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HMNB Devonport Plymouth

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Security Team at His Majesty’s Naval Base Devonport (HMNBD), a site of national, strategic importance on the waterfront of Plymouth, Devon. The role of Security Assurance Authority is a challenging and rewarding role that supports the Naval Base Commander (NBC) with the assurance that HMNBD is compliant with the requirements of security policy. The position reports to a Senior Executive Officer (SEO).

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. The organisation under NBC is undergoing change co-incident with this job advert and change-management skills, industry and flexibility will be required to succeed. This Post will have line management responsibility of a small team within the Security Department future construct.

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.

The successful candidate will:

To support the Establishment Security Officer (ESyO) and Assistant Head Security (AHdSy) in providing the Naval Base Commander with the assurance that HMNB Devonport is compliant with the requirements of The Defence Manual of Security, Joint Service Publications (JSP’s) Policy, Navy Command Security Regulations (NCSR), Security Regulation of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise, Policy, the MOD Information Security & Computer Network Defence, Policy and The Acceptable use Policy for Users of MOD IT and Telecoms Policy.

The successful candidate will undertake and be responsible for the following:

Carrying out assurance of each of the HMNB Devonport Security teams (Base Security, Ministry of Defence Police (MDP),  Military Guard Service (MGS), and Babcock Security.

To manage and provide all necessary security assurance and risk reporting.

Liaise with Navy Command (NC) Principal Security Advisor (PSyA) team to ensure compliance in accordance with JSP Policy.

Acting as the Security Assurance focal point and  – you will analyse your data and identify risks, to ensure managed information is provided to the AHdSy.

To assist the Nuclear Security Officer and the Deputy Nuclear Security Officer Devonport.

To manage and provide all necessary security assurance and risk reporting.

Liaise with the Naval Base Quality Assurance (QA) team to validate the assurance process.

Support Nuclear Security Assurance visits, audits and inspections by external agencies.

In order to Assure the adequacy of HMNB Devonport security arrangements, assist with security exercises where required, and provide or assist with post-exercise evaluation reports.

To be the Deputy Intelligent Customer for the provision of contracted security services.

To act as the department Quality Point Of Contact (QPOC) and provide a liaison point of contact between the Business Management Forum and individual Deputy Head of Department.

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

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

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

• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Defence Security Profession Competency Framework: Security Functional Competences – Generalist (Practitioner)
• Defence Security Profession Competency Framework: Business Continuity and Resilience: Practitioner

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

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.

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This role will be based in either York or Glasgow. UKSV operates a hybrid working policy. There is flexibility to split your working week but with a minimum requirement of 40-60% in the listed Cabinet Office Hubs.

This role is based primarily within the Aftercare Team, which sits within the wider Complex Casework Team at UK Security Vetting. The purpose of the Aftercare Team is to investigate anything of security concern, between periods of normal vetting review, which potentially affects an individual holding a national security clearance. We are currently recruiting one Vetting Manager to join our existing team. This is a complex decision-maker role.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Analyse and assess complex vetting enquiries, identifying potential security risks, and recording evidence of your decision, making in a written document.
• Make key vetting decisions, referring to policy and using your own professional judgement.
• Appropriately refer/escalate any high-risk cases.
• Liaise with applicants/clearance holders to explain why they may not be suitable for clearance.
• Mentor and provide vetting casework advice to team members across a range of workstreams.

As Vetting Manager within UK Security Vetting, we are looking for people who have the following expertise and attributes:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; to be able to present information in a clear and concise manner, with attention to detail.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Discretion; vetting confidentiality is paramount in safeguarding the personal information being processed.
• The ability to work with minimal supervision and manage your own workload.
• IT skills, especially in Google applications.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of vetting policy and processes.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Making Effective Decisions

Alongside your salary of £35,400, Cabinet Office contributes £9,558 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.
• This role will be based in either York or Glasgow. UKSV operates a hybrid working policy. There is flexibility to split your working week but with a minimum requirement of 40-60% in the listed Cabinet Office Hubs.

Darlington, North East England, DL1 5QE : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS2 8ER : Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, S1 2FJ

We encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates  

At DfE, we are proud of the commitment we make to diversity and inclusion and of the progress we have made. We have active & vibrant staff networks, special leave policies and workplace adjustments put in place for those who need them. We are continuing to build a diverse DfE, in an inclusive environment which nurtures and realises potential in all, at all levels.

