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MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Corsham, SN13 9NR

We are Defence Digital, part of Strategic Command, fulfilling an important role in the age of information warfare within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). We provide digital and technology services to our Armed Forces, ensuring they can operate securely via various communication means including radio, satellite, and the internet. Operating at scale, with an annual budget in excess of £2Bn and a diverse team of 2,500 colleagues, we’re aiming to make our Armed Forces some of the most technologically advanced in the world.

If you can see yourself contributing to the world of Defence digital and technology, the next chapter of your career may be with us!

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities.  Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

Crypto Services for Defence (CSD) is a dynamic, fast paced, cyber-focused environment, vastly advancing and developing to meet with emerging technologies, to provide security of MOD data.

The Equipment Team role will see you Inventory managing vital Cryptographic equipment’s, as part of the MOD in-service provision and the co-ordinating the repair activities of all Cryptographic equipment across Defence set within MOD policies. The role will include Foreign Military Sales (FMS), the upkeep of CSD documentation, databases, forms, and including the through life management and final disposal.

Our commitment to your development is fundamental at Defence Digital. We will provide as many learning opportunities as we can, allowing you to gain industry recognised qualifications, as well as in-house training within your field and beyond. We’ll support your development within the role from day 1.

We don’t expect you to know everything, but you’ll need the passion and motivation to learn, allowing us to support your continuous professional development. We also provide great benefits including flexible working, a generous leave allowance, a wide range of discount services and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

Responsibilities 

Responsibilities may include:

• Inventory Management- Timely issue of stock to the correct locations.
• Supplier Management – Engage with International and National Agencies to ensure the initial delivery and appropriate whole life inventory management of all sovereign & Allied Nations cryptographic items.
• ITAR Compliance – Provide guidance and assistance to MOD & Civilian entities to ensure the correct ITAR controls are in place.
• Foreign Crypto Procurement – Provide guidance to MOD Project Teams, assisting with the submission of all MOD Crypto Controlled Items (CCI) via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS).
• Crypto Repair Management – Ensure MOD funding is in place for all U.S. Crypto items needing repair.
• Asset & Data Management – Ensure Item Data Records (IDRs) are maintained on the appropriate systems.
• Stakeholder Liaison & Customer Management – Utilise clear written and verbal communication skills through the appropriate means to engage with military and civilian customers.
• Maintain Materiel and Financial accounting data – Action financial requests/queries in a timely manner.
• Monitor the repair and final materiel disposal transactional processes are followed, ensuring strict security controls and environmental concerns are followed.

If you have the following knowledge, skills, and experience, we would love to hear from you!

• Ability to work effectively in an inclusive and diverse team of Military and Civilian staff.
• Able to plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines in an ever-changing operational environment.
• Ability to make effective decisions and recommendations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• A desire to continue to learn and develop whilst remaining flexible to train and undertake other roles within the business, as and when required.
• Able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers and stakeholders.

Desirable qualification would include:

• SCM Level 1 – Awareness
• SCM Level 2 – Practitioner
• CP&F an advantage

Dependent on the business need, there will be a requirement to travel to external meetings, undertake courier duties, attend customer sites, or visit other places of work at short notice, therefore a full (manual) UK driving licence is essential, as public transport is rarely available.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this).  If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

Allowances – A Market Skills allowance of up to £3k per annum may be applicable to this role, paid in increments upon reaching agreed criteria.

As part of the job role there could be a requirement to undertake manual handling tasks.

If not already held, successful candidates will be required to undertake DV clearance. This role is open to sole UK nationals only.

Full UK Driving Licence

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

• Leadership
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 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%
• Family Friendly – Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave. 
• A wide range of discounts – Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office. 
• 5 days per year Learning & Development 
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes. 
• Flexible working. 
• Generous leave allocations. 
• Please see Benefits Leaflet or follow this link Discover my benefits for more detail 

The post does not offer relocation expenses. 

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period. 

Defence Digital operates an organisation model in which every individual belongs to a Government Profession. The successful applicant will be posted into one of the defined Government Professions on Standard Terms of Reference for the grade. Defence Digital reserves the right to move individuals between roles, within their allocated profession, to meet the needs of the business and in support of agile resourcing.

Within Defence Digital each profession is led by a Professional Head of Community who will lead professional development and support the Continuous Professional Development path for their group. 

Defence Digital is currently going through a Transformation Programme which aims to ensure we have the right workforce, with the right skills, to deliver the MOD’s Digital Strategy. As the programme progresses, Defence Digital staff may be required to undergo an assessment to understand and develop their upskilling needs to support the delivery of this strategy. This post may be impacted by Transformation. 

Equality and Diversity 

Our people are at the heart of everything we do at Defence Digital. It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of both our audience and the wider society in the UK, so we’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for all our roles. Please let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process if this is something you want to explore. 

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

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.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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Amadeus House – Heathrow

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.

The team has the capability to “hot task” high priority debriefings to take place within 24 hours of an event which may result in occasions where shifts change at short notice.

JDT operations are expanding significantly across the UK – the roles advertised are based in the Heathrow estate. You will need to be flexible and dedicated in your approach to the role – with a determined focus to ensure the JDT successfully operates to meet Home Office Intelligence Strategic Objectives. Your role will focus on intelligence debriefing within Heathrow terminals, detention centres and local accommodation, police stations, prisons and immigration reporting centres.

