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Bedford, Birmingham, Bridgend, Bristol, Chelmsford, Chorley**, Crawley, Dover, Exeter, Gartcosh, Gillingham (Kent), Heathrow, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Leicester, Lon-don*, Normanton, Nottingham, Slough, Stevenage, Sunderland, Tamworth, Warrington. *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, Vauxall 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. **Under the NCA Estates Strategy, the Chorley office is part of a planned relocation to the Warrington office. Relocation is planned to take place after September 2023. If you are successful for a Chorley role, please be aware that your post will be relocated.

About Integrated Protective Security

The Integrated Protective Security Command (IPS) is responsible for securing the Agency to protect the public.

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.

IPS officers provide specialist security services to the Agency 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to mitigate security risks.

As an officer within the command you will be responsible for implementing bespoke, efficient and proportionate protective security measures that adapt and respond to evolving security threats. Using an intelligence led, risk-based approach you will operate within the three pillars of security (cyber, personnel and physical) to defend the entire NCA by preventing, responding to and managing security incidents wherever they arise.
IPS is a diverse command, providing specialist services across the following disciplines:

Business continuity and disaster recovery, Sensitive Intelligence Management Unit.

• Counter corruption
• Supply chain security.
• Cyber defence.
• Technical security.
• Information assurance.
• Physical security.
• International security.
• Professional standards.
• Operational security.
• Security vetting.
• Security education.

IPS reports to the Director General Operations, with a dedicated Deputy Director and senior leadership team aligned to each of the security pillars. We are responsible for people, processes, technology and standards, operating across the NCA to support operational and non-operational teams, along with the Command Team, to ensure the Agency remains resilient and retains public confidence in a volatile and complex threat landscape.

We aim to hire for talent and train for skill, providing world-class training and career development opportunities to all of our people, to deliver tireless public service.

The NCA’s Professional Standards Unit works within the NCA’s Integrated Protective Security command to ensure effective working relationships, between officers, our partners and the public by maintaining confidence in the agency. We have legal and statutory obligations around how we manage complaints and potential conduct matters.
Every officer working for the NCA has the right to expect to work in a professional and transparent organisation, and it’s the Professional Standards Unit who play a big part in helping to deliver that environment.

The agency’s success depends on our professionalism, integrity, effective working relationships and public confidence. Our priorities are protecting the agency, our officers and our assets.

We are currently looking to recruit an Investigations Manager to join our team.

What will the successful Candidate be doing?

As a Investigations Manager you will be required to deal with a range of sensitive issues in a highly confidential environment. 
You will supervise a team of officers who undertake investigations into allegations of Gross Misconduct, Misconduct, Public Complaints, occurrences of Death or Serious Injury and some criminal offences (suspected to be committed by NCA officers). There will also be a requirement for you to lead some of your own investigations.

You will provide advice and guidance to PSU Investigators and support non PSU staff who are responsible for investigating issues on behalf of the unit. You will also be required to promote professional standards across the organisation, delivering presentations and supporting the agencies training programme’s when required.

**To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role and achieve DV clearance within the first 12 months in post.**

Key Responsibilities

As a G3 Investigations manager in the PSU, you will:

Conduct and/or supervise investigations into:

• Allegations of Misconduct and Gross Misconduct
• Public Complaints 
• Death and Serious Injury Incidents
• Offences committed  by NCA officers

You will also:
 
• Ensure that investigations are carried out thoroughly, expeditiously and proportionately in accordance with legislation, NCA Policies and oversight body guidance.

• Ensure your team produce high quality investigation reports ensuring compliance with  guidelines, legislation and policy, for submission to the CPS and/or internal disciplinary proceedings.

• Present cases to any subsequent disciplinary proceedings.

• Work with and support PSU Managers to risk-assess incoming work and agree allocation and prioritisation of investigations.

• Promote the role and responsibilities of the PSU and enhance awareness of risk areas throughout NCA by attendance at and delivering presentations to a variety of audiences.

• Contribute to the establishment of strong working relationships, with both internal and external partners, whilst presenting a positive image of NCA and the PSU.

• Must be able to achieve and maintain DV clearance.

Travel across the United Kingdom may be required at short notice as may the requirement to work extended tours of duty.

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

• Experienced and nationally accredited investigator qualification – PIP2 Supervisor (or equivalent)

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

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Experienced and nationally accredited investigator, with the ability to manage multiple caseloads (yours and others) and prepare investigation reports within strict time limits.
• Proven experience in dealing with sensitive information, maintaining confidentiality and duty of care in accordance with government or NCA policy and legislation
• Proven drafting/report writing skills.
• Proven experience in managing risk in pressurised operational environment.

Alongside your salary of £47,380, National Crime Agency contributes £12,792 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).

London

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is currently recruiting a Strategy Advisor for the UKHSA Strategy team, which sits in the Strategy directorate.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) ensures the nation can respond quickly and at scale to deal with a range of health threats, including a future pandemic. UKHSA is responsible for planning, preventing and responding to external health threats, and providing intellectual, scientific and operational leadership at national and local level, and on the global stage.

​The impact we make is profound. We work to ensure our people have the diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds we need to thrive, and that staff members feel valued and enabled to play their part in delivering our work.