Equality and Diversity – Department for Education

Who we are 

At our heart, we are the department for realising potential. We enable children and learners to thrive, by protecting the vulnerable and ensuring the delivery of excellent standards of education, training and care.

Our Cyber Security Department 

The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships, and wider skills in England. We work to protect the department’s essential services, like funding schools and colleges, and safeguarding children from cyber threats, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data that underpin these essential citizen services.

We are responsible for the whole spectrum of cyber and information security across the department, including Information Security and Information Risk management, Security Operations, and Security Architecture and Engineering.

This is a great opportunity if you want a challenge at a national level in a role that makes a difference to so many. Joining us means you will help to safeguard children and ensure their education and care is delivered effectively.

We welcome flexible working and are open to a blended approach of working from home and in an office. Some travel may be required to one of our DfE sites.

You will be responsible for the delivery of the Security Education and Awareness Programme.

• Support the function lead in ensuring that the Programme meets divisional, departmental, government and regulatory requirements as specified by policy, standards, guidance and compliance.
• Develop and deliver a communications and engagement action plan ensuring effective communication of our security policies and expectations, reducing the risk to the DfE.
• Proactively identify, engage and collaborate with a broad set of stakeholders.
• Maintain a metrics framework that can effectively measure requirements and outcomes for reporting purposes.
• Proactively contribute and suggest ways to incorporate flexibility, creativity and adaptability of delivery and content to counter potential changing work scenarios and situations.
• Scope and plan security awareness campaigns to meet targeted goals ensuring regular monitoring  and reporting on attendance and effectiveness.
• Promote an environment of continuous improvement across the team, where learning from feedback, security risks, events, incidents, investigations, and trends become integral to business design and processes.
• Maintain awareness of emerging human threats and take appropriate action to prioritise and mitigate risk.
• Able to work independently and with minimal direct supervision.

We welcome flexible working and are open to a blended approach of working from home and in an office. Some travel may be required to one of our DfE offices.

You will play a key role in assisting the Security Education and Awareness Lead to foster a positive and resilient security culture across the department. You will become a member of the Government Security Profession and network with other departments across the Civil Service to enhance security culture.

We are looking for someone who understands security and can work collaboratively within the Department of Education and across government to understand threats and develop mitigating solutions through the Security Education and Awareness Programme.

You will be an experienced and inclusive professional, capable of assessing risk and how that influences the Security Education and Awareness Strategy and Programme.

We can offer the training you need to support your development. If you are successful for this role, then you must reside in the UK. You must be passionate about security education and understand the importance it plays in minimising risk and preventing serious security incidents occurring. If you are an enthusiastic security professional and meet our essential criteria detailed here below, then we would like to hear from you.

Essential Criteria

It is essential that you have:

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex subjects in a simple, clear and concise manner.
• Experience of supporting the delivery of awareness programmes and campaigns.
• An awareness of the core concepts of cyber and information security and how these can impact upon the security culture within an organisation.
• An awareness of the cyber security challenges an organisation faces and how those risks can be managed and mitigated.
• Good judgement, tact, and decision-making ability.
• A keen willingness to learn new skills and a passion for developing and promoting cyber security awareness.

Desirable Criteria

It is desirable that you have:

• Experience of working in a cyber or information-security based role.
• Possession of, or willingness to work towards, a relevant cyber security qualification (e.g. CompTIA Security +, CISMP).
• Exposure to relevant security best practices, standards and frameworks, such as ISO27001, NIST CSF, GDPR.

Desirable criteria will only be assessed in the event of a tie break situation to make an informed decision.

Applicants currently holding a permanent post in the Civil Service should note that, if successful, their salary on appointment would be determined by the Department’s transfer / promotion policies.

As a member of the DfE, you will be entitled to join the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme, which many experts agree is one of the most generous in the UK, with an average employer contribution of 27%.

You will have 25 days leave, increasing by 1 day every year to a maximum of 30 days after five years’ service. In addition, all staff receive the King’s Birthday privilege holiday and 8 days’ bank and public holidays.

We offer flexible working arrangements, such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.

Most DfE employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending at least 60% of their time in an office or work setting. Changes to these working arrangements are available in exceptional circumstances but must be agreed with the line manager and in line with the requirements of the role.

Travel to your primary office location will not be paid for by DfE, but costs for travel to an office which is not your main location will be covered.

As an organisation, which exists to support education and lifelong learning, we offer our staff excellent professional development opportunities.

This role may be located in one of the following locations; Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield. Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

Are you passionate about Information and Cyber Security?

This is an exciting opportunity for a security risk manager to work within the Health Product Development Unit.