You are expected to be mobile and flexible in covering other areas when business needs demand in response to priority tasking. You can expect to travel between different locations within your area to complete debriefing activity. This includes detention centres, migrant accommodation, HM Prisons, and air / sea ports.

You will be expected to complete a specialist debrief training course and specific intelligence training to undertake this role. The training will be held outside of London, possibly in the South East, for up to  5 to 10 days. Officers must attend this training to be permitted to operate as an intelligence debriefer.

Due to the critical nature of this role, it is a prerequisite for you to already possess a valid, current travel document which will enable them to enter any EU country for work without restrictions.

Duties Will Include:

• Responding to significant events on a regional and national level – including joint operations and urgent deployments (as directed by senior managers).
• Conducting in-depth and confidential interviews – completing witness statements where necessary.
• Undertaking research as necessary, accurately recording the information obtained, converting it to intelligence and disseminating it to appropriate law enforcement agencies.
• Gathering intelligence as directed by the team leader to deliver again Home Office priorities relating to Organised Immigration Crime.
• Identifying individuals causing harm to our communities who commit organised immigration crime as well as other types of criminality.
• Awareness of safeguarding, the identifiers which are used to recognise potential victims of trafficking and how the National Referral Mechanism works.
• Recognising offences, offenders and refer as appropriate.
• Managing and improving performance including through the creation and maintenance of accurate and up to date performance and activity records.
• Participating in relevant Intelligence Meetings.
• Ensuring debriefs are completed in a timely manner.
• Maintaining an awareness of current intelligence requirements, use initiative and sound judgement to identify opportunities and self-task to fulfil generic or specific intelligence gaps.
• Ensuring internal (including operational, casework and policy) and external partner engagement is effective, taking every opportunity to develop both new and existing relationships to improve the quality of referrals.
• Ensuring that intelligence gaps and emerging trends are quickly and accurately reported to the Intelligence Manager to inform strategic and operational threat assessments Supporting the Intelligence Manager at operational planning and other meetings.
• Keeping the Intelligence Manager informed of operational activity and performance.
• Drafting reports and summaries to the required standard.
• Establishing, developing and managing partner relationships to develop intelligence gathering opportunities.
• Providing daily/weekly updates as required / directed.
• Acting on tasks from line management.
• Inputting intelligence reports on relevant systems in an agreed time frame.
• Supporting and working alongside regional intelligence teams, the Police, National Crime Agency (NCA) and Criminal and Financial Investigations when required.

Essential criteria:

• Demonstrable experience of in-depth interviewing to establish facts or obtain information.
• Sound interpersonal, communication (both written and verbal) skills, communicating clearly with enthusiasm.
• Relationship building skills with a range of audiences; treating others with respect, compassion and valuing inclusion and diversity.
• A good level of computer literacy, including Microsoft applications.
• Ability to prioritise workload in line with current tasks and identified intelligence gaps.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of immigration IT systems or Police IT Systems.
• Experience of working on high performing teams.

Full valid UK manual driving licence to drive official vehicles.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Communicating and Influencing

• 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%

Successful candidates will be assigned to our office in Whitehall, although the majority of this role can be conducted remotely.

The Information and Data Exchange (INDEX) sits at the heart of the intelligence assessment community, building innovative digital capabilities to ensure our national security assessments can maintain a technological and analytical edge.

We are seeking motivated, dynamic and capable individuals to join a growing and ambitious INDEX team. Candidates should be passionate about developing and delivering digital solutions to meet user needs and digital transformation in government. We are looking for people with the right approach, experience and willingness to learn. The INDEX team fosters a culture of innovation, champions accessibility and promotes inclusion and diversity.

The Information and Data Exchange (INDEX) is a digital initiative sponsored by the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO). INDEX is a digital service which enables analysts to quickly find relevant, high quality government reporting (analysis and assessment) and publicly available material (open source). INDEX optimises advanced analytics and cloud technology to enable people working across HMG to quickly identify relevant, high-quality data and information from within and external to government.

We are advertising for two delivery manager roles to help grow the INDEX service. You will be working with external development teams and teams across government. There will be opportunities to work with a range of stakeholders including government departments, the National Security community and industry partners. You will be empowered to identify and implement improvements to help scale the service, including through automation and use of data and metrics. There will be opportunities to gain experience in commercial and financial management, as well as security and risk management. You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team, including user researchers, developers, and analysis teams across government.

The Information and Data Exchange (INDEX) sits at the heart of the intelligence assessment community, building innovative digital capabilities to ensure our national security assessments can maintain a technological and analytical edge.

We are seeking motivated, dynamic and capable individuals to join a growing and ambitious INDEX team. Candidates should be passionate about developing and delivering digital solutions to meet user needs and digital transformation in government. We are looking for people with the right approach, experience and willingness to learn. The INDEX team fosters a culture of innovation, champions accessibility and promotes inclusion and diversity.

The Information and Data Exchange (INDEX) is a digital initiative sponsored by the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO). INDEX is a digital service which enables analysts to quickly find relevant, high quality government reporting (analysis and assessment) and publicly available material (open source). INDEX optimises advanced analytics and cloud technology to enable people working across HMG to quickly identify relevant, high-quality data and information from within and external to government.

