ensure continuous improvement through dashboard monitoring or retrospective assessment
• Establish a detailed understanding of ONS data security and architectures enabling the delivery of a consistent security advice.
• Develops ONS security policies and procedures to meet the corporate, regulatory and legal requirements
• Reports critical security incidents to the Cyber Security Principal
• Builds successful working relationships with key stakeholders to improve the security of ONS

You will need a willingness to work towards or obtain relevant professional qualifications and memberships:

• Working towards or have obtained, relevant professional membership e.g. practitioner level within the CESG Certified Professional scheme (CCP).
• Working towards or have obtained, professional development qualifications within specialist Security discipline e.g. Certified Ethical Hacker, ISO 27001 Security Auditor or equivalent

Essential Criteria

• Expert knowledge of application, infrastructure and networking security controls and systems covering physical, procedural and technical (ICT) areas, particularly in relation to data management.
• Experience of assisting with security advice and technical security solutions.
• Experience of using a variety of sources of information to identify, analyse and report on incidents and events.
• Experienced in supporting and managing team in a multi-discipline environment.

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:

• Cyber Security Operations
• Intrusion Detection and Analysis
• Protective Security
• Secure Operations Management

The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5400 valued colleagues across the business.

We operate a hybrid working model and fully support flexibility with colleagues already based across the UK working from home and linked to one of our core locations in Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), London, Manchester, Edinburgh or Darlington.

For this role you will be linked to one of the core locations, the frequency of attendance at our offices is agreed with you as relevant to your role.

Can you strengthen cybersecurity, drive resilience and unlock innovation across cloud, multicloud and hybrid environments?

Do you want to be a key part of the delivery of all aspects of security within a large organisation? Then we could have the role for you.

We are looking for a The Head of Large Programme Security Delivery to manage and report on the delivery of all aspects of security large key programmes.

The Office for National Statistics is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics and holds a unique role in informing debate and supporting Government to make better decisions for the UK.  The Integrated Data Programme (IDP) is a cross-government initiative led out of ONS that aims to create an Integrated Data Service (IDS) which will bring together ready-to-use data to support faster, more collaborative data analysis for public good.

The benefits

We are committed to supporting our people’s wellbeing by offering flexible ways of working that support a healthy work life balance. We are happy to explore opportunities with you about working flexibly in line with our hybrid working policies.

The Head of Large Programme Security Delivery role provides the leadership and oversight of security design, risk and operational implementation for ONS’ large key programmes including IDP.

You will be at the heart of delivering radical, ambitious, inclusive and sustainable change in the secure sharing of government data to inform and evaluate policy and decision-making on the UK economy and society.

What will the successful candidate be doing?

You will oversee, manage and report on the delivery of all aspects of security for large key programme/s including security threat and risk advice, technical and business operational design through ‘secure by design’ protections, the identification and reporting of security risk, the selection of appropriate mitigations to meet risk appetite and the delivery of security assurance for live operations.

You will be the primary security point of contact for the key programme/s leadership and wider government stakeholders involved in the programme. You will ensure the delivery of security and information management milestones, and the underpinning technical, people, process and data security measures.

You will be a key part of the Security and Information Management Directorate (SaIM) leadership team, reporting to the Chief Security Officer (CSO) ,while integrated within the key programme/s.

The Ideal candidate

As The Head of Large Programmes within the security team, you will operate as the SaIM owner for key programme security delivery, ensuring the oversight of security requirements development, threat and risk understanding, technical and business operations secure design. The key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead security risk management activities within programmes, while applying the fundamental principles of risk management to a range of complex scenarios, including regulatory or legislative compliance activities;
• Provide guidance to ensure ongoing confidence that fundamental organisational security needs have been met, including integrating a range of assurance approaches and techniques to give continued confidence to the risk owners;
• Influence leaders and partners to ensure the appropriate understanding of security risk and its management to support data safeguarding, trust in data sharing and analytical activity;
• Guide and direct specialist activities of others, including the programme embedded team of SaIM security and information specialists, through existing Directorate structures, ensuring local delivery of programme milestones;
• Oversee the effective delivery of security work within key programme/s and reporting this to the relevant boards and the CSO, including financial, resourcing, design, operations and risk activity.

