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Physical Security Lead – MHCLG

We are recruiting a Physical Security to be part of our high performing and collaborative Security Team. You will be responsible for delivering Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) physical security processes and plans to deter or prevent unauthorised access, protect assets from attack and determine appropriate security requirements through effective risk mitigation across the MHCLG estate. You will be a highly capable Security Manager and possess a deep understanding of physical security and risk and mitigation, experience delivering physical security within an organisation and a clear understanding of the current threats facing Government.

Job description

  • Support and enable the delivery of physical security on behalf of MHCLG
  • Support the Head of Physical and Personnel Security in identifying and mitigating the risks to buildings where MHCLG operate, working effectively with the Government Property Agency (GPA), Site Leads, Estates colleagues and other relevant stakeholders to ensure a joined up approach to security
  • Support the completion and submission of the annual Departmental Security Health Check (DSHC) and take forward subsequent recommendations as required
  • Provide physical security advice and guidance to stakeholders at all levels
  • Develop and maintain the MHCLG Physical Security Policy
  • Maintain MHCLG compliance with the GovS007 Security policy and Minimum Physical Security Standards
  • Produce Security Operational Requirements (OR’s) for each MHCLG site
  • Maintain oversight of the MHCLG building pass process across the estate
  • Provide tailored and proportionate security advice for MHCLG events (conferences/event management etc)
  • Facilitate Security Education and Awareness sessions in conjunction with the Head of Security Education and Awareness, developing and implementing a programme of site outreach sessions.
  • Assist the Head of Incident Management, as required
  • Support Private Office in delivering effective security for staff and Ministers
  • Be a role model for the security community, modelling Civil Service values to champion and develop the profession across government

Person specification

Essential experience:

  • A thorough understanding of security within Government, expertise in physical security and mitigations.
  • The ability to anticipate, recognise and effectively deal with existing or potential conflicts at an individual or team level
  • Experience of identifying risks and planning to mitigate them
  • Experience of delivering physical security solutions within an organisation

    Desirable experience:
  • A recognised professional security qualification
  • Membership of the Security Institute or a willingness to work towards it within the first 12 months in post

Head of APHA Security

 We are looking for people with a passion for leadership, for interesting senior roles that help civil servants succeed and support citizens by collaborating across the public sector.

You will provide security and people leadership, driving transformative change, innovation and excellence for APHA.

  • Are you someone who can lead and manage change in a challenging and dynamic environment?
  • Do you want a role safeguarding standards of animal and plant health and welfare?
  • Do you have the ability to influence others and guide your team in a shared strategy?
  • Do you have an operational background in specialist Security functions on a complex site?

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and works on behalf of the Scottish Government and Welsh Government. Our diverse teams of over 3,000 skilled and committed professionals come together to provide research, advice and services to UK Government for safeguarding animal, public and plant health for benefit of the environment and economy.

Reporting to the Director of Science Capability, you will be responsible for leadership and direction of a new APHA Security function for APHA, setting requirements for our highly regulated and specialised Weybridge site of Critical National Infrastructure, and across our wider GB portfolio of sites and activities.

Working closely with Defra Security and Property colleagues, you will support us in delivering effective security for APHA.  You will be leading on the management and mitigation of security risks and incidents for APHA, considering cyber, physical and personnel issues holistically. Setting new standards for adoption of ‘secure by design’ principles and aligning to government and departmental standards and policies is a priority in this role. You will be responsible for the Threat and Vulnerability Risk Assessment for APHA Weybridge and for ensuring continuous improvement of statutory security compliance applicable to APHA.

You will support business delivery leads and colleagues with their responsibilities, helping to build and embed a strong security culture within APHA and associated partners.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us and play a significant part in ensuring that we meet our wide-ranging obligations for UK biosecurity. The role is also part of the wider Government Security Profession; a community with a mandate to establish transformation, and responsibility for an entirely new security model to protect the UK.

Job description

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Develop and maintain an effective APHA Security function and Weybridge Security Management System
  • Advise APHA Executive Board on the management of security risks and provision of day-to-day strategic and operational direction on security matters, escalating those above the risk appetite for APHA and Defra Board decision
  • Contribute to the development of Defra Group level security strategy and policies through your role on the Property Security Management Board
  • Ensure that industry good practice security principles and requirements are embedded across all aspects of security within APHA
  • Drive a strong security culture across APHA, ensuring effective practices are implemented, monitored and maintained
  • Understand, assess impacts and communicate APHA business and information risk context in relation to physical, personnel and cyber security threats
  • Role model the security community and model Civil Service values to foster and develop the team’s professional capability. This includes resourcing and line management responsibility for the Security team including performance , development and monitoring of progress
  • Develop and improve the Weybridge Threat Vulnerability Risk Analysis (TVRA) and wider APHA Operating Requirements in collaboration with stakeholders
  • Operational Leadership, resource management, direction and continuous improvement of the APHA Security Function, acting as part of APHA’s senior leadership team
  • Provide professional advice, guidance and incident investigation to Defra Group Property and their contracted guardforce.

Person specification

You will need to demonstrate the following:

  • Security and risk management, recognising future risks and strategically planning to mitigate them;
  • Background in physical security, personnel security, cyber security or technology professions
  • Proven technical experience in defining and articulating requirements and high-level design criteria for security controls in one or more domain (physical security or cyber security)
  • Demonstrable experience in security compliance, business continuity or incident management roles
  • Experience in security leadership in government and/or a large corporate environment of a comparable scale within high-risk industry
  • Ability to work across organisational boundaries and across disciplines to deliver results, collaborating effectively with stakeholders
  • Experience of acting as an intelligent customer managing supplier relationships and contracts

The successful candidate may be required to complete additional training provided by the NPSA, depending on their level of experience.

