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The Head Office Safety, Security and Business Resilience (SSBR) Team are based in MOD Main Building, London.  Its role is to ensure that MOD Main Building continues to operate in all foreseeable circumstances.  The team works alongside key stakeholders to delivery its primary objective and provides advice to Head Office on Safety, Security and Resilience matters.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised individual to fill the role of Head Office Business Resilience Ops lead in MOD Head Office. This is an exciting, high-profile role which works across the Head Office estate. The office is a busy, fun, and supportive environment.  the post holder will be required to be flexible to delivery a mixture of operational delivery functions alongside ensuring compliance with departmental resilience processes.

You will be required to establish and maintain a close working relationship with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Private Finance Initiative colleagues who provide the hard and soft facilities management /infrastructure works for Main Building.

You will be required to engage and respond to all operational resilience incidents including assessing the impact on the building for planned maintenance works.  You will be required to provide proportionate risk-based advice to the Principal Security Advisor, Deputy Head and Head of Establishment to drive forward the right outcomes for Head Office. You will also be responsible for providing support to critical incidents and disruptions to Main Building and its business units.  You will act as administration support to the Incident Management Command Group (IMCG) and cohere any lessons learned.

You will work closely with the Directorate of Security and Resilience (DSR) to ensure Head Office continues to remain aligned with Joint Service Publication on Resilience matters and work with Business Resilience leads across Head Office to ensure they remain aligned with policy.  You will also ensure that any policy changes impacting the PFI contract are communicated to Defence Infrastructure Organisation and the PFI. The post-holder will produce management information (MI) regarding business resilience assurance across the Head Office estate.

During FY23/24 and into FY24/25, you will also contribute to the development of the Head Office Resilience Improvement plan aimed to increase the assurance of Business Resilience within Head Office.

As part of the resilience planning for MOD Main Building, you will liaise closely with the Top Office Group and be required to brief Private Office colleagues and be proactive in building a strong resilience culture within Head Office.

The post itself is a flexible resource and works across the other pillars within the Safety, Security and Business Resilience team. You may be called upon to support other areas of work where there is a demand and need for support e.g., providing support to cover to the Pass Office or acting as secretariat for Safety and Security meetings.

Responsibilities

To drive forward operational resilience incidents within Main Building, considering risks and issues and cohering and applying lessons learned.

To support in the management resilience risks for Head Office and to maintain awareness of the risks and impacts to the establishment.

Provision of resilience advice and guidance to Head Office, ensuring alignment with Departmental policy including the production of Business Resilience and Continuity Planning management information (MI).

Contribute to the development of the Head Office Resilience Improvement Plan, including raising the profile of resilience and continuity training to improve Business Resilience culture within Head Office.

Secretariat of the Head Office Security and Resilience Working Group.

To provide high level briefings to Op staff on measures and plans in place and to work with crisis teams to ensure awareness is maintained.

Agile resource working across all areas of Safety, Security and Business Resilience (SSBR) team priorities where required.

The post holder will be expected to join the on-call duty officer team to share out of hours cover and to respond when called.  This additional role attracts an On Call Allowance and potential for overtime / disturbance allowances when issues arise.

Working as the Head Office Business Resilience Ops requires:

• Self-starters who are comfortable working independently in a fast-paced but interesting environment.
• People with excellent interpersonal skills, able to express themselves clearly and engage with a diverse set of stakeholders to ensure that Head Office resilience and continuity measures and priorities are met.
• People with sound judgement and analytical skills, able to take information and draw out pertinent data points and trends and to confidently highlight those concisely.
• People who themselves are resilient, able to oversee their own work and prioritise against challenges, with a good instinct and agile to seek direction where required.
• Individuals who are highly organised and able to establish a close working relationship with a wide range of contacts, inside and outside of the department.
• A sense of fun and a willingness to help colleagues and to support a great team ethos within the section and across the business.

Essential Skills and Experience

Experience of working in operational delivery function or managing / working on business continuity or security issues and risk management.

Desirable Skills and Experience

Membership of Business Continuity Institute

Risk Management Qualifications

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

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

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.

• Attracts London Weighting – Currently £3,000
• Access to subsidised on site restaurant
• Access to free on site gym
• Access to an on site creche
• Performance Related In Year Rewards and Thank You Scheme
• Civil Service Discount Schemes – Defence Discount Service
• Access to Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Advance Loans Scheme
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Access to over 60 Employee Staff Networks
• 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.

Birmingham

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

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

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

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

We are currently looking to recruit a SOC Engineer to join our Cyber Security Team within the Integrated  protective security command. 
The successful candidate will be based at the Agency’s Birmingham office, but will have the opportunity to travel within the UK to gain network experience.