UKHSA’s Strategy Directorate is an inclusive, high-performing team with an exciting and challenging remit including leading the organisation’s strategic and business planning, delivery of priority outcomes and decision making, and building key relationships both within Government and external stakeholders at home and overseas. We play a critical coordination and integration role to make sure UKHSA is greater than the sum of its parts.

This role is based in the UKHSA Strategy team which focusses on setting the organisation’s direction, including developing UKHSA’s overall strategy, as well as supporting the development of supporting strategies (for example UKHSA’s Science and Health Equality strategies) and plans to deliver individual UKHSA priorities.

As a Strategy Advisor, you will play an essential role in helping establish UKHSA as a leading agency in domestic and global health protection. You will be working with a highly motivated and passionate group of people in an exciting and fast paced environment with the opportunity to influence government policy and delivery. You will be responsible for developing and securing agreement to responses to strategic problems facing UKHSA, plans to address the organisation’s top priorities and advancing the key capabilities need to deliver health security. This includes realising the new possibilities created by bringing together complementary skills, capabilities and responsibilities from multiple organisations into UKHSA.

We are looking for a candidate who is driven, ambitious and ideally possess the following skills and experience for the role. However, we are also committed to helping you learn and develop, to allow you to and get the very best out of yourself. If you possess some or all of these skills, then we would like to hear from you. Please ensure you provide detailed examples in your application of how you have demonstrated these skills: 

• Ability to see the bigger picture and draw together varied information into a coherent whole 
• Great stakeholder management skills, especially with senior colleagues. The ability to build productive working relationships quickly and to engender confidence with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Critical strategic thinking, including ability to identify and assess options, and make well-argued recommendations.
• A strong communicator, able to communicate messages clearly to a range of audiences at all levels – both verbally and in writing.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise work
• Experience of supporting your team to deliver priorities in a fast paced, constantly changing work environment to achieve successful outcomes.
• Skilled in the Microsoft office suite packages (specifically Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint).

About Us

At the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) our mission is to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards.  We are a trusted source of advice to government and to the public, focusing on reducing inequalities in the way different communities experience and are impacted by infectious disease, environmental hazards, and other threats to health.

Our mission is challenging, innovative and in the spotlight. We will work to ensure our people have the diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds we need to thrive, that our employees are representative of the communities we serve and feel valued and enabled to play their part in delivering our work.

Creating our working culture is an ongoing process which we are developing by listening and learning together, hearing and acting upon diverse voices and opinions to develop a common sense of identity and effective ways of working.

Having recently achieved the publication of UKHSA’s Strategic plan, the team is now prioritising:

• Working with the Senior Executive Leads for UKHSA’s six priorities to agree the specific outcomes we will aim to achieve over the three years of the UKHSA’s Strategic plan, metrics we will use to measure success and effective plans for delivery.

 

• Ongoing development and delivery of a support offer for teams creating internal strategies for key aspects of UKHSA’s activities. This involves collaborating with teams across UKHSA to ensure that the skills and structures needed for the development of strategies are in place, as well as ensuring alignment with the UKHSA Corporate Strategy.

 

The role will be focussed on delivery of one or more of these work areas. The team’s work will evolve over time as particular projects conclude, but will continue to be based around the core objectives of setting the organisation’s direction and longer term planning to deliver UKHSA priorities.

Your main responsibilities are likely to include: 

• Working collaboratively with colleagues and senior leaders to help develop and expediate the delivery of strategic plans, shaping proposals and coordinating contributions.
• Building, maintaining, and improving systems to support a controlled and comprehensive approach to strategy development across UKHSA. 
• Supporting colleagues and senior leaders to maintain clarity on strategy and associated delivery plans across UKHSA. 

The UKHSA Strategy team’s core work is focussed on the objectives of setting the organisation’s direction and longer-term planning to deliver UKHSA priorities. Currently our main projects are working with the Senior Executive Leads to ensure effective plans for the delivery of UKHSA’s strategic priorities and supporting teams creating internal strategies for key aspects of UKHSA’s activities. The role will lead elements of one or more of these projects.

This role will involve scoping and leading cross-cutting strategic projects to support coordination across UKHSA on priority topics, objective or capabilities with the aim of increasing and improving UKHSA’s impact, with better outcomes for people’s lives and livelihoods. The post-holder will collaborate with colleagues and senior leaders, leading the development and agreement of cross-organisational action on strategic issues. This will require consulting and negotiating with stakeholders, including effectively engaging colleagues from a wide range of professional backgrounds, to define problems, develop solutions and reach consensus on strategic direction and initiatives. It will be important to understand and test colleagues assumptions, ensuring the identification, analysis and synthesis of evidence from across the organisation to inform strategic decision-making. The post-holder will lead the development and drafting of policy submission and strategy documents, working closely with private offices and teams across UKHSA, to facilitate agreement and communication of the conclusions and recommendations of their projects. 

The role is also likely to include responsibility for advising UKHSA colleagues on effective approaches for developing strategies and addressing strategic issues, in line with the tools and guidance developed by the Strategy directorate. This includes building, maintaining, and improving the systems needed to support a controlled and comprehensive approach to strategy development across UKHSA.