Qualifications

Level 5 Security Management qualification 
Certificate of Business Continuity Institute, or equivalent 
Cyber Security qualification, i.e. CISSP or equivalent.

Memberships

Security Institute – Chartered or Member Status

Behaviours

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

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together
  • Leadership
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Seeing the Big Picture

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

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together
Alongside your salary of £67,640, Animal and Plant Health Agency contributes £18,262 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

In return for your dedication and hard work, we will support your ongoing personal development through appropriate training as inclusion, support and the development of our people matter to us. We aim to support the career and personal wellbeing of everyone in APHA.  Our benefits include generous annual leave, a generous employer contributory pension (27%), staff bonuses and recognition, salary sacrifice benefit options, and an employee discount scheme, reward vouchers and in-year bonuses. We also offer additional days off if accrued extra hours (flexi-time –if accumulated), three paid volunteering day per year. We also have a social committee who run team building and fun events at the Weybridge site. Further details can be found in the Candidate Information Pack.

Everyone in APHA is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. When you join the Directorate, you will be welcomed into your new team through an induction programme that will provide you with helpful information on the civil service, our work and our policies. Your line manager will also work with you to establish your priorities for the year, developing a performance, learning and development plan tailored to you and your role.

Chief Security Officer, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)

Based in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. NSPA lead on all Security issues, managing teams in multiple locations. Designing and implementing Security policies, procedures and protocols based upon NATO Security Committee Directives and Guidelines to mitigate risks and maintain a secure environment.

See linked job description, which provides the following details:

  • Outline job description with link to detailed version describing general and specific responsibilities.
  • Benefits associated with job offer.
  • Basic salary.
  • Job availability from 1 April 2025.
  • Application instructions.

Security Officer

Do you have what it takes to help protect the largest urban regeneration project in Europe? Canary Wharf is a vibrant 24/7 city, where people can live, work, and thrive, with the purpose of bringing people together to enhance lives, now and in the future. Boasting over 300 shops, bars, and restaurants, coupled with excellent transport links, it’s a dynamic community hub.

A great opportunity to join an amazing in-house security team working a family-friendly 4-on-4-off-shift pattern with a salary of £39,113 (£17.91 per hour) (after probation). There will be opportunities for career and personal development along with a fantastic benefits package including private healthcare.

 

Vicon UK Area Sales Manager

At Vicon, we are building the security and monitoring solutions of the future through inventive product design and innovative engineering. With a long and rich history serving key security and monitoring needs of some of the most important institutions in EMEA, our exactness and ability to execute are pivotal to our core organisational mission. Our mission is to build the best video security solutions to create a safer and smarter world.

We are looking for a Regional Sales Manager located in the South who will be a key contributor to our success and will be responsible for a multi-customer sales territory of resellers, consultants and end-users to build demand and grow the sales of our products and solutions. This position requires a person with strong multi-tasking and communication skills that will help balance the demands of our customers, while building a strong pipeline of new opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Comprehend and communicate Vicon’s competitive advantages and go to market strategies.
  • Build strong relationships with resellers, end-users and design consultants in the territory by being knowledgeable about Vicon’s solutions and dependable in supporting their needs.
  • Use these relationships to support and grow the sales of Vicon’s products and solutions to the resellers in the territory.
  • Network in the market to find sources of lead opportunities and follow them through to closing.
  • Work and communicate closely with Vicon’s staff to report sales activity and opportunity via Vicon’s CRM system.
  • Support a corporate forecast and pipeline report that delivers accurate demand information for use in Vicon’s production manufacturing.
  • Work with Vicon Marketing to support branding requirements and assess the marketing needs in the channel.
  • Travel to the various areas in the territory to conduct personal meetings and sales calls on a regular basis. 

Education and Experience

  • At least three years of experience in sales management in a technology sector or B-to-B.
  • Self-confidence and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to operate as a team leader.
  • An ability to leverage good judgment when challenged with pricing pressure and competitive strengths.
  • Strong technical understand with video technologies, network design/troubleshooting and software.
  • Ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific projects or technologies.
  • Strong computer skills including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to perform in a self-managed environment must be a “self-starter”.
  • Must be able to travel as needed.

Please send your CV to  p.whittemore@vicon-security.com

01489566300

Supply Chain Security Assurance Specialist

Location: UK Mobile Worker

 

Join our UK Team who are committed to a Mission!..

 

The Role:

We are in search of a Supply Chain Security Assurance Specialist to join Leidos UK team.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the delivery and assurance of all aspects of supply chain security throughout our ecosystem of suppliers within Leidos UK ensuring fully compliant flow down to suppliers in accordance with customer and company policies and procedures
  • Act as security advisor on supply chain security policy requirements, industry security best practice and supply chain security risks
  • Collaboratively undertake security risk assessments of potential suppliers such that mitigations and ways of working can be efficiently established
  • Actively lead on the flowdown of bespoke Security Aspects Letters and other relevant security requirements and standards throughout contract or framework duration
  • Lead annual and ad-hoc assurance activities on in-scope suppliers, ensuring risks are appropriately identified, escalated and managed.
  • Establish and maintain working relationships with key security personnel in customer, partner and supplier organisations.
  • Create, review and update company security policies, practices and procedures associated with supply chain security     
  • Lead the security response to supplier related security incidents – manage and conducting any necessary security investigations
  • Support security awareness activities through the supply chain
  • Respond to customer requests for security assurance of the supply chain

 

Clearance Requirements:

  • Clearance to Start BPSS
  • Clearance for Role SC

 

Get onboard with the fastest growing company in the industry. Apply today…

 

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
•    Contributory Pension Scheme
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•    Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

•    Dynamic Working

 

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

 

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

 

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

 

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

 

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

 

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

Original Posting Date:

2024-04-22

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

 

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