The Cyber Security Team leads the strategic response to cyber risks, cyber defence and assurance of the Agency’s IT platforms.

What will the successful Candidate be doing?

If successful you will work within the newly created Security Operations Centre, supporting the SOC Analysts to keep all SOC services running smoothly whilst identifying and implementing continual service improvements. Joining at this time offers the rare opportunity to help shape what the final SOC capability will look like.

Reporting to the SOC Manager, The SOC Engineer supports the SOC capability by ensuring that extant security technologies, such as SIEM, IPS and boundary firewalls are managed, configured and maintained to meet both system and service requirements (such as SLAs KPIs and availability targets). The successful candidate will be dedicated to learning about the hardware and software that underpins the SOC services, leveraging previous experience in managing and maintaining similar security technologies in a Secure Operations environment. In order to best understand the platforms you will help protect, you will spend time on-site at Birmingham with the Analysts, as well as travelling the UK working alongside experienced engineers from DDaT.

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to: 

• Deployment, configuration and management of security technologies, including but not limited to SIEM, IPS and boundary Firewalls.
• Ensuring that the implementation and delivery of security technologies meets ongoing service delivery, security, compliance and performance requirements.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose infrastructure and application problems and be responsible for their resolution.
• Maintain an update/patching schedule, performing application updates across all security technologies in scope.
• Implement agreed changes to the SIEM (e.g. data source on-boarding, off-boarding and tuning. Administration of joiners, movers, leavers processes and role based access control for SOC user groups).
• Implement agreed changes to Boundary firewall and IPS technologies (e.g, the creation, modification of preventative controls.)
• Working collaboratively alongside the security analysts to ensure SIEM security rules and underlying data ingestion mechanisms are operating effectively and efficiently.
• Perform the creation, management and maintenance of bespoke connectors and parsing rules, to ensure current and future in-scope data sources can be ingested into the SIEM.
• Working collaboratively alongside the security analyst team in order to create and maintain reporting, analytics and dashboard capabilities across security tooling.
• Assist with the analysis of security-related events and incidents identified by the SOC analysts. Play an active role in the identification and swift execution of remedial actions, including but not limited to, parsing rule creation and tuning, applying emergency patches, and the application of additional IPS/firewall preventative controls.
• Establish and maintain configuration baselines, adhere to configuration control and perform system testing to ensure adequate governance is applied, minimising service impact.

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

-Experience in application/software support role.
or
-Basic experience with troubleshooting on physical network architecture.
or
-Experience with the deployment, configuration and management of security technologies.

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

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

• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Experience on-boarding and off-boarding data sources.
• Experience in the deployment and configuration of SIEM software and agents.
• Knowledge of different collection mechanisms for SIEM data sources.
• Experience utilising regex to create and/or modify SIEM parsing and IPS rules.

Alongside your salary of £38,642, National Crime Agency contributes £10,433 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

London, London (region), TW9 3AE

This is a unique opportunity for a dedicated and proactive professional to join Kew’s Security Team, contributing to the safe management of the Gardens.

The team play a key role in welcoming c1.8 million visitors and supporting the public programs by delivering key operational objectives that contribute to Kew’s revenue, reach and impact.

This role is managed by the Security Team Leader and is part of the Security Operations team.  The main purpose of this role is to deliver Kew’s mission by:

– Providing an efficient, customer focused service to both internal and external customers.

– Ensure the security of Kew’s assets, staff, contractors, partners, and visitors.

– Office based role carrying out administration tasks such as issuing of staff passes, and keys, logging of lost property and answering telephone enquiries.

– Responding to email enquiries from internal and external customers.

– Playing a key role in our Security Operations Centre (SOC).

– Effectively use all critical security systems to create a safe and secure environment.

The post holder will have previous experience in a customer facing role and working with the public.  They will also have previous experience of communicating effectively with customers in a range of situations, including difficult or emergency situations. Ability to carry out administration tasks, basic IT skills, including use of Microsoft Outlook, and a full UK driving license are also required.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

MOD Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB

Are you ready to work in one of the most interesting cyber security environments and share your experience to support national security?

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

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 Cyber Security Risk Insights Lead position sits within the Cyber Compliance, Insights and Exploitation Team (CCIX), a small, highly specialised team within the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) directorate in Defence Digital.

The CCIX team develop and maintain a wider understanding of cyber risks of our existing systems, by reporting on critical insights from system and strategic gaps and issues. Drawing in audit information and various MOD data sources, the team is responsible for helping senior stakeholders to plan, across Defence’s complex and challenging environments, on cyber risks.

In this role, you will be supporting upward reporting and briefings, regarding compliance and metrics and insights, to enable seniors (all the way up to the Defence Board) to make informed prioritisation and investment decisions. You will play an important part in the development of Defence’s metrics across all systems, providing analysis and deriving insights to further the understanding of existing systems and their vulnerabilities.