A key aspect of all work will be to support colleagues and senior leaders to maintain clarity on strategy and associated delivery plans across UKHSA. Working with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure significant new decisions, commitments and implementation plans align with UKHSA’s overall strategic plan.

The post-holder will support the work of the Strategy directorate as a whole by understanding key areas of the business, identifying emerging issues and making recommendations on when, where and how Strategy directorate should undertake a project to address them.

The post-holder will also be expected to contribute to the effectiveness of a high-performing team, including helping to set direction and support the well-being and development of team members. 

It is important through your application and Statement of Suitability of no more than 1,000 words that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the following criteria:

Successful candidates will be able to describe examples of where they have demonstrated these essential skills, abilities, and experience of:

• Ability to see the bigger picture and draw together varied information into a coherent whole. 
• Great stakeholder management skills, especially with senior colleagues. The ability to build productive working relationships quickly and to engender confidence with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Critical strategic thinking, including ability to identify and assess options, and make well-argued recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate messages clearly to a range of audiences at all levels – both verbally and in writing.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise work
• Experience of supporting your team to deliver priorities in a fast paced, constantly changing work environment to achieve successful outcomes.
• Skilled in the Microsoft office suite packages (specifically Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint).

• 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%
• Range of health and wellbeing support

Any move to UKHSA 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 Childcare Choices , 30 Hours Free Childcare, Tax-Free Childcare and More , Help with Costs , GOV.UK

Glasgow

The Government Security Function (GSF) oversees the delivery of protective security across Government. Our Mission is to enable the Government to protect citizens and provide vital public services by understanding and managing security risks. We set the strategy and standards for Government Security, monitor departmental security performance, manage pan-government security incidents, support the delivery of key security capabilities and lead the Government Security Profession.

The Government Security Group (GSG) is the centre of the Function, based within the Cabinet Office. GSG is transforming the Government’s approach to protective security to ensure it is fit to meet the challenges of the digital age. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team, with a breadth of stakeholders including in other Government departments, the National Technical Authorities and the Agencies, and to contribute to delivering improved security across Government. 

This role will provide you with an opportunity to be at the forefront in shaping national security policy and responding to a growing threat. You will be a part of a tight-knit taskforce setting up a unit to investigate national security risk amongst companies operating in the UK. You’ll need to be high-energy, creative and a problem-solver, willing to work across the security community to help set up a unit from scratch. This will be exciting and fast-paced, with significant parliamentary and ministerial interest.

Economic Security is an increasingly important issue within the national security landscape. The growth in the threat has necessitated levers and mitigations to prevent the UK Government from being compromised through commercial channels. The Procurement Act provides us with unprecedented levers to intervene where companies pose a national security threat. In order to use these levers, the national security community will need to assess the risk associated with certain companies in order to arrive at decisions about whether this risk is intolerable and requires intervention.

The Government Security Group is creating a unit to coordinate the cross-government response to this national security risk, starting with a small number of planning and policy professionals, and building to a unit handling caseload.

This is a multi-faceted and stretching Grade 7 role, dedicated to the organisational set up of the new Unit as well as future supplier casework, offering  insight into the UK’s prosperity and security objectives.

• This is a casework/investigative leadership role. The postholder will support the G6 in charge of the Unit’s national security casework, a key Ministerial priority relating to the national security aspects of the Procurement Bill. The role will support the Deputy Prime Minister’s priority objective to provide commercial and procurement expertise across government and the wider public sector. 
• The postholder will lead a team of SEOs and HEOs, with responsibility for managing national security exclusions and debarment investigations, selecting cases for assessment and looking at individual supplier risks where there are threats to national security. This will include liaising with the relevant departments and assessment bodies, and making recommendations to Ministers on which suppliers should not participate in public contracts. 
• The role will involve in-depth analysis of a range of economic and commercial factors, strong liaison across government and robust risk assessment. 
• The postholder will also oversee the core casework Unit protocols, working closely with the legal team, and will build an impactful, high-performing, inclusive, and welcoming team, able to urgently respond to new priorities.

Essential skills and experience:

• Ability to work independently – being a self-motivated, proactive self-starter is essential.
• Strong analytical and data skills – being able to digest large amounts of detailed information, prioritise, understand and communicate complex evidence, and draw justified conclusions.
• Strong leadership ability – you will be able to support more junior colleagues in complex assessments with significant implications for the UK, ensuring the process is rigorous.
• Problem-solving skills and eye for detail – you will be comfortable thinking through complex issues, understanding strategic implications of decisions whilst paying attention to detail.
• Experience of confident working with Ministers and other senior stakeholders, and the ability to provide clear briefings on complicated issues.
• Strong understanding of the parliamentary and press backdrop, and an interest in national security policy.

Desirable experience:

• Previous experience of working in a security environment and/or an understanding of the current threats facing HMG.
• Knowledge of commercial practice across the public sector.

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

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

Alongside your salary of £53,400, Cabinet Office contributes £14,418 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 which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

Glasgow

The Government Security Function (GSF) oversees the delivery of protective security across Government. Our Mission is to enable the Government to protect citizens and provide vital public services by understanding and managing security risks. We set the strategy and standards for Government Security, monitor departmental security performance, manage pan-government security incidents, support the delivery of key security capabilities and lead the Government Security Profession.