Essential Criteria

• Experience in acting as an SME for cyber risk scenarios with experience of providing recommendations to highly complex problems;
• An ability to present a big-picture view of a complex operating environment and identify strategic factors relevant to security and risk appetite;
• Experience in leading security team delivery in complex technical environments, supporting technical and business advice to programmes and within organisations;
• Knowledge of UK Government security approaches, security guidance, legislation and appropriate international standards;

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Applied security capability
• Protective Security
• Threat Understanding
• Information risk assessment and risk management

The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5400 valued colleagues across the business.

Chelmsford, Dover, Stevenage

Become an accredited NCA Investigator. Lead the fight against Serious and Organised crime and protect the public from the most dangerous criminals. Enable us to develop your learning, knowledge and capability equipping you with the skills and support to target and pursue those who pose greatest risk to the UK. Gain specialist skills and progress to experience a world of roles in one team, one NCA.

Event details

To learn more about this role, please register your interest for the following event:

At 18:00 on Monday 27th March 2023 we will be hosting a MS Teams event where you can hear from NCA Officers working and be given the opportunity to ask questions about the role and what it’s like to work for the NCA.

Attendance for this event is by invitation only. To register your interest, please contact [email protected] ASAP with the subject NCA – ODP Investigations Event 27/03/23.

As an NCA Investigator you will be directly engaged in the fight against Serious and Organised Crime. This is a rewarding but demanding role calling for both commitment and flexibility. As part of a focussed team you will identify, gather, review and develop evidence using both overt and covert tactics, including surveillance, in order to obtain a complete evidential picture and implement effective operational strategies to bring these offenders to justice. The role will see you receive comprehensive training which will prepare and enable you to  competently perform all initial investigational roles to include: arrest, conflict management, systematic search, witness, victim and suspect interview, appropriate level case file preparation and disclosure  and Court Room presentation. This training will include direction in the use of force and the operation of PPE including PAVA spray, batons and handcuffs. Additionally you will receive instruction in specialist ground breaking overt and covert investigational techniques and innovative approaches and be empowered to make decisions which help disrupt and bring to justice criminals who present the highest National threat to the UK. In doing so you will utilise the skills of associated NCA teams such as Intelligence and forensics and develop close working partnerships with other UK and overseas Law Enforcement agencies, UK Police and the Crown Prosecution Service.

***All NCA officers must hold SC Enhanced upon entry as a minimum. To meet the National Security Vetting requirements for this role you will need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 out of the past 5 years. For more information please see the Candidate information Pack***

The National Crime Agency has high expectations – during the programme you will receive training into the legislation that the Agency works under. You will be required to successfully pass 2 exams where this knowledge will be tested. You will be given 2 chances to pass these exams. If you are unsuccessful then you will not be able to continue on the programme. Your appointment as an officer of the NCA and continued employment is dependent on the successful completion of this programme

• The NCA is a 24/7 organisation, and working patterns must support business requirements. Some roles may require you to respond at short notice or outside of core hours.
• Individuals will be required to undertake and pass a substance misuse test as part of pre-employment check.
• To be considered you will need to successfully complete an SC enhanced clearance before commencing the role.
• We want to recruit and retain the very best and broadest diversity of officers so the NCA welcomes applications from individuals from a range all minority backgrounds
• Please be aware that you can be posted to any location that you put in your preferences. If you would only like to be posted one location, please confirm one location only. If you are posted to a location that you have requested and you do not accept that location, you may not be offered another role.
• You may be exposed to Child sexual abuse/exploitation you should consider the sensitive nature of this work before deciding to apply

Full DVLA Licence (Includes Full EU Licences) or the ability to obtain a Full Driving Licence within one year in post.

The following qualifications/skills are essential to the role and proof will be required at interview:

Confirmation of holding a minimum of Grade 4 / C GCSE Including Mathematics and English, or equivalent.

Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.
Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.
Failure to provide evidence at interview may result in your application not progressing to the next stage.