We are advertising for two delivery manager roles to help grow the INDEX service. You will be working with external development teams and teams across government. There will be opportunities to work with a range of stakeholders including government departments, the National Security community and industry partners. You will be empowered to identify and implement improvements to help scale the service, including through automation and use of data and metrics. There will be opportunities to gain experience in commercial and financial management, as well as security and risk management. You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team, including user researchers, developers, and analysis teams across government.

About the JIO

The Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) primarily supports the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and the Foreign Policy and Security Council, the Prime Minister and other key decision-makers by providing authoritative, robust all-source intelligence assessment on a vast range of national security and foreign policy priorities.

Our work covers, and goes beyond, ‘traditional’ national security topics such as geopolitical issues and threats to British interests. We apply a national security lens to issues such as emerging technology, economic and health security, climate change and horizon scanning (for example, identifying and monitoring countries at risk of instability).

The Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA) was established in 2005. The post and associated team is part of the JIO and leads on the development of the UK intelligence community’s analytical capability.

You can read more about working for the JIO and INDEX in the information packs attached at the bottom of this advert.

We are recruiting for two Delivery Managers. Example responsibilities, which will be split across the two successful candidates, include:

• Maintaining delivery momentum with external development teams: Ensuring they are motivated, collaborating and working well. Contribute to prioritisation activities, business cases, benefits realisation and business change.
• Backlog prioritisation and refinement: Focus the team on what is most important to the delivery of products and services. Define requirements into epics, features and stories in jira and tasks, providing clear acceptance criteria. Work with user researchers to communicate user research findings across technical and business stakeholders so that they share a strong and empathetic understanding of their users.
• Identify and implement service and process improvements: Identify obstacles and help the team to overcome them. Use business modelling to perform and facilitate analysis of ‘As Is’ and ‘To Be’ scenarios to identify potential process improvements. Document and communicate options and recommendations to meet business and user requirements.
• Business Analytics: Track and proactively manage project related actions and decisions and actively identify and manage dependencies and obstacles. Measure and communicate progress on delivery to the wider team including input into management metrics, weekly updates and comms.
• Agile: Coach and mentor team members to apply the most appropriate Agile ways of working. Champion agile best practice, mentor team members in agile techniques and use of Jira.
• Support to commercial and financial management: Work with commercial and finance teams within the Cabinet Office to ensure the INDEX service follows best practice. Support budget planning, invoice management, spend approvals and procurement options analysis. Commercial and financial experience is not essential, you will be provided with training.

You will be empowered to set up new initiatives, develop new relationships and try new ideas which are aligned with the INDEX vision.

Skills and Experience Required

The successful candidate have the skills listed below, These skills are aligned with the DDaT Profession Delivery Manager role:  

https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/delivery-manager.html

• Agile practices (Practitioner): You can identify and compare the best processes or delivery methods to use; recognise when something does not work and encourage a mindset of experimentation; adapt and reflect, be resilient and see outside of the process; use a blended approach depending on the context; measure and evaluate outcomes and help teams to manage and visualise outcomes.
• Commercial management (Practitioner): You can act as the point of contact for contracted suppliers; understand appropriate internal contacts and processes within a government department; and understand how and when third parties should be brought into digital, data and technology (DDaT) projects.
• Communicating between the technical and non-technical (practitioner): You can listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders, and interpret them; effectively manage stakeholder expectations; manage active and reactive communication; support or host difficult discussions within the team or with diverse senior stakeholders.
• Financial management (working): You can balance cost versus value; consider the impact of user needs; report on financial delivery; monitor cost and budget; and understand how and when to escalate issues
• Maintaining delivery momentum (practitioner): You can facilitate the delivery flow of a team, managing the pace and tempo and actively address internal and external risks, issues and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team.
• Planning (practitioner): You can understand the environment and prioritise the most important or high value tasks; use data to inform planning; manage complex internal and external dependencies; provide delivery confidence; remove blockers or impediments that affect plans and can develop a plan for difficult situations and ensure that teams plan appropriately for their capacity.

We invest in upskilling our team members to enable them to thrive once they start working with us. As such, if you don’t quite match these desirable skills, don’t let it put you off applying as we will equip the successful candidate with them once you are in post.

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

• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Agile practices (Practitioner):

Alongside your salary of £44,500, Cabinet Office contributes £12,015 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Annual salary increases will depend upon individual performance and contribution to the organisation’s success. In addition there will be the opportunity to earn performance related bonuses.

Existing civil servants can take up the post on loan from their parent department for the duration advertised (permission from their parent department would need to be secured in order to take up the post). Those joining on level transfer will retain their current salary. Staff joining on promotion terms will receive up to a 10% increase of their current basic salary or the pay band minimum whichever is the greater. Staff joining on promotion will adopt the modernised terms and conditions of employment which came into force in 2013. 

Pension: There is a choice of excellent pension schemes. More information about pension provisions can be found at www.civilservice.gov.uk/pensions

Flexible Working: Flexible working including job-share arrangements may be considered for this role.

Leave allowances: 25 days’ paid leave per annum rising to 30 days after five years’ service. In addition, full-time staff receive eight public holidays and the Queen’s Birthday privilege day as well as competitive maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave.