The Government Security Group (GSG) is the centre of the Function, based within the Cabinet Office. GSG is transforming the Government’s approach to protective security to ensure it is fit to meet the challenges of the digital age. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team, with a breadth of stakeholders including in other Government departments, the National Technical Authorities and the Agencies, and to contribute to delivering improved security across Government.

This role will provide you with an opportunity to be at the forefront in shaping national security policy and responding to a growing threat. You will be a part of a tight-knit taskforce setting up a unit to investigate national security risk amongst companies operating in the UK. You’ll need to be high-energy, creative and a problem-solver, willing to work across the security community to help set up a unit from scratch. This will be exciting and fast-paced, with significant parliamentary and ministerial interest.

Economic Security is an increasingly important issue within the national security landscape. The growth in the threat has necessitated levers and mitigations to prevent the UK Government from being compromised through commercial channels. The Procurement Bill will provide us with unprecedented levers to intervene where companies pose a national security threat. In order to use these levers, the national security community will need to assess the risk associated with certain companies in order to arrive at decisions about whether this risk is intolerable and requires intervention.

The Government Security Group is creating a unit to coordinate the cross-government response to this national security risk, starting with a small number of planning and policy professionals, and building to a unit handling caseload.

This role will provide you with an opportunity to be at the forefront in shaping national security policy and responding to a growing threat. You will be a part of a tight-knit taskforce setting up a unit to investigate national security risk amongst companies operating in the UK. You’ll need to be high-energy, creative and a problem-solver, willing to work across the security community to help set up a unit from scratch. This will be exciting and fast-paced, with significant parliamentary and ministerial interest.  

Economic Security is an increasingly important issue within the national security landscape. The growth in the threat has necessitated levers and mitigations to prevent the UK Government from being compromised through commercial channels. The Procurement Act provides us with unprecedented levers to intervene where companies pose a national security threat. In order to use these levers, the national security community will need to assess the risk associated with certain companies in order to arrive at decisions about whether this risk is intolerable and requires intervention. 

The Government Security Group is creating a unit to coordinate the cross-government response to this national security risk, starting with a small number of planning and policy professionals, and building to a unit handling caseload. 

Key areas of responsibility

This is a stretching investigative role, dedicated to supporting public procurement and national security supplier casework, offering  insight into the UK’s prosperity and security objectives.

• The post holder will support the G7 in charge of the Unit’s national security casework, a key Ministerial priority relating to the national security aspects of the Procurement Bill. The role will support the Deputy Prime Minister’s priority objective to provide commercial and procurement expertise across government and the wider public sector. 
• The post holder will lead a team of HEOs, with responsibility for supporting the management of national security exclusions and debarment investigations, selecting cases for assessment and looking at individual supplier risks where there are threats to national security. 
• This will include undertaking research and analysis, and supporting the Casework Team Lead in liaising with the relevant departments and assessment bodies. The SEO will support the G7 in making recommendations to Ministers on which suppliers should not participate in public contracts. 
• This role will involve in-depth analysis of a range of economic and commercial factors, strong liaison across government and robust risk assessment. 

Essential criteria:

• Ability to work independently – being a proactive self-starter is essential.
• Strong leadership ability – you will be able to support more junior colleagues in complex assessments with significant implications for the UK, ensuring the process is rigorous.
• Strong analytical skills – being able to analyse complex evidence and draw conclusions from a range of sources.
• Problem-solving skills and eye for detail – you will be comfortable thinking through complex issues, understanding strategic implications of decisions whilst paying attention to detail.
• Experience of confident working with stakeholders, and the ability to provide clear briefings on complicated issues.
• Strong understanding of the parliamentary and press backdrop, and an interest in national security policy.

Desirable experience:

• Previous experience of working in a security environment and/or an understanding of the current threats facing HMG.
• Knowledge of commercial practice across the public sector.

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

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

Alongside your salary of £40,850, Cabinet Office contributes £11,029 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 which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

MoD Sealand, North Wales CH5 2LS

Job Summary

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

Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached.

Security Services Group (SSG) provides specialist security advice, compliance and assurance to areas of the public sector that require the highest levels of security protection. SSG is the Government’s expert provider specialising in design, installation and maintenance of both custom in-house security systems and highly accredited commercial products on the government estate. Working as part of a 230-person team, we provide full life support services to UK Defence and Government sites throughout the UK and overseas.

The position advertised will provide support in relation to the installation and maintenance of security systems across the Ministry Of Defence and Other Government Department estates.

Can you support MOD with securing some of the countries’ most important buildings and locations?
This is an exciting, interesting and meaningful role within Government Security at high profile and technically complex Defence sites, Other Government Departments and Critical National Infrastructure security programs.

We are looking for a motivated and passionate professional to join as a Senior Project Manager in the SSG’s Physical Security Team.

This role will require operating away from home at times providing support to SSG operations across the United Kingdom and overseas, staying in overnight accommodation as the need arises.

Where applicable, the following allowances are payable in addition to basic salary: travel time (where travel is external to core hours), recall-to-duty allowance, environmental (Radiation) allowance, travel and subsistence package when working out of your region and overtime.