The role would involve conducting controls-based risk assessments, managing security risk remediation through involvement in working groups, and conducting supplier assurance across multiple projects. The successful candidate would chair security working groups identifying areas of improvement and ensuring that all security risks are captured, reported on and mitigated to be line with the departments risk appetite.

As one of our Senior Security Risk Manager your primary role will be providing governance on the Security Risk Management process across several services, both inhouse and outsourced.

You will:

• provide advice on security best practices, and capture security risks that may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of citizen data.
• scope out IT Health Checks and deliver remediation recommendations.
• engage with the central risk management team to ensure alignment with strategic approach / methodology / shared tooling and risks are captured in line with GRC reporting tools.
• Engage with Health Suppliers, managing security working groups, ensuring compliance with DWP security policy and highlighting risks to the SRO that are outside of tolerance
• Maintain an up to date risk register.

• An employer pension contribution of up to 27% For further information please click here.
• Annual leave rising up to 30 days, (based on your working pattern).
• Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Learning and development tailored to your role this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring. 
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. 

Salary Information

Salary for this role is from £52,417 (Band min) to £63,571 (Band max).

The maximum salary for the grade is £63,517, however a Digital Allowance of up to £14,946 per annum is available for exceptional candidates, based on our assessment of your skills and experience.

Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview.

Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary.

Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the next grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.

DM Kineton, Marlborough Barracks, Temple Herdewyke, Nr Southam, CV47 2UL The Countess of Wessex Lines, Lyneham, SN14 9XX

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 due to site requirements.

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

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.

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

48 hours (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

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

Home-Based: Reading RG7 4PR

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.

About DIO:

View our YouTube video to see more about our work

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 Defence Nuclear Organisation support team which has its main office at AWE Aldermaston. 
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.

Bespoke 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 could increase your potential earnings. For example, some of our 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.

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, tablet and mobile phone
•    Tool kit

Further information can be obtained on enquiry.

Desirable Experience & Skills

Membership: Engineering Council 
Membership: Security Institute
Qualification: HNC in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or equivalent
Qualification: NVQ/SVQ Level 3 in Electronic Security Systems (IDS, VSS, etc) or equivalent
Qualification: ONC/OND in Electronic Security Systems (IDS, VSS, etc) or equivalent

Environmental Factors/Hazards Associated with the post

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 Framework Competence Area 1: Electronic Security Installation – Practitioner

Alongside your salary of £29,333, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,919 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.

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.

London

Security Policy & Operations Group (SPO) is often described as the ‘shop window’ of the Ministry of Defence, with around 1000 civil servants and military people operating across 90 locations overseas and an annual budget of £750M. Our main functions are to provide military-aware policy advice to Defence Ministers to enable them to make informed decisions and to build and to maintain and grow strategically important defence relationships around the globe. SPO is a fantastic place to work, which relies on having staff from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.

The SPO area currently have three exciting, challenging and fascinating roles: Director Operational Policy, Director Policy and Plans, and Director Strategic Alliances and Partnerships, Europe and NATO all of which are a fundamental part of the SPO senior leadership cadre, with opportunities to assist during crises and ensure we deliver a first class service.

If you are an outstanding policy professional who is keen to make an impact in a key area of Defence, then we would love to hear from you.

We are recruiting for 3 posts in the SPO space:

• Director Operational Policy – In this role, you will support Defence’s new Campaign teams by delivering strategic frameworks and cross-cutting operational policy across key thematic areas, including Special Operations, targeting, Cyber and commitments to the UK Homeland.  This is at the heart of ensuring Defence can deliver on multi-year objectives and react to crises when they develop, ensuring the military/policy partnership develops and implements novel and audacious activities to meet the threats of today and tomorrow. You will need to work closely with across government stakeholders – including the intelligence agencies and international partners.
• Director Policy and Plans – In this role, you will be central to delivering the Campaigning approach outlined in the Defence Command Paper, translating Government and Departmental strategy into strategic policy and planning. That will include support to Defence’s new Campaign teams, delivering strategic policy and planning to meet threat-led objectives, using influential levers that are both responsive to current events and long-term strategic objectives. Key to this is developing and operating sophisticated, data-driven measurement of effect and allowing seniors to make strategic choices of the allocation of Defence levers, including military forces, to best meet our ambitions.
• Director, Strategic Alliances and Partnerships, Europe and NATO – In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and developing sophisticated relationships with fellow policy directors and our allies: a crucial element of delivering defence outcomes, be that through bilateral defence to defence relationships or in multilateral fora such as NATO, the Joint Expeditionary Force and the EU. The post’s remit extends to Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and is therefore responsible for developing and delivering policy to counter Russia and leading MOD’s work to support Ukraine.