Crisis working: As the JIO and PHIA are at the heart of national security function for the UK, there are occasionally times where we need to respond to incidents of crisis or critical importance. Staff in any role may be asked to work extended or anti-social hours with little or no notice on such occasions.

Probation: Staff new to the Civil Service will be required to serve a six month probationary period.

Location: The post will be based in Westminster, London. No relocation costs will be available.

Equality and Diversity: The Cabinet Office is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all staff. We will not discriminate on grounds of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, those with caring responsibilities, part time workers or any other factor irrelevant to a person’s work. We encourage a diverse workforce and aim to provide a working environment where all staff at all levels are valued and respected, and where discrimination, bullying, promotion of negative stereotyping and harassment are not tolerated.

Civil Service Code: All civil servants are subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Code which details Civil Service values, standards of behaviour, rights and responsibilities. Go to http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk for more information.

London* – For London based roles your contractual place of work will be Endeavour Square, Stratford. However, as that site will not be operational until early 2025 in the interim period you will be required to carry out your contractual duties from Spring Gardens, Vauxhall or such other reasonable location. As your contractual place of work is Endeavour Square, your move to this location in 2025 will not give rise to any entitlement to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy.

Extradition is the formal procedure for requesting the surrender of a person from one country to another for the purpose of prosecution, to be sentenced for an offence for which the person has already been convicted or to carry out a sentence which has already been imposed.
The National Extradition Unit comprises a team of officers with operational responsibility for the coordination and management of extradition related cases. The unit is made up of two hubs, one based in London and one in Warrington.

The unit:

• Provides 24/7 tactical advice & support in all reactive extradition related encounters;
• Receives, triages and risk assesses all incoming requests from overseas territories where the requested person is believed to have a footprint in the UK;
• Undertakes enquiries to locate and arrest fugitives sought for extradition utilising all available tactical methods where requests are graded as medium risk, high risk or complex that are believed to be within E&W (low risk enquiries are tasked to local police forces);
• Monitors the outcomes of court hearings, manages bail compliance and coordinates enforcement activity in relation to breaches;
• Processes & coordinates all removals from E&W where a surrender has been ordered
• Provides guidance and tactical advice to law enforcement on searching for fugitives overseas
• Undertakes all collections where arrests of fugitives wanted by E&W are located abroad
• Participates in cross agency working groups & write national policy & guidance

Positions available & Eligibility:

This role is a closed competition and to apply you need to be a serving police officer at the rank of Constable on a lateral basis.
Any applications from candidates not meeting this eligibility criteria will not progress.
We are not accepting applications from Civil Servants.

Essential Criteria:

• Serving police officer.
• Police response level driver.
• Sound knowledge of the management of intelligence products in line with the National Intelligence Model.
• Experience of applying for and working under covert authorities.
• Extensive knowledge of communications data.
• Operational surveillance experience – both static and technical.
• Experience of making sound risk assessments in line with the National Decision Making Model.
• Experience of intelligence work surrounding complex fugitive enquiries.
• Experience of working with both internal and external partners.
• Hold a valid, up to date passport.
• Must have the support of their SLT to apply for this secondment.

Desirable Criteria: 

• Qualified Field Intelligence Officer.
• Working knowledge of the extradition act and associated guidance.
• Experience working alongside international partners.

You will be part of the Intelligence & Operational Support Team which has two primary responsibilities:

• To provide intelligence support and specialist covert capabilities to extradition fugitive enquiries.
• Case review, allocation and management to both extradition ops teams and police forces across England and Wales.

You will work alongside a team of police and police staff intelligence officers and led by a police supervisor.  It is expected you will be a source of expert advice across a broad range of specialist covert policing tactics.

You should have practical experience of both surveillance, the use of communications data and the management of applications under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the Investigatory Powers Act 2006.

The role requires the supervision of the receipt of intelligence from both UK and international partners ensuring appropriate dissemination, oversight and management in line with the principles of the National Intelligence Model.

Your role will also require extensive liaison and networking across all police forces within England and Wales to drive activity around extradition cases allocated to them.This role will involve shift work and unsociable hours at short notice including an on-call rota; therefore a high degree of flexibility is required.

There is a frequent requirement to travel both nationally and internationally, often at short notice.

The work of the unit can be high profile and crime types are extremely varied.

Work Involves:

• Review and allocation of extradition cases.
• Deploying operationally under covert authorities.
• Management of intelligence product gained from covert methodologies.
• Providing expert advice and guidance to operational fugitive teams around the available covert tactics to support their investigations.
• Provide sound advice and guidance in respect of intelligence development.
• Liaison with partner agencies including police forces, Crown Prosecution Service, Westminster Magistrates Court, Home Office and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.
• Any other work in support of operational extradition functions as required.

Are you a serving police officer in a Home Office force?

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

Sound knowledge of the management of intelligence products in line with the National Intelligence Model.

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

Are you a response level police driver and in date with all refresher training?

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

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

• Knowledge and experience of the management of intelligence products in line with the National Intelligence Model.
• Experience of operational intelligence development under both the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the Investigatory Powers Act 2006.
• Experience of developing intelligence in support of complex fugitive enquiries.

The successful candidate will remain on their current salary and terms and conditions for the duration of the secondment.