A Senior Project Manager role in SSG acts as a customer interface and will regularly represent SSG at high level external meetings, they will:

•    Undertake sophisticated discussions and consultations with SSG Project Managers and Client Security Officers for Key Project and Maintenance accounts 
•    Lead (Line Manage) the dedicated “in-house” Skill Zones and sub-contractors to deliver the project and maintenance contracts to time, quality and cost
•    Provide full financial management: Estimating, Job costing, invoicing and budget management. Providing clear and detailed financial breakdown reports to the PS Team Leader
•    Be able to interpret and develop SSG Operations and external client requirements, working to support the team to deliver functional solutions
•    Require a solid understanding of British, European and Government Standards relating to security together with knowledge of QA and H&S policies
•    Provide technical subject matter expertise to interpret and apply policy and regulatory requirements ensuring solutions keep pace with legislation, guidance, and standard methodology  
•    Recommend changes to policies, processes, standards, and practices that would improve operational performance or commercial viability. 
•    Project manage schedules and work breakdown structures; tracking and managing delivery, providing assurance on milestones and timescales 
•    Coordinate and supervise activities relating to major contracts.
•    Assure quality standards are met and CDM and general H&S are in line with current regulations.

Full functional training will be provided for certain systems to suit the business needs.
Work is predominately at SSG Customer locations across the UK and overseas, travelling accordingly to multiple Governmental and Military sites. In addition, due to operational requirements, there will be a necessity for detached duty in the UK or possibly overseas or be required to stay overnight at sites that are unsuitable distances from home address.

You may be provided with a non-liveried company vehicle with personal use (eligible for taxable benefit).  You may also have opportunities for overtime and travelling time depending on business needs.

Other benefits include:
•    Access to Defence Discount Service.
•    Specsavers eye test vouchers. 
•    Access to the Civil Service Sports Club (CSSC) (fees apply)  
•    Access to the Civil Service Club in London (fees apply)
•    Continuous professional development within the security field.
•    Laptop and mobile phone
•    PPE and Tooling required to complete your task

Further information can be obtained on enquiry.

Full Driving Licence
Driving a vehicle is a requirement of the job; project managers are provided with a vehicle to attend multiple customer sites which are remote and not accessible by public transport.

A Recognised HND level Qualification or above
Project Management
H&S (i.e. IOSHH or NEBOSH)

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

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

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

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• SSG Functional Competence Area 1: Electronic Security Installation – Awareness
• SSG Functional Competence Area 1: Physical Security Installation – Practitioner

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Offered Benefits

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

To learn more about our full range of benefits, view our Candidate Information Guide attached.

Allowances

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

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

Employment Hours

The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees. Flexible working, s will be considered. 

General Buildings – Cardiff & Conference House – Portishead

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 Operational Intelligence Units [OIUs] are undergoing an exciting period of transformation to build capability to proactively gather intelligence and develop thematic intelligence campaigns leading to operational activity that has a significant impact on immigration abuse within their geographical remit.

The OIUs are responsible for the proactive collection of information concerning immigration abuse, and the assessment of new information/intelligence received in line with local, regional, and national priorities. Intelligence gathered is turned into operational packages for disruption (for example by enforcement teams) as well as developed into campaigns to disrupt thematic immigration abuse.

There are currently 3 posts available – 2 x Portishead and 1 x Cardiff.  The successful candidates will be required to gather and develop intelligence as directed by the Field Intelligence Manager in order to deliver Immigration Enforcement priorities.

Key Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Proactively gather, research, develop and disseminate intelligence in the appropriate format.
• Actively seek to develop relationships with both internal and external business partners in order to identify new work streams/sources of intelligence to develop high quality intelligence products for enforcement teams and criminal investigations.
• Proactively undertake field visits to develop intelligence by visiting employers and stakeholders.
• Providing intelligence support to the Immigration Compliance Enforcement (ICE) teams deployed in the field, actively participating in operational visits in order to direct the gathering of intelligence.
• Filling in Intelligence gaps in line with tasking, undertaking debriefing of individuals where necessary and engaging with sources to identify and refer covert human intelligence opportunities.
• Focusing on generating and developing regional campaign activity as directed by the Field Intelligence Manager and in adherence with standard operating procedure (SOP) instructions.

Training

The role of intelligence is continuing to develop within the Home Office as we aim to professionalise roles through staff training and qualifications. The successful candidate will work towards an Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) accreditation within the first year in post. The Home Office is also developing an IPP career pathway framework to set out how intelligence practitioners can proactively move between IPP organisations to improve their intelligence knowledge and skills sets.

The successful candidate must be Immigration Enforcement arrest trained, or willing and able to pass an arrest training course (including required health assessment).

They must complete the required training in order to fulfil any intelligence gathering requirements when deployed with an ICE arrest team and will be required to wear a uniform when undertaking any arrest duties.

Candidates will also be required to undergo mandatory refresher arrest training every 12 months and must continue to meet the required health and fitness standards via annual health assessments.

As these are warranted roles with the powers of arrest, it is an essential requirement to complete the requisite training and the roles are conditional on passing a mandatory training programme, which will include a health fitness assessment, Enforcement training (4-week course) and Arrest training (2-week course). Other additional training focusing on the intelligence aspect of the role will also be provided.

Essential Criteria

• Experience of working in an intelligence and or/law enforcement field.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Experience of building and maintaining stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to perform in a fast past environment.
• Good working knowledge of IT systems for example Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable Criteria

• Intelligence/investigation experience.
• Forgery detection.
• Researching/analysing data to draw key conclusions.

