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Catterick Garrison Dog Section, RAF Leeming, Northallerton, DL7 9NJ

The Challenge

Do you want to join the 2021 Government Security team of the year and be part of our Gold Standard security service?

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) provides high quality security services at over 140 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. We provide access control, military working dogs, control room operations and other security services. We play a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and work to protect the defence estate and personnel from crime, terrorism, espionage and sabotage threats.

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and employs over 2,500 staff. MGS Officers are often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on our professional, customer-focused culture.

All our Security Officers are required to have excellent customer service skills and must be willing to go above and beyond to support security operations across the defence estate. Due to the high profile and strategic locations of the sites we guard, it is essential our Security Officers have a strong work ethic, are able to work as part of a team, are observant to threats and are capable to challenge and de-escalate difficult situations if required. We also require our Security Officers to have good written and verbal communication skills. Our Officers must have resilience and remain positive and friendly in all weather conditions and on all occasions.

We provide our staff with a market leading salary, excellent sickness benefits, together with a defined benefit civil service pension. Free full uniform will be provided.

We are a growing organisation with opportunities for good quality staff to progress their security careers.

The MGS holds the Committed to Equality Gold Standard and we positively encourage applications from all under-represented communities and from all types of working backgrounds.

See more information about the MGS, please read the candidate pack and watch our Security Officer YouTube video https://youtu.be/nzSK9OPOoDI

Main Responsibilities

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

Travel Requirements

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

>Desirable Experience & Skills

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

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

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

• 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

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

Taunton

Our Military Data Team directly supports Defence contingent operations and capability by providing maritime data, products, and services as part of our Defence public task.

Maritime Foundation GEOINT (MFG) is an Esri ArcGIS Enterprise capability that allows the connected user to search, discover, visualise, annotate, analyse, download and exploit authoritative Foundation Geospatial Intelligence provided by the UK Hydrographic Office on MOD fixed infrastructure accessed through a common geospatial portal.

MFG is transitioning from development and experimentation within private beta to a secure operational support service with 500+ concurrent Defence users. The purpose of this role is to underpin MFG availability as a web enabled operational service to ensure smooth operation and provision of maritime geospatial data to Defence users. The role is an integral part of the newly re-structured Defence Operations Team and is vital in keeping MFG operational, up-to-date and secure.

The role will work closely with the existing Defence MFG Development Team fostering a seamless integration between system administration, maintenance, and enhancement.

This is a newly created role and there will be some creative opportunity to evolve it. There will be extensive training available and colleague support on MFG for the first months in the role. It is likely that the role will develop to support other operational systems.

Hybrid Working

The Military Data Management Team are in office for a minimum of 4 days per week.  Hybrid working is supported and coordinated through the management chain.

Training: Following an initial period of 4 weeks training in office, there will be a period of continuation training of between 6 – 12 months, validated through a process of continuous assessment of the post-holder’s experience, knowledge, skills, and attitude.

As UKHO’s Defence Web-Services Manager you can expect to: 

• Responsible for management of MFG services and ensuring continuous availability.
• Manage and protect the Production Environment.
• Direct and manage the response to incidents.
• Accountable for the administration and management of End User accounts.
• Accountable as technical author for establishing and maintenance of all supporting documentation.
• Responsible for the correct communication about UKHO’s Defence Web Services with the User Community.
• Lead continuous improvements ideas and changes to UKHO’s Defence Web Services (including MFG).
• Support ad-hoc tasks, influence a maturing web service offering and contribute to MFG development and experimentation.

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

The post holder will need: 

• Security clearance or capable of achieving such. 
• Demonstrable understanding of Geospatial Information Systems with particular in depth knowledge of Esri ArcGIS Enterprise service and experience of using an automated service management. 
• Good working knowledge of current UK Defence & NATO Communications Information Systems (CIS) and Defence security regulations. 
• A strong team-work ethic & proven track record as a team player, leader in a technical service role. 
• Possess the confidence to prepare and deliver presentations up to 1* level with robust communications skills across wide organisational departments and with external customers and suppliers. 
• Must demonstrate experience of IT system monitoring and managing a Production environment. 