Bristol, Birmingham, *London, Belfast or Warrington. *For London based roles your contractual place of work will be Stratford. However, as that site will not be operational until early 2025 in the interim period you will be required to carry out your contractual duties from Vauxhall, or such other reasonable location, on a temporary basis. For the avoidance of doubt as your contractual place of work is Stratford, the move from any temporary place of work will not give rise to any entitlement to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy.

The NCA has grown in size and complexity in recent years and it is vital that it maintains a security posture and capabilities to protect against existing, new and emerging threats.

The Integrated Protective Security Command (IPS) is responsible for securing the Agency to protect the public. The IPS mission statement is:
“Delivering integrated protective security to build a resilient, high-trust Agency able to lead the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime.”

IPS safeguards the NCA from the full range of security threats that target the Agency, our officers and our assets, to enable the organisation to achieve its operational objectives, both domestically and overseas, with flexibility, agility and integrity. Its officers provide specialist security services to the Agency 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to mitigate security risks.

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

We are currently looking to recruit STRAP Security officers to join our Physical Security team working as part of the NCA’s dedicated STRAP & iCdesk Management Unit (SiMU) within the NCA’s Integrated Protective Security command.

The purpose of the STRAP & iCdesk Management Unit (SiMU) is to:

• Manage the STRAP Secure Accredited Environments (Enclaves) and ensure that the NCA is compliant with the intelligence handling procedures known as ‘STRAP’ as laid down by the Cabinet Office Security Policy Framework
• Provide advice and guidance to staff of STRAP matters and conduct STRAP briefings
• Provide the Agency with a means to store and exchange caveated SECRET and above and STRAP material to meet the NCA’s business needs
• Deliver access to the government-wide STRAP IT system known as iCdesk including familiarisation sessions to those granted an iCdesk account
• Manage and maintain current and accurate records of those NCA officers who have access to various levels of information including STRAP and iCdesk.

The SiMU team represents the NCA in the further development of the iCdesk system across government and manages its compatibility with relevant NCA systems and our connectivity with other partners through iCdesk.

What will the successful Candidate be doing? 
If successful you will be responsible on a daily basis for protecting the highest levels of sensitive material by applying and enforcing the government standard known as ‘STRAP’.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a dedicated point of reference within the STRAP environment to assist colleagues of all grades inside and outside the NCA in making effective decisions regarding security, operations and the secure handling of classified intelligence;
• Ensure that the NCA retains its external accreditation to handle STRAP material by managing and maintaining the procedures and records that support the system;
• Securely transfer intelligence from strategic partners across government;
• Work with colleagues in Vetting to deal with the approval, administration and briefing of STRAP and iCdesk applicants;
• Investigate and accurately record security incidents or breaches, liaising with the Security Incidents Team and other partners, and making informed recommendations for satisfactory outcomes.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Experience of managing risk.
• Experienced in effective decision making in an information management or security environment.
• Strong organisational administrative skills.
• Experienced in working to tight deadlines

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).

Faslane Port, Scotland, G84 8HL

His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde (HMNB) Clyde is home to the United Kingdom’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, Astute Class Attack Submarines, Sandown Class Mine Hunter Vessels and 43 Cdo Royal Marines. It is an operational support and maintenance base within the Navy Command TLB and comprises both Faslane and Coulport sites. HMNB Clyde’s primary purpose is to provide engineering and logistical support to the Royal Navy in maintaining Continuous at Sea Deterrent (CASD). This is achieved by ensuring at least one Vanguard Submarine is on patrol at sea every day of the year.
Royal Navy Armaments Depot (RNAD) Coulport is responsible for the storage, processing, maintenance and issue of the Trident Weapon System and the ammunitioning of all submarine-embarked tactical weapons.

HMNB Clyde is the single operational home of the Submarine Service and will become the United Kingdom’s Submarine Centre of Excellence. This single integrated operating base is to ensure that the Royal Navy can deliver its operational commitments across all Defence Lines of Development from Scotland on an enduring basis.

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Security Access Control Team based at HMNB Clyde. We are seeking an enthusiastic customer focused applicant to join a busy and committed team. The Security Symmetry System Administrator post will primarily undertake key tasks to manage the Security Access Control Policy and procedures in accordance with the Access Control Strategy at HMNB Clyde (which includes Faslane Naval Base and RNAD Coulport). This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring accurate management and provision of Automated Access Control database services, conducting quality assurance checks on the operation of the Automated Access Control System infrastructure and provide mitigation for planned power outages and maintenance. In addition, the post will be responsible for the training oversight for new system operators, maintaining accurate system user records and passwords.

The post holder will also be the primary point of contact for delivering security briefs, issuing non-photographic Group Passes and appropriate documentation to the Command Team onboard visiting vessels upon arrival at Faslane Naval Base, often out of normal working hours.

The successful applicant will have line management responsibility for MOD Pass Office Staff at Faslane and Coulport and will liaise extensively with the MGS to identify resource and tasking issues.

This is a challenging and demanding post, and the successful applicant will need to be comfortable working in a multi-tasking, fast-paced environment to support key security outputs, while ensuring that policies and procedures are always followed.

The post requires a flexible, customer focused approach. The post will require the job holder to demonstrate excellent effective communications skills as the post will involve communicating daily with civilian staff and military personnel of various grades and ranks. The position allows a certain amount of autonomy and so ideally this role suits someone with drive and initiative. Working to scheduled and changing priorities determining the pace of work, an ability to manage both time and workloads is essential. The successful applicant will be comfortable working in a changeable environment and will have a continuous improvement ethos. This post provides excellent development and progression opportunities for applicants wishing to pursue a career within the Civil Service.
This post requires on site attendance to deliver the responsibilities of the role which cannot be delivered remotely off-site.