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

• Describe a personal achievement of which you are proud and explain how you accomplished this.
• Describe a time where you have overcome adversity.
• Explain 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.

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).

Folkestone Martello House, Heathrow Amadeus House

Home Office Intelligence brings together a number of existing teams involved in the collection and analysis of border and immigration related intelligence. It delivers Intelligence Collection, Development, Analysis, Targeting (Data Analytics) and Watchlisting capabilities within the Home Office and to its partners across Government and Law Enforcement. Learn more on the HO Intelligence careers page.

This is a role within Home Office Intelligence directorate and presents an excellent opportunity to be involved in a developing area of intelligence work, helping to set the direction of the team and draft policy and guidance.

The Home Office Open-Source Intelligence Team (OSINT) through the use of specialist software and analytical tools are responsible for the investigation of Social Media and Online platforms to identify threats and criminality concerning organised immigration and border related crimes. The team identify and exploit online opportunities in order to reduce harm to the UK by maintaining an up-to-date understanding of internet-based technology and emerging trends relating to covert user techniques, social media and mobile applications. You will work closely with other law enforcement partners and colleagues to support intelligence and investigative advancement through intelligence capture and other key supportive tactics such as analytical profiling.

We’re looking for someone with a proven aptitude for detailed internet-based research to join our growing team. You will be able to demonstrate a keen interest and ability for working in an open-source investigative environment, helping us to tackle immigration and border related crimes on a national scale. The role offers a range of opportunities to develop your internet research skills, while giving you a greater understanding of the cyber threat landscape. You will also be able to develop your internal and external stakeholder skills so that information can be processed and shared appropriately across the entire business, and with corporate partners.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking initial assessment of intelligence to establish what Open Source research is required, in line with local, regional and national priorities as well as threat and risk levels

• Ensuring all intelligence is handled in accordance with legislation and Intelligence Manual Standards

• Providing ongoing intelligence support for complex criminal investigations including mapping and disclosure

• Managing high-harm cases with an appropriate risk management plan

• Identify intelligence gaps and ensure that any new patterns of abuse are quickly and accurately reported in order to inform the monthly/annual threat assessment process

• Drafting reports and summaries to the required standard

• Prioritising and allocating your time in line with the agreed development strategy and department priorities

• Creation of high quality intelligence packages and products

• Dissemination of high quality intelligence products in the appropriate format

• Ensuring that research and Intelligence reports are accurate, and that Intelligence is sanitised correctly, including the quality assurance and compliance of intelligence products where relevant

• Identifying, collecting and developing Internet based open source intelligence as well as effectively report on findings from surface, deep and dark web environments

• Identifying and understanding the wider threat landscape.

The successful candidates can start in post if they have a minimum of Security Check (SC) clearance but will be expected to undergo and successfully obtain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance once in post, if not already held. If candidates do not successfully obtain DV clearance they will remain in post, but certain functions of the role will not be carried out by the candidate.

Essential criteria

Successful candidates should be able to:

• Demonstrate aptitude for detailed internet research

• Demonstrate ability to use a wide range of tools for the purpose of conducting effective Internet based open-source intelligence identification, collection and reporting

• Demonstrate ability in the identification, analysis, extrapolation and visualisation of data from multiple sources, using established tools and methodologies

• Able to proactively develop effective working relationships with colleagues, partners and other stakeholders, understanding their needs and concerns

• Able to identify, analyse, and manage risk to inform balanced, proportionate, evidence-based decisions

Desirable criteria

• A background in intelligence or investigative work

• Aptitude for interpreting & applying legislation in an operational environment

• Good technical knowledge of Home Office systems

• Experience of working in an Intelligence/Investigation role for Immigration Enforcement or Border Force

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Developing Self and Others
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together

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

• Delivering at Pace

• 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%

*London, Warrington – *Under the NCA Estates Strategy, the London office is part of a planned relocation to a new NCA HQ in Stratford, London. Relocation is expected to take place in 2025. If you are successful for a London role, please be aware that your post will be relocated. All employees will be reimbursed excess travel costs associated with changes in location in line with NCA organisational policies.