Please note that in order to apply for these roles you are required to hold a full Valid UK manual Driving Licence.

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

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Leadership

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Swindon and South West – Tasked from Home

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

Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached.

About DIO

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

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

We are looking for a motivated and passionate professional to join as a Security Technician in the SSG’s South West Team which has its main office at Shrivenham Defence Academy.

As an SSG Technician you will have the chance to work on a variety of technically sophisticated projects protecting UK Defence and Government sites.

You will be tasked from home and for most of the time you will be working in the field being required to travel between various governmental and military sites. We will provide you with the choice of a non-liveried company vehicle to work in your region and you can opt in to use this for personal use.

We require professional individuals to serve SSG customers on a wide range of security systems including Intruder Alarm (IAS), External & Perimeter Intruder Detection, Video Surveillance (VSS), Automatic Access Control (AACS) and Control Room IAS and VSS & AACS Standard Monitoring Systems.

Specific system training will be provided.

Other duties include:

• Being the key point of contact to customers on a day-to-day basis
• Attending to maintenance and installation enquiries during core hours
• Participating in an on-call rota to provide 24-hour emergency cover for the service
• Conducting checks and audits on customer systems
• Accurately estimating costs of all materials and labour needed for minor works, additions and alterations
• Ordering materials from suppliers and providing equipment lists to the Project Manager
• Providing technical assistance at all levels and building solutions to technical and design problems
• Undertaking trade supervision for subcontractors
• Ensuring all job-related administration is accurate and reported in a timely way
• Adherence to work-related and site related health and safety guidelines

Your time will be typically spent working within your allocated region, however as SSG are involved in numerous overseas projects there are opportunities to work for short periods of time in Europe. This role will also require operating away from home providing support within the region and to the other SSG UK regional teams, staying in overnight accommodation as required.
 
You will be contracted to work 37 hours a week, typically between 08:00-16:00, however through travel time, overtime and on-call duties you will have the opportunity to increase your potential earnings. For example, some SSG technicians regularly do an optional 10+ hours per week in travel time and overtime.

Where applicable, the following allowances are payable in addition to basic salary: travel time (where travel is external to core hours), on-call allowance, recall-to-duty allowance, environmental (Radiation) allowance, travel and subsistence package when working out of your region and overtime.

Further information can be obtained on enquiry.

Environmental Hazards/Factors

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

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

A Recognised, relevant Engineering background, Engineering Apprenticeship and/or Engineering qualifications. I.e. Intruder Detection Systems, Perimeter Intruder Detection Systems, Video Surveillance Systems and Access Control Systems.

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

• SSG Functional Competence Area 1: Electronic Security Installation – Practitioner

Alongside your salary of £29,333, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,920 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

To learn more about our full range of benefits, view our Candidate Information Guide attached.

Allowances

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

Company Vehicle (including optional personal use) + Brand new toolkit + Additional allowances

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

Employment Hours

The post advertised is for 37 hours net.

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

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.

Position Mechanical Manager

Location National

Band SEO

Contract Type Permanent

Overview

The MoJ Property Directorate is a customer focused organisation that exists to enable our customers to perform to their very best.  We do this by providing high quality, easy to use services, and working environments that our customers want to work in, which support them to deliver their individual outputs efficiently.  Our job is to manage one of the most diverse and complex estates in Government – hosted by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ Property Directorate brings together a property portfolio including Prisons, Probation, and MoJ HQ and Arm’s Length Bodies.  We also provide property services on behalf of the Home Office (HO).

MoJ Property provides specialist services including facilities management, health and safety, fire safety and security, technical design expertise, and sustainability.  We also have business management teams who support the entire Directorate and each of our partners is supported by account management teams.  We are responsible for a great deal – our portfolio consists of properties valued at £8.5bn for the MoJ alone.  We are part of the Government Property Profession (GPP) and through active membership and engagement we will work with the Office of Government Property to develop the maturity of the profession and also encourage our people to join the GPP. We continue to build our capability through training and recruitment, aspiring to be the best that we can be as individuals and as a directorate.

We continue to deliver new ways of working across our portfolio – leading on the scale and pace of activity for central government – proposing ways to achieve, and then providing more dynamic and flexible workspace, while driving down the cost of the estate.

Team Overview

The MoJ Technical Group are an award-winning team that are driving innovation and sustainable solutions, we push the adoption of modern methods of construction including digital twins and platform approaches to bring efficiencies and better outcomes. The team ensure that all new build and refurbishment construction projects conform with Health, Safety, Security and Legislative requirements, liaising closely with the business to ensure our standards, specifications and design guides are appropriate and up to date.

The successful work undertaken to date is leading the way across Government, the Mechanical Manager’s role is key to this continued success.

This is an exciting time to be part of a growing team involved in major, multi-billion-pound expansion programme whilst continuing to support one of the largest estates across Government.