This post is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Navy Command are currently going through a review and there is a possibility that in 6-12 months the role applied for may be subject to change.

Role responsibilities:

• Support the Security Access Control Authority (SACA) and Security Access Control Manager (SACM) with the implementation of an Access Control Strategy at HMNB Clyde and the future upgrade of all Symmetry System packages.

• Manage the Access Control Team at Coulport, the Pass Office Team in Faslane and liaise extensively with the MOD Guard Service (MGS) to identify resource and tasking problems. Report issues as appropriate to SACM.

• Assist in the day to day management and provision of Symmetry database services and user training for the Symmetry database, checking the competency of new account holders while creating and managing the Symmetry Accounts for authorised user personnel.
• Conduct quality assurance checks of the Symmetry database. Conduct spot checks of Symmetry records to ensure that Symmetry users are maintaining and operating Symmetry within operating procedures and issue the annual Symmetry Security Operating Procedures (SYOPS) update.

• Forensically investigate visitor access and pass issue breaches, raising to SACM when necessary, produce Forensic Data Reports from Symmetry as requested by SACA/SACM and report any security access incidents that may require investigation by the CI Section.
• Carry out weekly checks of the Symmetry Infrastructure across Faslane and Coulport and deconflict and provide mitigation for planned power outages and maintenance. Ensure contingency measures are in place for any system issues and maintain an accurate log of all Symmetry/Turnstile faults and repair timelines. Chasing fixes when necessary.

• Assist with review of security access control policies and processes, advising SACA and SACM of any identified risk and threats associated with current and proposed business activities for access control.
• Deliver visiting vessel briefs (often Out of normal working hours), consult with site sponsors, MGS, Defence Industry, other government departments and security controllers to maintain security access.
• Ensure security access incidents are recorded to enable identifications of lessons and provide focus, advice, and guidance to sponsors, base personnel for risk mitigation purposes.
• Support the personnel security monthly security data report. Review and collate the relevant information and assist with the production of statistical returns to plan and mitigate against any delays or disruption to business.
• Ensure compliance with Joint Service Publication (JSP) 628 and provide information to the Defence Nuclear Security Regulator (DNSyR) and Assurance Team when required.

 A more detailed job description is available on request.

Along with the duties the post holder will provide demonstrative, flexible support to the security access management team. Duties and responsibilities to be undertaken can be varied under the direction of the security access managers dependent on current and evolving workloads and staffing levels, these duties will be appropriate to the grade. Training will be provided to support operation of the Automated Access Control database.
The post holder will have a major impact in promoting a positive image of the Clyde Security Department to visitors, contractors and Base personnel so must maintain an appropriate and professional standard of appearance, attitude, and confidentiality.

The successful applicant will enjoy on-site working with a supportive and inclusive team in a fast paced, reactive, and varied role. A positive and detail focused approach as well as good personal responsibility supports a positive approach to this position, The role tests the full range of Executive Officer behaviours and offers good development opportunities. The position provides opportunities to develop an understanding of the workings of a security department which will the opportunities to further develop skills and experience for career progression within the Civil Service.

This is a Reserved Post vacancy which means it is open to UK Nationals only. Applicants must refer to the nationality requirements on the application form to check eligibility prior to applying for the vacancy. Failure to submit correctly could result in you being ineligible to being employed in the position advertised.

Essential criteria

• Competent knowledge of MS Office 365 including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Competent knowledge of managing spreadsheets

Desirable criteria

• Sound Leadership and team working skills
• Ability to approach tasks flexibly
• Ability to apply policy to tasks
• Ability to prioritise and manage workloads

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

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

Alongside your salary of £27,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,311 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

As a Civil Servant, you will be part of a forward planning organisation with inclusive workplace policies, excellent career prospects, and a job that makes a difference. Navy Command prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance. Other benefits for Navy Command Civil Servants include:

•  25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per completed year of service) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• 9 paid public holidays per year
• A very competitive pension scheme
• Personal and professional development
• Alternative and Hybrid working patterns for many roles
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Access to a confidential, professional support service
• Discount schemes
• Bicycle/Season ticket loans
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year
• On site facilities (gymnasium, Ski Club, recreational shopping mall, café, mess facilities etc.)
• Free Car Parking
• Assisted Travel Scheme

The MOD provides an excellent opportunity to develop skills through personal development. Successful candidates can discuss their development options when in post.

 

 The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking, and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment from 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors, and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

 Allowances

Please note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

The post does not offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares, or temporary transfer).

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

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.

 Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

HMNB Clyde, G84 8HL

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

The key duties of an Operational Manager (OM) are as follows.