As a Senior  Vetting Interviewing Officer you will conduct DV Security Clearance interviews with both new candidates and NCA Officers undertaking a review and/or upgrade in security clearance. As well as Subject interviews, you will conduct Supervisor and Referee interviews, follow up further lines of enquiries to ensure a complete picture of the Subject has been gathered. You will make assessments on whether candidates are suitable to hold and maintain a Security Clearance using vetting policy and cabinet office guidelines and NCA risk assessments.

You are expected to manage your own caseload, meeting targets and deadlines. Frequent travel is required.

***All NCA officers must hold DV Enhanced upon entry as a minimum. To meet the National Security Vetting requirements for this role you will need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 7 out of the past 10 years. For more information please see the Candidate information Pack***

As a G4 Vetting Interviewing Officer, you will contact new candidates and NCA Officers to arrange an interview. Interviews do take place face to face and most often in the workplace. You will be well prepared in advance of the interview and will follow Cabinet Office guidelines in terms of the requirements to achieve DV clearance. You will also interview the individuals referee and supervisor to gain a holistic picture of the individual. Following your interviews, you will write up a report of your interview and information you have collated, you will then form an assessment on their suitability to hold DV clearance. you will be interview new candidates and NCA Officers who require DV clearance.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Previous interviewing experience.
• Experience of risk management in an operational environment.
• Experience of analysing information and intelligence from a range of sources.
• Ability to be discreet and handle confidential information and intelligence.

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).

Link House – Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Home Office Intelligence brings together a number of existing teams involved in the collection and analysis of border and immigration related intelligence. It delivers Intelligence Collection, Development, Analysis, Targeting (Data Analytics) and Watchlisting capabilities within the Home Office and to its partners across Government and Law Enforcement. Learn more on the HO Intelligence careers page.

Home Office Intelligence (HOI) is a newly established unit, bringing together a number of existing teams involved in the collection and analysis of border and immigration related intelligence. The team has 1600 colleagues based across the UK and international locations who are focused on threats related to Organised Crime, National Security and Revenue. The team’s remit is to deliver Intelligence Collection, Development, Analysis, Targeting (Data Analytics) and Watchlisting capabilities within the Home Office and to its partners across Government and Law Enforcement.

The HOI dedicated Open-Source Intelligence team (OSINT) has been created by merging existing teams within Immigration and Border Force Intelligence directorates. The newly merged HOI OSINT team operates under the Home Office Intelligence directorate and forms part of the Criminal Intelligence Command, operating under the Crime Development Team.

The HOI dedicated OSINT team identifies and develop opportunities to collect and develop Intelligence on thematic &modal crime, individuals or groups based in the UK or abroad, involved in Serious Organised Crime, using specialist open-source capability. The team use specialist software and analytical tools to investigate social media and other online platforms to identify threats and criminality that threaten both border security and the integrity of the immigration system, in line with IE and BF strategic priorities.

The HOI dedicated OSINT team works with key internal partners across IE and BF and other key external law enforcement and commercial partners including the NCA and National Policing. The team collaborate with both internal and external partners, encouraging cross agency intelligence sharing, collaboration, and tasking.

The HOI OSINT team has recently expanded, and a new team is currently being set up in this location shortly. The successful candidate will undertake a specialist training programme and mentoring period prior to the new team being established.  

The successful candidate will act as a single point of contact for Immigration Enforcement (IE) and Border Force (BF) Intelligence, Investigation, and front-line operational managers to enable the push/pull of Intelligence and tasking between teams. You will actively identify opportunities to improve the two-way exchange of intelligence, collaboration and tasking in support of key IE and BF teams. 

You will lead on the development of effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to improve Intelligence sharing, collaboration and tasking with the team. 

You will manage the development of intelligence products produced by the team, ensuring investigative opportunities, intelligence gaps and disruption opportunities are identified, filled and disruptions pursued.  

We are seeking an individual who can demonstrate resilience and flexibility in their approach to working in a fast-paced environment. A team leader, who can guide their teams through change, adapting to changing priorities, make well balanced decisions and maintain the welfare of staff.