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

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

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

Alongside your salary of £29,539, UK Hydrographic Office contributes £7,975 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.

MOD West Moors, West Moors Road, Wimborne, Dorset, BH22 0HJ

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 unarmed guarding services at over 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. The MGS plays a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and works closely with its security partners

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and  employs over 2,500 operational and support staff. The MGS is managed by a Head Office team, dispersed strategically around the country.

MGS officers are very often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on a customer-focused culture, working to DIO’s Values as well as our own core values of honesty, integrity, professionalism and efficiency.

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

Main Responsibilities

• Supervise all Security Officers on shift at the Unit, deploying them to cover tasks as laid out in Assignment Instructions and in accordance with the Joint Business Agreement/GSSOR
• Supervise Security Officers to protect people, property, information, and assets from damage, destruction, or unauthorised removal from the Unit
• Operate security systems in line with standard operating procedures
• Align assigned team(s) of Security Officers to protect property or information against compromise, destruction, or damage, maintaining integrity of performance through effective management, encouraging a positive and inclusive working environment, addressing concerns in a timely and sensitive manner
• Respond appropriately to security concerns raised, including by third parties, and work with the first responder to incidents
• Where required, cover CSO5 Guarding tasks including providing meal break relief
• Daily Supervision and admin of the Roster, as delegated by the OM, managing the administration of abstractions and keeping the OM appraised on any issues with the rosters or general operations at the Unit
• If located within a reasonable travelling distance of other MGS Units then the Supervisor will visit these Units at a frequency agreed with the Operations Manager to provide Supervisory support and visit Staff and customers accordingly
• Writing reports on breaches of security or defects and maintaining daily logs
• Referral of complaints
• Supervising and Operating and monitoring of security systems; CCTV and alarms etc
• Operating and communicating effectively over the telephone and/or radio
• Liaise with Unit HOEs and Customer representatives and other Security providers to ensure a high-quality Security service is provided. Building positive relationships with all stakeholders
• Assist the Operational Manager in ensuring that the Unit is compliant with NSI and all documents, policies and processes are kept up to date
• Other tasks commensurate with the grade

Travel Requirements 

Where close area working arrangements are in place staff may be required to attend other sites within their travel to work area (one hour from their home) on a detached duty basis.

Desirable Experience & Skills

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

Full UK Manual driving licence due to post requirements.

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service

Alongside your salary of £27,474, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,417 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.

We understand the importance of life outside of work and our industry leading flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance.

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 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

48 hours gross, 43 hours net based on full time.

Medical

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

About DIO

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure.

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

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

Carver Barracks, Wimbish, Saffron Walden, CB10 2YA Keogh Barracks, Ash Vale, Surrey, GU12 5RQ

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 unarmed guarding services at over 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. The MGS plays a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and works closely with its security partners

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and  employs over 2,500 operational and support staff. The MGS is managed by a Head Office team, dispersed strategically around the country.

MGS officers are very often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on a customer-focused culture, working to DIO’s Values as well as our own core values of honesty, integrity, professionalism and efficiency.

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

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 and in a vehicle
•    Searching of vehicles, baggage, personnel, buildings and open areas
•    Escorting visitors
•    Traffic management
•    Checking identity on site (ad hoc)
•    Writing reports on breaches of security or defects and maintaining daily logs
•    Referral of complaints
•    Reporting MGS infrastructure defects
•    Dealing with demonstrators and intruders as directed by those holding operational control
•    Safeguarding classified information and material
•    Cooperating with other security providers
•    Collaborating with emergency services and invoking emergency procedures
•    Operating and monitoring security systems; CCTV and alarms etc
•    Operating and communicating effectively over the telephone and/or radio
•    Reporting safety hazards and accidents in accordance with current instructions
•    Carrying out, if required, initial action at the scene of any incident
•    Other tasks commensurate with the grade

Travel Requirements

Where close area working arrangements are in place staff may be required to attend other sites within their travel to work area (one hour from their home) on a detached duty basis.