As a result, you will develop a wider understanding of these systems across a complex environment of inter-related IT projects, programmes and initiatives, identifying possible gaps and issues. You will also participate in Cyber Compliance Framework / Government Assurance audits, to derive useful metrics across system Defence Wide Audits, to aid in decision making for Cyber risk.

This position will support the pan-Defence Digital Enterprise in aligning metrics and insights and compliance to the Defence Boards risk priorities and themes, aiming to evidence changes to our understanding of Defensive cyber risk.

In this role, there may be a requirement to travel to meetings and audits at sites within the UK, which may involve occasional overnight stays.

In return, you will benefit from excellent learning and development opportunities tailored to your role and beyond. Whilst in post, you’ll be able to gain industry recognised qualifications and more and we’ll support you throughout the process.

You’ll also be able to take advantage of our excellent benefits package, including flexible working, generous leave allowance and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities are likely to include but not restricted to:

• Chair, lead and actively participate in working groups, to represent the CCIX team in CyDR and engaging with internal departments, other Government departments, and industry partners
• Establish a professional network of internal stakeholders, to provision and acquire alternative access to additional metrics and insights and promote knowledge sharing
• Lead the technical development to evolve the current list of critical insights and metrics and develop meaningful reporting, through a variety of tools utilising Power BI, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Align metrics and insights to the Defence Boards risk priorities and themes, aiming to evidence changes to our understanding of Defensive cyber risk
• Report and present written and verbal findings to operational and senior audiences, both routinely (including quarterly Defence Board and Cyber Resilience Oversight Board) and for ad hoc requirements.
• Innovate and explore future methods of data analytics and metrics to react to cyber risk
• Engage and participate in annual Defence wide audits against the Cyber Compliance Framework / GovAssure, working with external industry partners and senior leaders to derive useful metrics and insights
• Maintain and enhance the Cyber Compliance Framework
• Line management and mentoring of team members

We are committed to encouraging and enabling our staff to develop in and above their role and we will support you in undertaking further learning and development opportunities, within your designated field and beyond. Wherever possible, we will provide upskill learning options and further training to support your continuous professional development.

Your experience is key and if you don’t have any of the following industry qualifications below, we’ll help you attain them. You’ll need to have the motivation and desire to continue to learn and develop and we’ll provide opportunities to gain these in post:

• Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
• BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Risk Management (PCIRM)
• ISO27001 Lead Auditor

Ideally, you’ll also have the following:

• A degree in a STEM subject, Cyber Security or Data Science is desirable or demonstrable work experience of critical analysis, manipulation of data or new statistical and modelling techniques
• A PowerBI certification or equivalent
• Excellent analytical and data handling skills, knowledge or experience of trends analysis and forecasting
• Experience in cyber security and risk management and the desire to continue your professional development
• Excellent relationship-building with stakeholders to build strong and effective working relationships
• Proven experience of leading and support a team, as well as form effective partnerships across different organisations, gaining buy-in and inspiring change
• The ability to quickly assess information and make credible recommendations at pace

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

We expect the successful candidate to be in the office at least 3 days a week due to access requirements to certain IT systems which are inaccessible remotely.

If not already held, successful candidates will be required to undergo DV clearance.

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

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Information risk assessment and risk management
• Applied security capability
• Protective security
• Threat understanding

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

This post is eligible for a Digital Skills Allowance of up to £11,400 per annum. Eligibility for this allowance will be assessed at interview against 4 core technical skills only and reviewed annually in line with MOD policy.

Our benefits include:

• Learning and development tailored to your role with a dedicated minimum of 5 days per year
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (by 1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of five years’ service
• Ability to roll up to 10 days annual leave per year
• In addition to eight public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The King’s birthday
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Parental and Adoption Leave
• Discounts on a range of services within and external to the civil service – Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, Company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office.
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes such as vouchers and gift cards
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Please see Benefits Leaflet for more detail

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The unit’s primary focus is to guide, coach and carry out the independent assessment of trainee investigation and intelligence officers. This provides assurance that those who complete our highly regarded training programme are occupationally competent and capable of leading the fight against serious organised crime.

• Support the NCA recruitment process, assessing the aptitude / capability of applicants for the investigation accredited pathways to ensure recruitment of the right people.
• Drive up operational standards across the NCA commands by reviewing investigation processes, recommending and implementing improvement changes that achieve compliance to policy, standards and legislation as well as building capability across the NCA.
• Working with key stakeholders (College of Policing, Police Forces, Crown Prosecution Service, NCA Commands and NCA Legal) to ensure new legislation, standard operational procedures and best practice is introduced to NCA operational commands.