You will have the ability to work remotely and without supervision; be self-motivated; able to deliver and achieve against high priority objectives; revising remits and objectives when required and at ease when navigating through uncertainty.

You will be responsible for:

• Ensuring work across the portfolio is prioritised effectively, targeting resource and specialist capability in line with IE and BF control strategies priorities and Management of Risk in Law Enforcement assessment matrix.
• Regularly reviewing internal processes and governance practices, identifying issues or improvements across the team, while ensuring Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidance are updated accordingly. 
• Directing the day day-to-day activity of the team, ensuring Intelligence officers are deployed effectively, whilst ensuring that deployments are purposeful, productive and outcomes are identified and recorded. 
• Managing day to day personnel issues relating to the management of the unit, welfare and sickness / absence issues. 
• Collating monthly Management Information (MI) data in line with the team’s performance framework, reviewing data with the Senior Intelligence Manager and wider team to drive performance and future activity of the team. 
• Regularly reviewing priority workstreams with the Senior Intelligence Manager, ensuring resources and OSINT capability are targeted towards the highest priority workstreams, while ensuring priority work is dealt with at pace and in a timely manner. 
• Attending IE and BF intelligence and tasking meetings, providing expert advice on the use of specialist OSINT capability to encourage the two-way exchange of intelligence and tasking with the IE/BF teams. 
• Actively pursuing the submission of Directed Surveillance Authority (DSA) and further tasking into the team with IE/BF partners, highlighting how critical intelligence gaps could be filled. 
• Auditing and assurance of online activity and use of pseudonym accounts used by the team, ensuring adequate records are captured and all data is stored in line with Home Office Guidance and policy.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of managing a team in an investigatory or intelligence environment.
• Experience of using Open-Source Intelligence in an investigatory or intelligence environment
• Experience of leading a team in a fast-paced environment and the ability to adapt to changing priorities and navigating uncertainly. 
• Ability to think critically, problem solve and to challenge assumptions, demonstrating creativity.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners at both junior and senior grades.

Desirable Criteria:

• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Understanding of Home Office Intelligence functions.
• Knowledge and understanding of Immigration and Border functions. 

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

• Leadership
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Leadership

• 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%

Dover Priory Court

The Home Office Security Guarding Team is responsible for ensuring robust physical security solutions are in place to protect Home Office buildings, staff and assets. Providing advice and guidance to all Home Office directorates and staff regarding the appropriate protection of their assets.

The Security Guarding Team falls within the Physical Security Team and provides the security resources to protect Home Office assets and staff. The Security Guarding Team provides security staff at Home Office building receptions, public caller units and the 24/7 Security Control room, where staff monitor the electronic security systems for buildings across the country.

The Security Manager provides effective operational management to the Security Guarding Team ensuring the Physical Security of Home Office buildings, staff and assets are maintained at all times.
Shared direct Line management of Home Office Security Officers & Supervisors, Contractor Security Officers.

Management of all Home Office buildings on the estate, ensuring the protection of Home Office property, staff and assets

Duties will be a mix of office-based, outdoors and customer-facing in all weathers.

• Establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders.

• Create, maintain and implement site specific operational guidance.

• Create and maintain rosters.

• Support the Regional manager in the management and improvement of performance, delivery of service and support change.

• Provide on-call advice to the estates sites out of hours (one week on one week off).

• Any other duties within the scope of the grade and within the limits of skill, competence and training.

This role includes AHW which is reviewed every 12 months. Currently at 25% however this is reviewed and may be changed based on business requirement.

The role requires the individual to be “on call” on a rota basis, complete shift working (earlies, Days and Lates ) and to be flexible.

• You must be proactive, and able to work in a fast-paced and at times highly pressured environment.

• Ability to manage own time and priorities effectively.

• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to build effective relationships with colleagues at every level within an organisation.

• Good organisational skills, and the ability to develop and implement effective administrative processes.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Good attention to detail.

Essential criteria

Full manual UK driving licence.

Desirable criteria

Experience managing a diverse Team with management or oversight of rosters.

A Full UK Driving Licence

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Making Effective Decisions

• 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%