Desirable Experience & Skills

A background, qualification or 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:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service

Alongside your salary of £27,050, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,303 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.

We understand the importance of life outside of work and our industry leading flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance.

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 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

48 hours gross (including breaks). You will normally work 48 hours per week including a daily meal break (43 hours net). This will normally be 4 x 12-hour shifts or 5 x 9.6-hour shifts between the hours of 0600hrs and 2200hrs over the 7-day period, as stipulated by the shift pattern agreed at the Unit depending on site requirements. This will include being rostered in a flexible manner (termed a flexible week) within the shift roster. During the flexible week, the working days and shifts will routinely be stipulated in advance but may be changed at short notice (this should be no less than 48 hours).

Medical

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

About DIO

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure.

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

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

Glenart Castle, Bristol Road South, Longbridge, B45 9UA, Woodbridge, Ipswich, IP12 3LU, Chatham Brompton, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4UG

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 a Security Officer are as follows.

Please note that these duties can vary from site to site.

• Controlling vehicular and pedestrian access and exit to/from site
• Issue of passes using site IT systems
• Reporting of environmental issues
• Issue and receipt of keys
• Patrolling on foot and in a vehicle
• Searching of vehicles, baggage, personnel, buildings and open areas
• Escorting visitors
• Traffic management
• Checking identity on site (ad hoc)
• Writing reports on breaches of security or defects and maintaining daily logs
• Referral of complaints
• Reporting MGS infrastructure defects
• Dealing with demonstrators and intruders as directed by those holding operational control
• Safeguarding classified information and material
• Cooperating with other security providers
• Collaborating with emergency services and invoking emergency procedures
• Operating and monitoring security systems; CCTV and alarms etc
• Operating and communicating effectively over the telephone and/or radio
• Reporting safety hazards and accidents in accordance with current instructions
• Carrying out, if required, initial action at the scene of any incident
• Other tasks commensurate with the grade

Travel Requirements:

Where close area working arrangements are in place staff may be required to attend other sites within their travel to work area (one hour from their home) on a detached duty basis.

Desirable Experience & 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

• 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.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Learning & Development

• Professional and Personal Development of skills
• Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by DIO
• Ability to obtain industry recognised qualifications supported by DIO

Employment Hours

48 hours (including breaks) This is a shift working position. The successful candidate will be expected to work nights, weekends, bank holidays etc. The exact shift pattern will be explained in full during the interview.

Medical

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

About DIO

DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to thrive, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers.

Our staff, future and current will be guided by the 4 Cs and we encourage you to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, collaborative in an inclusive culture, ambitious and resilient and committed to Defence, empowered and able to challenge so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation.

DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience: 

• Meaningful, purposeful work
• The ability to learn and grow
• The right opportunities and resources
• To care about your wellbeing
• To feel valued and included

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

General Buildings – Cardiff, Apollo House – Croydon, Priory Court – Dover, East London Campus – London, Martello House – Folkestone, Festival Court – Glasgow, Amadeus House – Heathrow, Custom House – Hull, Waterside Court – Leeds, The Capital – Liverpool, Soapworks – Manchester, Maple House – Manchester, Vulcan House – Sheffield, Sandford House – Solihull,

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 Private Secretary role plays an important part in the Home Office Intelligence Directors’ Private Office structure and supporting the Chief of Staff. You will contribute to the wider Private Office function within Home Office Intelligence by working closely and regularly engaging with the wider network. This includes supporting senior leader meetings, directorate wide events, and optimising the wider Private Office capability by providing cover during periods of annual leave.