• To ensure the correct posture of physical and tactical resources to manage sites and maintain operational preparedness for security incidents, in line with local Joint Business Agreements/General Statement of Security Requirement (GSSOR’s).
• Oversee the management of resources, including people, and expenditure whilst ensuring a positive and inclusive working environment
• Lead Physical Security operations and set governance structures to appropriately meet the risk appetite, overseeing effective Physical Security to protect assets and people throughout the estate. Liaise with Unit Customers and Heads of Establishments on a regular basis about service delivery and any problems/issues arising. Following agreed prioritisation of tasks and risks
• Comply with relevant regulation and legislation
• Ensure all posts and tasks are risk assessed and Health and Safety policies and processes are followed at all times
• Liaise with Unit Customers and Heads of Establishments on a regular basis about service delivery and any problems/issues arising. Following agreed prioritisation of tasks and risks.
• Cooperating with other security providers at the Unit to provide a high-quality security service.
• Provide Head Office with returns when requested regarding staffing levels, personal case work, audits and weekly completion of PORT, recording achievement of tasks, overtime and other operational data.
• Ensuring National Security Inspectorate (NSI) compliance at all Units within your Area of Responsibility (AOR) auditing paperwork and processes and amending and updating local documents when required
• Reviewing rosters, Joint Business Agreements/ General Statement of Security Requirement (GSSOR’s) and Assignment instructions on an annual basis to
• Consulting with Trade Unions on local changes and building positive and effective relationships with all stakeholders.
• Carry out all MGS/MOD/Management training including Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) to ensure effective understanding and management of Health & Safety within their Area of Responsibility (AOR).

Travel Requirements

Some Operational Manager roles may cover more than one site and require routine travel using official vehicles between Units. There will also be an expectation to travel in order to attend meetings, training courses or carry out Personnel case work at other locations throughout the UK.

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 site requirements and location.

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 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
• 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

42 hours gross, 37 hours net, based on full time

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

This position is based at HM Prison Full Sutton, York, YO41 1PS

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.

Overview of the job

This is a specialist administrative job in an establishment.

Summary

The job holder will provide administrative support to the Security Intelligence Department and assist the Head of Security in the delivery of an effective intelligence system within the establishment.

They will be responsible for maintaining administration systems effectively and efficiently within specified timescales for the establishment

This is a non-operational job with no line management responsibilities. This role is rotational.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

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

• Analyse and evaluate intelligence information to support and inform decision making in the prevention of security breaches and management of incidents. Where required, undertake further analysis on Security Incidents Reports (SIRs) that require it
• Produce a monthly Intelligence Report and disseminate it as required within the establishment, collating feedback, before presenting the report at the monthly Security meeting
• Regularly update line management regarding local security issues and any intelligence received
• Make sure that the security intelligence system is updated, maintained, used appropriately and that staff are trained in its use as required
• Check security information received, determine level of importance and recommend responses and solutions
• Collate and distribute monthly targets for searching and mandatory drug tests to all residential units
• Delivers in-house training in intelligence related procedures which will include both induction training for new starters and some specific on-going training which reinforces the need for all staff to adhere to security protocols
• Liaise with other establishments, Law Enforcement groups and external agencies and to disseminate intelligence and SIR information in line with local and national policies to maintain safety and security
• Provide advice and guidance to the Security Manager on current trends and issues. This includes identifying and monitoring of targets under the local supply reduction policy and extremism policy
• Monitor the Regulatory Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) and Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) procedures in line with relevant local/national policies, audit standards, Local Security Strategy (LSS), Interceptions of Communications Commissioner’s Office (IOCCO) and other standards
• Monitor prisoner communications in line with relevant local/national policies, audit standards, LSS and the IOCCO requirements
• Support the Establishment Corruption Prevention Manager in detecting staff ‘wrongdoing’, preventing and detecting crime
• Act as the liaison for the BRENT secure fax
• Act as point of contact for all Violent and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR) issues in the security department
• Liaise with external stakeholders regarding Counter Terrorism and Extremism
• Interview prisoners where intelligence suggests they may be the victims of extremist bullying or where prisoners have requested to speak to Security relating to Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU)
• Brief and liaise with residential units regarding covert testing
• Compile and keep up to date “subject profiles” on any Terrorism Act (TACT) prisoners, “problem profiles” and  analytical reports on incidents or individuals
• Assess any seized items such as literature/audio for any extremist content
• Compile and complete reports on TACT or Security Threat Group prisoners

Undertake other administrative tasks including:

• Organise, produce and maintain accurate records for the area of work
• Act as contact point for all communications to the Team, prioritise and distribute to the appropriate person or relevant department in the establishment
• Complete monitoring returns for the area of work
• Input requisitions on the finance database for purchases in the area of work
• Co-ordinate any awareness sessions for  the area of work
• Prepare paperwork for checking by their manager, conducting initial checks as required
• Correspond with relevant stakeholders and agencies to ensure that they are aware of information and that it is adequately shared
• Maintain and check establishment databases, manual filing systems and logs of information with responses within timescales, producing reports as required
• Collate information on relevant Service Delivery Indicators (SDI’s)
• Arrange any meetings including the preparation of paperwork, minutes and action points

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.

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Please refer to Job Description

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

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

Alongside your salary of £30,471, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £8,257 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

DTE Nesscliff, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1BH

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.

About DIO

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

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
• 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 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

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

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. Full time shift working due to site requirements.

Medical

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

MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Corsham, SN13 9NR

We are Defence Digital, part of Strategic Command, fulfilling an important role in the age of information warfare within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). We provide digital and technology services to our Armed Forces, ensuring they can operate securely via various communication means including radio, satellite, and the internet. Operating at scale, with an annual budget in excess of £2Bn and a diverse team of 2,500 colleagues, we’re aiming to make our Armed Forces some of the most technologically advanced in the world.