Job Description, Duties and Responsibilities –

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Represent Property Directorate interests and support other Government departments on cross-Government working groups
• Draft reports and papers on MEP issues.
• Deal with queries on Mechanical Technical Specifications and Design Guidance from any source, including supply chain, manufacturers, members of the public, lawyers, etc.
• Lead on the production and updating of Mechanical Technical Specifications – and provide support to the M&E aspects of Design Guidance, Technical Specifications and drawings, pulling-in other Team members to contribute their expertise as necessary.
• Present papers to the Property Standards Board as required.
• Consider the content of Derogation Requests within your area of expertise and provide written recommendations for consideration by the Senior Manager.
• Draft Estates Technical Notices as directed by the Senior Standards & Assurance Manager
• Manage technical enquiries put to the Technical Standards Team
• Contribute to advice, guidance and support on construction technical standards matters across the estate managed by MoJ Property and to OGDs.
• Assist with the testing and approval of products and elements unique to the estate that are M&E in nature.
• Provide comment on M&E aspects of mandates, business cases, RFIs and Notices of Change for compilation by the Senior Standards & Assurance Manager.

Expectations of post holder in executing the role

Post Holders are expected to display a commitment to Continuous Improvement, leading change, and improving performance. All those appointed to new roles in the team must be wholeheartedly committed to these principles and evidence this in their application.

Strong leadership is a critical element of this role, as is the ability to prioritise and manage a workload, analyse complex information, present recommendations and make effective decisions.

Post Holders must provide clear direction and focus, visibly championing the changes which deliver greater efficiencies.

The Senior Leadership Team expects all leaders with the team to operate in a culture of openness and honesty, demonstrating a commitment to change through involvement and empowerment, and by delivering results.

Skills and Experience

Essential –

• Knowledge of Mechanical systems for the built environment; specification design, installation & maintenance.

• Design / Construction management experience
• Experience of effectively and collaboratively working with others (senior management, colleagues, supply chain representatives) to achieve goals,
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Highly Desirable

• Ability to work with minimal supervision, taking responsibility for outcomes.
• Experience of working in a digital construction/BIM environment would be an advantage.
• Experience using and achieving BREEAM would be an advantage.

• Knowledge of sustainability policy and its application in property

Qualifications

• A degree, HND or HNC in a mechanical building services discipline or a similar recognised qualification. Candidates with lower levels of professional qualification who can demonstrate considerable experience in this field may be considered.

Government Property Profession (GPP) Competencies

The GPP Competency Framework is aimed at staff working in property or property-related roles and consider property to be their career anchor profession. This usually encompasses posts where professional qualifications and experience are directly relevant to the work being undertaken. However, it is also applicable to those who are currently not qualified property practitioners but wish to make this their profession of choice. Those with a property background at any level are encouraged to register with the GPP, which exists to support property practitioners at all levels.  Details of the GPP Competency Framework can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-property-profession-competency-framework.

Behaviours

We will assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Working together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Flexible working hours

The Property Directorate offers flexible working subject to local agreement.

This post is advertised as Permanent & Full Time.  The unit is supportive of and encourages flexible working and compressed hours candidates will also be considered. The post is National and ad hoc attendance at 102 Petty France, London will be expected.

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. We are happy to accommodate any reasonable adjustments you may require during the selection process. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity

Non-civil service candidates would typically start on the pay band minimum.

Please refer to Job Description

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

• Changing and Improving
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Alongside your salary of £39,868, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,804 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

Taunton

This is a demanding but rewarding high profile role setting the strategic direction for Security and Resilience and Facilities Management, advising the Chief Executive and National Hydrographer in making effective security and estates decisions in their roles as Accountable Officer and Senior Security Risk Coordinator respectively.

Reporting directly to the Director Finance & Corporate Services, you will have full strategic oversight of security and resilience and facilities management matters across UKHO, ensuring compliance with the requirements of Government Functional Standard 007-Security, the Defence Manual of Security and the Manual of Defence Resilience.  You will also provide operational oversight of all aspects of hard and soft FM services, in compliance with Facilities Management Standard FMS001, and Health & Safety and Fire requirements as set out in the Health & Safety at Work Act 74 (HSAW), Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and Regulatory Reform Order 2005.

This role supports UKHO governance at the highest level, providing assurance to the Executive Leadership Team, the Security & Resilience Board, the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee, Defence Fire Safety Regulator (DFSR), Defence Safety Authority (DSA) and Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), on the implementation and effectiveness of Security, Business Continuity, Resilience and Health & Safety and Fire processes in line with Legal, Government and Departmental requirements.

Hybrid working

This is a hybrid working role, and you will be expected to attend the office one or two days a week.  In addition to this, you will be expected to undertake Incident Management duties, approximately every six weeks. During this period you will be required to attend site daily and to be available on call 24/7 to respond to incidents.  If not on site at the time of being contacted and an incident cannot be managed remotely, then you must be available to attend site within one hour of being called.

[Please note our Policy on informal hybrid working (arrangements available as agreed with the line manager) does not extend to working overseas].