This is a fast-paced, exciting role which will vary considerably from one day to the next.  Due to the business needs this role is only available for full time working.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

•  Supporting the daily management of the Director’s Private Office, working collaboratively to support the delivery of their responsibilities and objectives within required deadlines, leveraging the senior team and others, as necessary.

•  Working collaboratively with senior Home Office Intelligence leadership teams, stakeholders and other colleagues across the department and the Home Office, building relationships to establish productive links and opportunities.

•  Anticipating issues within your business area, escalating when required, and using initiative to respond to or direct queries to relevant parties. 

•  Overseeing the management of the Director’s inbox communications, determining urgency, importance, and advising/actioning accordingly.

•  Planning staff engagement events and Director visits working closely with the Chief of Staff to ensure a full, informative, and varied content.

•  Ensuring accurate minutes/records of senior level/board meetings and prompt dissemination where required.

•  Co-ordinating and producing written briefing materials for senior meetings and submissions within tight deadlines. You will also coordinate responses to press queries, Parliamentary Questions and monitor sign off on Freedom of Information Requests and Memorandums of Understanding. 

•  Showing your initiative and taking responsibility for a specific area of responsibility within the Private Office e.g. Communications, Continuous Improvement etc. This will allow you the opportunity to lead on a specific project with responsibilities rotated annually to learn new skills. 

•  Providing wider support to the Private Office network and contributing towards the continuous improvement of the Private Office, striving for excellence.

You will also be expected to carry out the following day to day activities:

•  Provide effective line management and create a positive working environment; set clear direction and guidance to ensure high performance focused on business priorities, balancing challenges, and meeting demands.

•  Effective prioritisation of your own workload in a fast-paced environment, with a large volume of high-level priorities passing through and cascading across function areas where appropriate.

•  Building effective working relationships with the Home Office Intelligence Private Office network.

Note:

The successful candidate may be required to carry out other duties within the scope of the grade and within the limits of their skill, competence and training.

The role requires you to work with a high level of autonomy, whilst recognising when it is appropriate to escalate issues to the Director or other senior leaders for their authority, guidance, or direction. You will need to work flexibly, plan for deadlines and juggle competing priorities, often at short notice, to meet the continuous demands of the office, your own workload, and the requirements of the business area Director.

This role can help you to develop and hone your skills of managing upwards.  It will also require you to think strategically and see the bigger organisational picture with exposure to high profile projects and senior leaders.

Essential Criteria

•  Being a self-starter with a high level of personal resilience who can work effectively under pressure with limited supervision.

•  Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, with a good understanding of the use of different channels and formats for different audiences.

•  Excellent interpersonal skills and comfortable engaging with senior leaders, with evidence of influencing stakeholders at all levels and engaging colleagues to deliver through collaboration and professional credibility.

•  Displaying effective organisational and planning skills to meet targets on different work-streams whilst maintaining attention to detail.

•  Ability to work at pace whilst balancing changing and competing priorities and having the intellectual curiosity to understand the impact your role and decisions have on the bigger organisational picture.

Desirable Criteria

•  Working in a high pressured, busy private office (or similar).

•  An  awareness of Home Office Intelligence and the Migration and Borders system, and it’s interaction with the business and wider stakeholders.

•  A confident communicator with a good understanding of Teams and SharePoint.

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Seeing the Big Picture

• 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%

Glasgow, London, Manchester

The Cabinet Office Security & Resilience Team is a key corporate services function, serving as a conduit on security advice while also enacting and overseeing wider security policy issues affecting the department. 

The team is responsible for managing the overall security posture of the department, providing functional support during security related incidents, and ensuring the continuation of operational functions. We are responsible for the protection of our staff, assets and physical infrastructure from evolving and challenging threats.

The Incident Management Team is at the front line of security. We are the first responders for any emerging threat and responsible for the coordination of its mitigation. Our focus is on the customer, acting as the departmental lead in ongoing incidents and investigations, offering assurance to those impacted by the events.