If you can see yourself contributing to the world of Defence digital and technology, the next chapter of your career may be with us!

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities.  Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

Crypto Services for Defence (CSD) is a dynamic, fast paced, cyber-focused environment, vastly advancing and developing to meet with emerging technologies, to provide security of MOD data.

We are recruiting for 3 positions within CSD, in our Key Ordering Team, the Electronic Key (EKey) team and the Accounts team.

In our Accounts team, the role will provide support in the ordering, management, distribution, and in-service provision of all Cryptographic services, across Defence. Due to the nature of work this role is office based at MOD Corsham.

In our EKey team, the role will manage EKey delivery and ensure all cryptographic material is authorised for issue and delivered on time. Due to the nature of work this role is office based at MOD Corsham.

In our Key Ordering team, the role will manage the ordering to distribution of cryptographic material, and in-service provision of all Cryptographic services across Defence set within MOD polices. Following training this role may be open to Hybrid working possibly up to 2 days working from home with 3 days in the office, whilst being flexible to meet the business need.

You’ll utilise Office 365 applications, along with Remedy and other bespoke MOD IT systems and work across many areas, driving the team to work towards the larger Defence Digital Service Executive Model.

Our commitment to your development is fundamental at Defence Digital. We will provide as many learning opportunities as we can, allowing you to gain industry recognised qualifications, as well as in-house training within your field and beyond. We’ll support your development within the role from day 1.

We don’t expect you to know everything but you’ll need the passion and motivation to learn, allowing us to support your continuous professional development. We also provide great benefits including flexible working, a generous leave allowance, a wide range of discount services and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

A Market Skills allowance of up to £3k per annum is applicable to this role and is paid in increments, upon reaching agreed criteria.

Responsibilities may include: 

• Management of COMSEC Electronic Key (EKey) delivery to all MOD and FSC (Facilities Security Cleared) accounts.
• Ensure all cryptographic material is authorised for issue and work across teams to effect timely delivery.
• Ensure all EKey processes and procedures / local working instructions are updated and stored at the appropriate classification and reviewed annually.
• Coordinate and support implementation of continuous improvement across CSD and the wider C&DC, supporting the organisational design work as and when this is implemented.
• Assist with the Business Continuity Plans (BCP) to assure resilience across the business so that the corporate function of operations is maintained during times of BCP initiation.
• Working closely with the Knowledge & Information Manager to ensure appropriate record keeping / audit trails are kept to a high standard.
• Build positive and effective relationships across CSD, C&DC and wider stakeholders to enable business goals to be efficiently and effectively delivered.
• Assist in preparing Management Information (MI), including analysis, for regular management meetings, then disseminating relevant information to the wider department/organisation when required.
• Provide functional support to the CSD workforce including preparing document for recruitment boards, providing job descriptions for new posts, onboarding and general ongoing personnel management.

If you have the following knowledge, skills, and experience, we would love to hear from you!

• Ability to work effectively in an inclusive and diverse team of Military and Civilian staff.
• Able to plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines in an ever-changing operational environment.
• Ability to make effective decisions and recommendations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• A desire to continue to learn and develop whilst remaining flexible to train and undertake other roles within the business, as and when required.
• Able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers and stakeholders.

Dependent on the business need, there will be a requirement to travel to external meetings, undertake courier duties, attend customer sites or visit other places of work at short notice, therefore a full (manual) UK driving licence is essential, as public transport is rarely available.

The Accounts team and EKey team opportunities are not suitable for hybrid working. The Key Ordering team opportunity maybe suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this).  If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

Allowances - A Market Skills allowance of up to £3k per annum may be applicable to this role, paid in increments upon reaching agreed criteria.

As part of the job role there could be a requirement to undertake manual handling tasks.

If not already held, successful candidates will be required to undertake DV clearance. This role is open to sole UK nationals only.

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving

Alongside your salary of £24,040, Ministry of Defence contributes £6,490 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%
• Family Friendly – Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave. 
• A wide range of discounts – Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office. 
• 5 days per year Learning & Development 
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes. 
• Flexible working. 
• Generous leave allocations. 
• Please see Benefits Leaflet or follow this link Discover my benefits for more detail 

The post does not offer relocation expenses. 

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period. 

Defence Digital operates an organisation model in which every individual belongs to a Government Profession. The successful applicant will be posted into one of the defined Government Professions on Standard Terms of Reference for the grade. Defence Digital reserves the right to move individuals between roles, within their allocated profession, to meet the needs of the business and in support of agile resourcing.

Within Defence Digital each profession is led by a Professional Head of Community who will lead professional development and support the Continuous Professional Development path for their group. 

Defence Digital is currently going through a Transformation Programme which aims to ensure we have the right workforce, with the right skills, to deliver the MOD’s Digital Strategy. As the programme progresses, Defence Digital staff may be required to undergo an assessment to understand and develop their upskilling needs to support the delivery of this strategy. This post may be impacted by Transformation. 

Equality and Diversity 

Our people are at the heart of everything we do at Defence Digital. It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of both our audience and the wider society in the UK, so we’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for all our roles. Please let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process if this is something you want to explore. 

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

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.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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