1. Oversee the implementation of mandatory requirements relating to physical and personnel security, and business continuity as set out in the GovS007, through the interpretation of various policies, advice and guidance provided by MOD (including the Defence Manual of Security and Defence Manual of Resilience) and provide advice to the Director Finance & Corporate Services and ELT, and HOB on all matters relating to security and business continuity.
2. Oversee the delivery of hard and soft FM services in accordance with Defence Infrastructure and Estate Policy, including the programme of Improvement works required to enable the business to enhance working conditions as well as the safety and security of the site and its buildings and provide advice to the Director Finance & Corporate Services and ELT on all matters relating to FM and health & safety and fire.
3. Oversee and management of the Health & Safety and Fire Advisor (HS&F Advisor) to ensure the implementation of mandatory requirements relating to health & safety and fire as required by the various acts and regulations and in accordance with MOD guidance set out in Management of Health and Safety in Defence, and Defence Safety Management System.
4. Ensure that security, business continuity, FM, health & safety and fire processes are reviewed regularly to ensure that they are efficient, effective and take advantage of new technology and digital ways of working and that measures to mitigate impact and likelihood are effective and proportionate to the level of risk.
5. Implement culture improvement initiatives to build responsible security practices across UKHO through alignment with and adaption of centralised security advice and security education and awareness campaigns.
6. Act as UKHO’s Resilience Focal Point in mapping and categorising critical defence assets using the Defence Critical National Infrastructure impact scales and commissioning Counter Sabotage and Operational Resilience Surveys (CSOR) for Def CNI assets.
7. Provide regular assurance reporting to ARAC and ELT on the effectiveness of security measures and processes, offering health, safety and fire data including the preparation of assurance statements for the Annual Report & Accounts, the ARAC Chair’s annual report to CE, and departmental assurance reporting to MOD Director Security & Resilience and MOD Chief Operating Officer.
8. Line management of Security and Resilience team and FM team (including H&S and fire).

Full involvement in UKHO senior management responsibilities.

Please note that we will only score against the sift and interview criteria and not the essential and desirable information below.

• Significant experience of working in security and/or resilience
• Significant experience of working in in facilities management and/or estates
• Related Professional Memberships, e.g. Security Institute; Business Continuity Institute; Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Strong knowledge of Business Continuity (ISO22301); Security Risk Management; Defence Infrastructure and Estate Policy, Standards and Guidance; Management of Health and Safety in Defence; and Defence Safety Management System
• Holder of Nebosh General Certificate Health & Safety and Nebosh Fire Safety Certificate
• High level of IT literacy (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

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

• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Experience of implementing physical and personnel security controls in a senior position in a defence environment.
• Experience of working in a crisis management environment (including experience in advising and influencing at C-suite level).
• Experience of senior management of a facilities management / estates team (including H&S and Fire)

Alongside your salary of £57,686, UK Hydrographic Office contributes £15,575 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

At the UK Hydrographic Office, it’s very important to us that our people feel valued.

We offer a huge range of benefits such as training and development, well-being support, flexible/ homeworking, a fantastic state of the art building, high spec equipment, and so much more.

See our attached Candidate Information Pack for more details.

Coltman House, DMS Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9PY

Here at Chief Digital Information Office (CDIO) we recognise the need for a change in the way we do business to remove bureaucracy, improve our agility and maximise our investment in the front-line.

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated cyber security professional to join the team at CDIO which will help build a positive Cyber culture at all levels in the DMS and champion a common cyber security vision to deliver the DMS Digital Strategy. 

This position will be based at DMS Whittington and is 37 hours a week. The successful candidates new to the Civil Service will be appointed on the minimum of the advertised salary band.

The Defence Medical Services offer hybrid working. The HQ and primary location for the DMS is Lichfield.  Other base locations may be available depending on business need and whether the location can accommodate additional personnel on site. Other locations that may be considered are MOD Corsham, RAF Wyton, MOD Abbey Wood – Bristol, MOD Northwood and MOD Shrivenham.

Does this sound like the role for you? If so, we would love to hear from you! 

Strategic Command Transformation

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.

The successful candidate will be providing assurance to ensure that security is embedded in all stages of the application development life cycle, and that there is continuous monitoring through use. They will advise on and test the efficiency of measures to build security into continuous integration and deployment pipelines. In addition, the role will understand and mitigate cyber-related risks and ensure ‘Secure Design’ of Information Technology (IT) systems and applications providing advice to help Senior Responsible Owners (SRO’s) and Capability Owners make well informed risk-based decisions. To achieve these outcomes, the role is expected to advise and enable technical teams to make security decisions and influence key organisational and architectural decisions.

Main details of the role include but are not limited to:

• Managing the embedment of ‘secure by design’ principles into application development by providing specialist internal consultancy and integrating security tools, standards, and processes into product life cycles.
• Providing tailored advice to a range of stakeholders on how to remedy identified risks by proportionately applying security capabilities, using published guidance, standards, and drawing on a range of experts as well as personal expertise.
• Ensuring appropriate channels for vulnerability disclosure exist in line with policy, and any bounty programme is effectively managed to ensure identified vulnerabilities are quickly remediated.
• Leading the technical design of systems and services, justifying and communicating all design decisions, applying research and innovative security architecture solutions to new or existing problems.
• Undertaking cyber risk management activities within the project.

Please see the Terms of Reference for more information on the position.

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Seeing the Big Picture

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

• Skills Framework for an Information Age (SFIA) Information Security (SCTY) Level 4
• Skills Framework for an Information Age (SFIA) Information Assurance (INAS) Level 4

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Free Car Parking
• Onsite Shop and Canteen
• A culture encouraging Inclusion and Diversity
• Access to Civil Service Pension