Reporting directly to the Incident Response Manager, the role of Incident Response Officer is to be the first point of contact for customers, engaging with them to ensure that the team has the right information to effectively form a response in line with our Standard Operating Procedures. 

You will provide administration support for past and current incidents, analysing the reported data to accurately triage and, where necessary, escalate incidents and emerging threats to the correct team or stakeholder. 

This is a customer facing role. You will be the face of security for The Cabinet Office, where you will provide ad hoc advice to the customer for routine services, or before escalating incidents further. The role requires adaptability to changing situations and be comfortable in engaging with senior civil servants.

• Be the first point of contact for routine queries and incidents through the day-to-day management of the team’s inbox.
• Support the response to incidents, engaging with stakeholders to gather the context behind the incident, and establishing the whos and the whats, before triaging or escalating them in accordance with the team’s Standard Operating Procedures.
• Collect and collate the necessary information to support a case, including evidence, by managing the team’s case management system, ensuring that there is a clear record trial of significant events in the team’s archives.
• Escalate high priority requests or incidents to the relevant team member or group in a timely manner, ensuring that they are made aware of the level of urgency.
• Provide pivotal support to the Incident Response Manager and senior leadership, ensuring that the necessary information on a case has been fully reviewed to provide accurate recommendations during the response process.
• Engage with key stakeholders during incidents and provide administrative support during conversations, maintaining a contacts database for use in a response.
• Support and draft responses to Parliamentary Questions, Freedom of Information requests, the Departmental Security Health Check and any other OFFICIAL correspondence that relates to their area of responsibility. 

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• An understanding or willingness to learn incident management practices.
• Strong communication and problem solving skills, with a proven ability to have worked with a variety of stakeholders, often with conflicting priorities.
• The ability to analyse complex information and form appropriate recommendations or advice.
• Good organisational and administrative skills.
• Working with high level and confidential information.
• Confident in using Microsoft Office or Google Suite.
• A good understanding of security management principles and good practices

DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• An understanding of the threat landscape against HMG, both on a local and macroscopic level.
• Experience of working within central government, in incident management and response, or a background in cyber security, physical security, personnel security, technology, risk management or data professions.

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

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

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

• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £27,750, Cabinet Office contributes £7,492 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.

London

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities. 

Are you a confident communicator with the skills to lead and challenge stakeholders at all levels?

Have you got experience analysing complex information and then use your findings to influence a variety of audiences?

Are you able to think outside of the box to find solutions?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity, and we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for a Security and Resilience Risk Identification and Assessment Lead to join our Risk and Resilience Strategy team here in the Department for Transport.

This is an exciting position which will oversee the process of the civil contingency risk review for the Department and working wider across Government including on the National Security Risk Assessment; CONTEST counter-terrorism framework; undertaking capability assessments; and implementing the HMG Resilience Framework.

As a part of this team, you will work with teams across DfT, other government departments, and with academic and industry partners, to build the department’s resilience to future threats and hazards through effective risk management. These could range from state threats and terrorist incidents to natural hazards such as flooding and volcanic eruptions and understanding the impact of emerging technology on these risks. There will be some scope for individual tailoring of focus areas according to expertise and interest, and plenty of opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge, particularly in leadership.  

This role sits within the Transport Resilience and Response Directorate within DfT, which is home to the Transport Security Operations Centre (TSOC) Division. TSOC’s principal objective is to ensure the Department is to prepare for, mitigate and respond to a major incident(s) impacting the UK transport network, UK passengers and protecting wider UK Government interests. 