These posts are excellent opportunities to own and shape these fascinating and challenging policy areas, working with a broad range of Defence, across government, and international stakeholders. Partnering with military colleagues and integrating outcomes across the range of Defence business is crucial to success in these roles.

For further detail regarding the responsibilities of each post, please see the attached candidate information pack.

The successful candidates must be able to demonstrate their experience and skills against the following essential criteria:

• Excellent leadership and team building skills, committed to learning, development, diversity and inclusion.
• Highly motivated and able to deliver high quality work at pace.
• Highly effective communicator and influencer able to bring others with them, work collegiately and build strong relationships and a strategic thinker able to see the big picture, prioritise, be proactive and innovative.
• Outstanding policy professional with a range of policy experience, including with international partners.
• A successful track record in advising Ministers or other senior decision makers in large complex organisations with a focus on technical and highly sensitive areas of policy.
• The courage and skills to tell the truth to power.
• A proactive, driven and energetic problem solver, focused on delivery outcomes.

Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a strong field of candidates when there is a need to distinguish between candidates. This will be as a second sift, after the essential criteria has been considered:

• Knowledge of the United Kingdom’s Defence and National Security architecture.

• 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%

Blackpool, Manchester, Sheffield

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives. Consequently, DWP faces a substantial threat to its services, data, people and assets and invests huge resources into combating this threat. This work is led by the talented and dedicated individuals of the DWP Security function but stretches into every aspect of the Department’s work.

The Security Business Intelligence Management (BIM) Team is at the very centre of Security and Data Protection (S&DP), and you will be working not just across the security function and Finance Group, but across all areas of DWP and occasionally with other Government Departments such as Cabinet office.

This role provides the opportunity to: 

• Work directly with the Head of Security Policy and Central Services (SPCS) and work closely with Professionalisation and Capability, Security Education and Awareness and Security Policy and Standards colleagues. There will also be occasional working with those within our Cyber Resilience Centre, Data Protection Office and Enterprise Security and Risk Management. You will support workforce management, financial planning and resourcing and recruiting activity for SPCS contributing to their strategic vision and operating model.
• Work across cyber security, physical security and personnel security you will contribute to the delivery of DWP’s security strategy and operating model, ensuring that security contributes optimally towards the delivery of Departmental objectives. 

Champion and embed use of the NIST Cyber Security Framework, which unites the Department under a common security language and structure

• Support the Head of Security Policy and Central Services (SPCS) in the delivery of business focused objectives, ensuring optimum use of available time and resources.
• Act as a first point of contact for SPCS enquiries enabling and ensuring appropriate onward referral.
• Support the SPCS leadership team as required with secretariat, organisation and reporting activities.
• Lead the development and maintenance of activity to ensure the continued growth of hub communities.
• Contribute to the provision and production of regular reports to SPCS Senior Leadership Team to assist robust decision making.
• Contribute to activity across SPCS that leads to the production of the SPCS Business Plan.
• Analyse data and support financial and commercial reporting to SPCS SLT.
• Assist with the preparation of regular and ad-hoc dashboards and packs to support senior discussions.
• Act as first point of contact for managing and overseeing the production of SPCS communications ensuring that audience requirements are met.
• Lead the development and maintenance of SPCS SharePoint page / hub ensuring accurate and timely publishing.
• Support the S&DP Recruitment Team with a range of recruitment activities including reporting, analysis and campaign management.
• Support SPCS senior leaders and the BIM Senior Leadership Team with ad-hoc requests as required.

Essential Criteria:

• Strong stakeholder management skills particularly with senior leaders.
  
• Strong organisation capability.
  
• Experience of working directly with senior leaders.
• Experience in building and using Management Information

Desired Criteria:

• DWP Recruitment Process including Ministerial Business Case submissions.
  CISMP (or to be worked towards if successful with vacancy).
  NIST (or to be worked towards if successful with vacancy).
• Enhanced Powerpoint and Excel skills.
• Experience of publishing to SharePoint pages / hub sites

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

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Changing and Improving

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

• Working Together

• 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%

Salary Information:

Existing Civil Servants applying on promotion will usually be appointed to the salary minimum or 10% of existing salary.

Hybrid Working Arrangements:

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement, and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account.