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

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop new trainees on the Officer Development Programme (ODP), professionally assessing trainees knowledge and application of skills to point of their completion of the Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) or Professionalising Investigation Programme (PIP).
• Sourcing opportunities via partner agencies to develop staff and to ensure they achieve relevant accreditations.
• Undertaking professional discussions with new and existing staff to identify skills and training gaps.

Full DVLA Driving Licence (includes Full EU licences)

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

Investigation role:
Current/active PIP2 Investigative Accreditation or an equivalent Government issued qualification/accreditation.

Individuals who do not currently hold PIP accreditation are still eligible to apply as long as they hold an equivalent recognised accreditation in investigative crime issued by a Government body. Investigators who join the agency without PIP2 accreditation may be required to achieve this, including passing any exams (National Investigators Exam (NIE) and/or the NCA Specific Powers Exam).

Intelligence officer roles :
IPP Intelligence Officer Accreditation

Intelligence Analyst roles:
IPP Intelligence Analyst Accreditation

Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.
Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.

Failure to provide evidence at interview may result in your application not progressing to the next stage.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership

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

• Proven experience of developing others.
• Current/extensive knowledge of UK legislation affecting Agency Activity.
• Current/proven experience of Serious and Organised Crime investigations in an investigation or Intelligence environment.
• Proven experience in managing risk in an investigation or Intelligence environment.

Alongside your salary of £42,109, National Crime Agency contributes £11,369 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

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

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

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

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

We are currently looking to recruit a Senior Cyber Security Officer to join our Cyber Security Team based within the NCA’S Integrated Protective Security command.

Locations: Central London, Birmingham, Bristol, Warrington.

What will the successful Candidate be doing?

The Cyber Security Team leads the strategic response to cyber risk, cyber security function, oversees audit and testing, building internal and external alliances with diverse stakeholders to deliver the NCA’s strategic objectives.

If successful you will work within both the Cyber Response Team and Information Assurance Team. It is the intention, that you will be trained in both disciplines to provide resiliency during either incident or audit. As a senior officer within the team, you will quickly become the go to person, for questions on the security of the NCA’s networks and systems and response to security events. You will work within a small, established, team of cybersecurity professionals made up of Crown Servants and trusted private sector partners.

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

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

Response

• Provide an Initial response to computer security incidents. Once confident with the Agency’s systems and networks, you will act as a member of the on call cyber incident first responders. You will be required to be available outside of normal working hours as part of a rota.

• Provide expertise, guidance and advice in IT Security related matters, including maintaining up to date knowledge of network, application and communications security solutions, as well as emerging  technologies.

• Support the Agency’s cyber security programme, working to assist in maintaining acceptable level of IT Security risk to the NCA.

• Collaboration with adjacent commands to support the overall aim of lowing risk to data loss.

• Support to Senior Management Team in the delivery of an effective and efficient departmental service.

• Provide support, guidance and expertise in relation to Incident Management. Giving direction on vulnerability identification and risk mitigation.

• Develop and build internal and external partnerships working collaboratively to foster good relations, including working with other government departments. Attend working groups, government committees and meetings.

Information Assurance

• Provide advice and guidance in Information Assurance matters to senior business risk stakeholders including Information Asset Owners (IAOs).

• Work with the IAO and Information Custodians (ICs) to ensure that each IAO knows their IA responsibilities and their data remains secure.

• Ensuring the security of the NCA’s IT systems through the completion of security audits and risk assessments to ensure that IT security is implemented in accordance with Government Security Classification as well as relevant laws, regulations and standards.

• Make recommendations and provide policy guidance to senior management on IT security issues including leading the development of IT Security policy and procedures.

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

Recognised higher education in an IT related area, and/or, able to provide evidence of completion of training in digital security that has the potential to lead to a certification, from a recognised body. eg. GIAC, ISC2, BCS, ISACA, CompTIA etc.
Experience in working within an IT system support or security support field.

Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.
Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.

Failure to provide evidence at interview may result in your application not progressing to the next stage.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• An understanding of linking security controls to risks.
• Experience of attending meetings and managing stakeholder requirements.
• Experience in the triage or coordination of multiple requests for resources.

Alongside your salary of £38,642, National Crime Agency contributes £10,433 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

CMC Bovington BH20 6JB Sennybridge, Brecon, LD3 8PN

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

• 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 Driving licence due to site requirements and location.

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 £32,200, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,694 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.

CTCRM Lympstone, EX8 5AR; Norton Manor Training Camp, Taunton, TA2 6PF; Upavon Station, Trenchard Lines, Upavon, Pewsey, SN9 6BE

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 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. 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 due to site taskings.

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 hours) 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

Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JQ

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

• 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 driving licence due to close area working.

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 £32,200, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,154 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

RAF Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8NF

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 £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.