This role is ideal for individuals looking to take on a challenge and broaden their experience. There are likely to be opportunities to brief senior officials and Ministers and represent the Department at cross-Whitehall discussions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Owning and developing the risk assessment process for civil contingency risks within DfT;
• Undertaking and supporting others to undertake qualitative and quantitative risk assessments as the functional subject matter expert;
• Overseeing the process of normalising different risk assessments to provide colleagues on a total risk picture which covers national security, natural hazards and many other areas;
• Developing and building relationships with analysis, science, research and policy teams, and with colleagues from across government and beyond, to provide the underpinning evidence base for the team’s work and to advice colleagues on findings from the risks assessments;
• Working with the Intelligence and Threats team, Catastrophic Contingency Planning team, Training and Exercising, and Operational Response to embed the findings of the risk assessment into the wider resilience and crisis management work of the Department;
• Acting on behalf of / representing Head of Risk and Resilience Strategy, e.g. at management meetings, cross-Whitehall and external meetings.

For further information please see the role profile attached.

About you

To thrive in this role, you will be a motivated and highly organised individual, able to problem-solve, demonstrates analytical experience and can communicate complex subject matter to a variety of audiences.

You will need to be able to work at pace and happy to work in an environment where roles need to be flexible at times. You also need to be confident at communicating with peers, seniors and key stakeholders within the DfT family and in other government departments, as you are likely to be the resident expert in the areas you cover.

You will need to be able to get to grips with new subject areas quickly and be thorough and methodical in your approach.

Additional Information 

There may be the opportunity for some international travel, but this is not a requirement.

A minimum of 40% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance. 

TSOC plays a crucial role in the Department’s emergency response mechanisms. You therefore may be required to participate in the Department’s response to a security or civil contingencies incident that exceeds the Operational Response team’s capacity. This may include out of hours working on occasion, but we will make every effort to allow for your personal circumstances.

The role requires DV clearance however candidates can onboard with SC Clearance and undergo DV whilst in post. Should the successful candidate not obtain DV then there will be a requirement to be re-deployed to an alternative post should a position be available.

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

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

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it’s like working at the Department for Transport .

HMNB Devonport, Plymouth

His Majesty’s Naval Base Devonport (HMNBD) and the wider site has evolved over the past 300 years to become one of the largest Naval Bases of its kind in Western Europe and is today, a key Defence strategic asset as a Main Operating and Support Base for the Royal Navy.  The wider Devonport site is characterised as a Base, Barracks, Port and Dockyard.

The Naval Base Commander Devonport (NBCD) is responsible for providing a World Class, Secure, Safe, Integrated Operating and Support Base for the Royal Navy; his Mission is supporting the Royal Navy world-wide from the wider Devonport site.  Devonport is home to the Devonport Flotilla and is a Centre of Deep Maintenance for Surface Ships and Submarines, providing a unique contribution to the Royal Navy’s main outputs.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Security Team at HMNB Devonport, the team is responsible for the design, implementation and assurance of site security in order to protect and defend the site’s people, assets and information.

The job is varied, challenging and busy and is set within a site with a bright future, in a specialist area of importance and potential growth. This Post will have line management responsibility of one Administrative Officer (AO) within the department. 

The Naval Base Security supports flexible working within policy and there are opportunities to work from home, to be agreed by Line Managers.  

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. 

To support the delivery of a comprehensive Cyber Security strategy and assurance programme for HMNB Devonport under the direction and guidance of the overarching frameworks provided by Navy Command and the Defence Nuclear Security Regulator.

Undertake a Cyber Security assurance programme to ensure Naval Base (NB) IT systems and information is adequately protected by security measures that are proportional and effective against the full range of credible postulated threats.

Manage the Information Protection Zone policy at HMNB Devonport in accordance with JSP440.

Monitor the proposed procurement; installation; re-siting; or disposal of Information Systems and Operational Technology in the NB and consult with the appropriate authorities at an early stage to ensure security risks are adequately assessed, and risk mitigation measures agree.

Oversee a baseline understanding of all IT and Communications Systems across HMNB Devonport to ensure minimum security requirements are applied as defined by JSP440, related JSPs, and Navy Command Policy.

Provide Cyber and Information security policy advice to Naval Base personnel through appropriate channels of communication.