If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

This position is based at HM Prison Highpoint, CB8 9YG

Please refer to Job Description

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Overview of the job 

This is an administrative managerial job within an establishment.

Summary 

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the provision of strategic and tactical intelligence analysis within establishments.

The post holder will play a critical leadership and management role in developing the intelligence picture on a range of threats impacting on the establishment.

This job requires no operational experience. However, knowledge of prison operating environments and a working knowledge of intelligence practice is essential.

This post has line management responsibility of establishment based Intelligence Analysts and Collators.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties 

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

• Have keen oversight and management responsibilities (along with Security CM) for ensuring policy is applied and followed.
• Ensure that intelligence products are prepared by the Prison Intelligence Unit and delivered to the establishment in line with the HMPPS Intelligence Policy, the National Security Framework (NSF) and Local Security Strategy (LSS).
• Take responsibility for the tasking of analysts and act as a conduit between the Prison Intelligence Unit and other functions across the establishment; ensure that terms of reference for intelligence analysis products are appropriate and realistic.
• Obtain and evaluate information for intelligence analysis for non-routine or sensitive subject or problem profiles; applying structured analytical techniques to create intelligence analysis products to support decision making.
• Ensure that analysis of local MDT results is completed, providing reports to the Head of Security and the local drug strategy committee.
• Ensure that good intelligence analysis is prepared and submitted for use in intelligence led tasks such as searching, non-random drug testing, mobile phone detector deployment, allocations of dog resources, debriefing and larger operations requiring the deployment of regional SOCT and national teams.
• Act as the local system administrator for Mercury, approving new accounts and ensuring that all users have signed and understand the SyOPs.
• Complete monthly quality checks on the content of local Mercury reporting, analysis, assessment and processing requirements; providing advice, guidance and potentially initiating performance management procedures when agreed standards are not met.
• Manage person of interest databases including E-List prisoners, prominent and development nominals, PRAS nominals, organised crime group mapped nominals and visitors of interest etc., updating with new intelligence as received and communicating with decision makers to ensure reviews and actions are completed within agreed timescales.
• Complete quality assurance checks on requested intelligence reports to ensure they are completed, sanitised and disclosed in line with HMPPS policy.
• Review and maintain the effectiveness of local analysis processes.
• Ensure that a system is in place for actions resulting from IRs and intelligence product to be communicated and followed up appropriately.
• Manage access to the PIN phone system, approving new accounts and ensuring back-ups are completed and product is retained in line with specified timescales. Ensure any applications for and monitoring of communications including mail, PIN phones and CCTV is done in strict adherence to HMPPS policy and legislation.
• Act as the nominated point of contact for ViSOR, ensuring processes are in place to update intelligence for prisoners who are partnered on the system within agreed timescales.
• Liaise with the Head of Security and provide advice on the range of tactics (both overt and covert) that may be available to maximise the collection of intelligence for individual problem profiles.
• Investigate and ensure all prisoner complaints related to intelligence practice are responded to within agree timescales.
• Ensure intelligence analysis is provided and represented at local tasking meetings, security committee meetings, IDRM, Safer Custody and any other meetings where intelligence will be relied upon for decision making purposes.
• Provide assistance to the local Counter Corruption Lead, ensuring intelligence related corruption processes are in place and that intelligence analysis is allocated appropriately to specific cases. Completing quality assurance checks on any corruption related intelligence products prior to onward dissemination. Promoting a culture where corruption is not tolerated, ensuring that staff are encouraged to submit IRs on suspected inappropriate behaviours.
• Be the local intelligence subject matter expert. Work closely with regional CT teams to support the pathfinder process and ensure all aspects of the current policy are adhered to. Work with local SMT and external stakeholders to ensure that local analytical products meet the required needs – seeking and acting on feedback

Management of Relationships

• Be responsible for the management of all staff within the Prison Intelligence Unit.  This includes staff performance, development and annual appraisal through to sickness absence management.
• Maintain an excellent working relationship with Security and Operations Custodial Managers to maximise opportunities to exploit intelligence and disrupt prisoners and with the Police Intelligence Officer and/or the Police Liaison Officer.
• Ensure that positive relationships are maintained between the Prison Intelligence Unit and the Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU or LTHSE teams), to ensure effective collaboration in areas such as Organised Crime, Counter Corruption, Counter Terrorism (CT) and Covert Activities etc. Acting as first point of contact for relevant external stakeholders. In conjunction with the local counter corruption lead, liaise with the regional counter corruption lead and work closely with the police and other external partners on all local corruption related matters.
• Act as the establishment SME to link with regional SOCT teams and be the main conduit to ensure SOCT regional teams are used effectively on behalf of establishment.
• Build productive working relationships with the wider analytical community in HMPPS, with related data analysis functions and with law enforcement partners to develop quality intelligence products.

Undertake other management/administrative tasks including:

• Contribute towards the development of local policy, procedures and practice and ensure consistency of application.
• Manage devolved budgets related to intelligence in accordance with the financial procedures outlined in the budget delegation and resources to deliver the activities within the Prison Intelligence Unit and contribute to short and medium term business planning processes.
• Manage a safe working environment for staff for the team and visitors to the prison intelligence unit.  Ensure health and safety legislation is followed and safe systems of work and risk assessments are completed in a timely manner, with any faults or non-compliance being reported promptly.
• Attend relevant meetings as and when required to provide feedback on good practice examples, to promote awareness for better and more efficient ways of working.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

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

Please refer to Job Description

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

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

Alongside your salary of £33,104, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £8,971 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

Birmingham, Leeds, 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. 

Do you have strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills?

Have you got experience of working in a scientific or technical area leading projects?

If so, we are looking for 3 programme leads, and we would love to hear from you!

The Transport Security Directorate (TSD) works across the Department for Transport, HMG, and with partners to mitigate the threats the transport sector faces domestically and internationally.

We lead on high profile work to implement and improve the transport sector’s cyber security, maritime and aviation security regimes as well as working with international partners to raise global standards and build capability. As the national security threats transport faces evolve, we are working across DfT to ensure that these issues are reflected in the Department’s work to ensure that we balance prosperity with security objectives.

The three roles advertised are in National Security Science and Research (NSSR) for Transport Security Capability and Innovation Lead (2 roles) and Programme Management Office (PMO) Integration Lead (1 role).

You will be asked to express a role preference at interview stage. However, should you be successful in your application, we cannot guarantee you will be working in that specific role. 

The two Transport Security Capability and Innovation Leads will join the new Capabilities and Innovation Programme team, ensuring effective capability planning of the Division’s two core research programmes (Research, Analysis and Development and Resilience) and delivery of the Division’s new cross-modal Innovation programme, and one of the post holders will join the wider PMO team focused on driving the centralised function of the PMO to lead on cross-programme management and reporting, as well as leading on cross-programme best practice standards, methods, and tools.

Transport Security Capability and Innovation Leads – 2 roles

The 2 successful candidates will be expected to:

• Establish the Division’s new Capability Assessment Framework to ensure high level capabilities are in place to deliver the Division’s plans, embedding into the Division’s future strategic planning processes.
• Develop and deliver capability roadmaps for the Division’s three delivery programmes – Research, Analysis and Development, RAD; Innovation; and Resilience.
• Develop and deliver a forward-looking innovation strategy, with an emphasis on innovation realisation (i.e., exploitation) which addresses the needs of Aviation, Land and Maritime security, and incorporates the activity of the NSSR teams, ensuring alignment with the Transport Security and Resilience Science & Technology Strategy.

NSSR PMO Integration Lead – 1 role

The role will primarily involve working across the Division’s three programmes aggregating the sub programme information and translating it into NSSR Division level decision capability, amongst other responsibilities. 

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Create performance management information, including production of dashboards and enabling seamless integration across the multiple governance levels of projects and programmes, with an aim of reducing the burden of ad hoc governance and reporting to allow an aggregated view for multi-level management information (MI) and decision-making.
• Drive pipelining and resource visibility at Division and programme level to enable strategic decisions to be made from a demand and capacity perspective
• Develop an integrated approach to programme planning, benefits management, risk and dependency management, budget reporting, and support to programme lifecycle delivery i.e., stage gates

For further information on each role available, please see the attached Role Profile.

About you

To thrive in these roles, you will have worked in a scientific or technical area, leading complex technology or innovation projects internally or externally to government.

You will have an understanding or project and/or programme management responsibilities and a strong grasp of key project facets.

You will have strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills allowing you to build strong working relationships and communicate scientific principles to non-technical audience.

You will be able to make effective decisions to deliver against requirements.

To be eligible to apply you must hold a formal qualification in a STEM subject to at least degree or equivalent level, or relevant experience of transport security or programme management.

Additional Information 

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. 

If not based in London, this role will require travel to London approximately twice a month.

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

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

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

• Government Science and Engineering Career framework – Applying Knowledge
• Government Science and Engineering Career framework -Engagement with Others

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 .