Assist in the co-ordination of Cyber vulnerability assessments through a programme of cyber exercises, Navy Command Threat/Vulnerability Assessments (TVA) including technical surveillance counter measures to inform Naval Base Risk Management processes and counter intelligence activity.

To provide planning towards and take action in satisfying the Defence Nuclear Security Regulators assurance outputs including recommendations and actions within the areas of Information and Cyber Security on the Naval Base.

Where appropriate report and investigate Cyber and Information security infringements, breaches and vulnerabilities so that an auditable trail of security incidents exists in liaison with Navy WARP, Joint Security Co-Ordination Centre (JSyCC), Base Security Organisation (BSyO) and Unit ITSO’s (UITSOs) to ensure appropriate remedial action.

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Delivering at Pace

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

• Security Functional Competences – Generalist (Awareness)
• Physical & Operational (Awareness)

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
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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.

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.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

RAF Wyton

Cyber security plays an integral role in protecting the UK against external and internal threats, acting as a deterrence to ensure that our Armed Forces have the strong cyber defences they need.

The Cyber Defence and Risk (CyDR) team is at the forefront of Cyber Security and Information Technology within Defence and is responsible for enabling Defence through the provision of specialist assurance and cyber security services across UK Defence, including industry partners, other Government Departments and our international allies. Services provided by CyDR include:

• MOD defensive cyber strategy development
• Development of cyber security policy
• Managing and driving mitigation of Departmental cyber risk
• Security assurance and accreditation support and advice

CyDR sits within the Defence Digital team who provide digital and technology services to our Armed Forces. Defence Digital operates at scale, with an annual budget in excess of £2Bn and a diverse team of 2,500 colleagues, it aims to make our Armed Forces some of the most technologically advanced in the world.

With a fantastic growing team of military and civilian staff operating across the UK, it is a great time to be a cyber security professional in the Ministry of Defence.

If you can see yourself contributing to the world of CyDR the next chapter of your career may be with us!

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The Security Clearance Officer position sits within the Operations Team in the CyDR Directorate. We are a small, highly specialised team that provides clearance information for CyDR Wyton personnel for visits to national and international locations and for the administration, verification, and transmission of Non-Operational Overseas security clearances worldwide, for Service and Civilian personnel, up to and including ministerial level.

Comprehensive training will be provided, including an initial 2-day course in Bedfordshire. 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.

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 also provide great benefits including flexible working, a generous leave allowance, a wide range of great discount services and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

Responsibilities will include:

• Protect the integrity of the secure clearance area in accordance with MOD policy.
• Produce local standing orders in according with MOD policy and procedures.
• Complete security inductions and de-inductions for CyDR personnel.

• Provide management information to support queries and outputs to internal/external stakeholders.
• The monitoring of the administration, verification, and transmission of Non-Operational Overseas Clearances worldwide for Service and Civilian personnel, up to and including ministerial level.
• The monitoring and maintaining of two security clearance databases for all RAF and civilian personnel.
• Provide support to the Operations Team as directed by the Operations Manager.

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

• Experience or knowledge of handling, storing, recording or documenting information.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to build and maintain strong working relationships.
• The ability to quickly assess information and make credible recommendations at pace.
• Able to prioritise, support a team and work independently when needed.
• The motivation and desire to learn.

Dependent on the business need, there may be a requirement to travel to meetings within the UK.

This position is open to sole UK nationals only

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions
• 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.

• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• 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
• In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The King’s birthday
• 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 and adoption leave
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing
• Most sites have good travel links with free car parking; many also have other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club and Gyms
• A highly competitive pension scheme.
Discover my benefits for more information

Learning & Development

In Defence Digital we have a strong learning and development ethos, supporting you to fulfil your potential by providing –

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• Professional and Personal Development of skills
• Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by MOD
• Ability to obtain industry recognised qualifications supported by MOD

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.

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.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.