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Waterside Court – Leeds, Vulcan House – Sheffield, Maple House – Manchester

Home Office Intelligence brings together a number of existing teams involved in the collection and analysis of border and immigration related intelligence. It delivers Intelligence Collection, Development, Analysis, Targeting (Data Analytics) and Watchlisting capabilities within the Home Office and to its partners across Government and Law Enforcement.

Learn more on the HO Intelligence careers page

We are looking for a hardworking and driven individual with excellent attention to detail to join the Home Office Intelligence (HOI) Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Estates Team and support the coordination of recruitment activities for all of HOI.

HOI has 1800 colleagues based across the UK and international locations who are focused on threats related to Organised Crime, National Security and Revenue.

The Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Estates Team sits within the HOI Support Hub whose vision is to:

• Provide the ‘underpinnings’ of HOI corporate functions, including finance, working planning, risk, communications, staff development, performance management, people and tasking and co-ordination.
• Enable operational HOI teams to focus resource on intelligence activities that support protecting the UK from harm.
• Define HOI’s strategy and capability to inform our business planning cycle, tasking and coordination and prioritisation of departmental objectives; enabling resource to be re-directed to meet demands, priorities, and key performance indicators.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced role, helping to deliver high quality outputs for HOI and contributing to the departments Workforce Planning and Recruitment strategy.

We strive to utilise workforce planning, estates, and attrition data to effectively forecast, plan, and manage recruitment campaigns within HOI to achieve full staff complement. In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape and design new processes to help craft the work of the team.

In this role you will be part of the set up to manage HO Intelligence’s UK recruitment and the delivery of bulk recruitment campaigns.  
 
Key role responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Drafting and updating recruitment material including communications about key workforce messages.
• Managing the recruitment inbox and promptly handling queries from candidates.
• Management of the recruitment approvals process ensuring approvals are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Supporting recruitment activity including arranging and coordinating interviews, supporting those involved in campaigns, and sifting and interviewing where required and appropriate.
• Securely storing candidate ID documents and promptly following up where ID is missing.
• Maintaining a spreadsheet of results, identifying and plugging any gaps.
• Securely storing interview feedback and providing feedback to candidates when requested.
• Maintaining a list of interview trained staff and independent candidates across HO Intel.
• Organising HO Intel’s attendance at recruitment fairs.
• Providing secretariat support for the recruitment team, including booking meetings and taking minutes.
• Commissioning timely monthly recruitment update requests to G7 teams within HO Intelligence.
• Managing and co-ordinating Intel Support Hub’s Sharepoint page and uploading key messages to the business.

Please Note: The successful candidate may be required to undertake other responsibilities that are appropriate for the role and grade.

The successful candidate should be:

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, which is currently used to store and analyse staffing and recruitment data. There will be a lot of work with spreadsheets, so you must be confident and comfortable in working on these daily to manipulate data.
• Ability to work autonomously, be intuitive, and have a problem-solving approach to help shape and continuously improve our processes.
• Confident in communicating with staff of all grades, providing a friendly service to our stakeholders and being able to provide accurate information and signposting on a variety of queries.
• Have excellent attention to detail, so we can provide accurate data to inform strategic workforce decisions.

Essential criteria

• Ability to work at pace and deliver to tight timescales.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Good knowledge of Excel.

Desirable criteria

• A creative problem solver who comes up with new insights to help improve business performance.
• Experience of working within HO Intelligence or legacy Border Force Intelligence / legacy Immigration Intelligence.
• Good drafting skills.
  

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

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

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

• Managing a Quality Service

• 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%

Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JQ

We have an exciting opportunity to lead on the management of information risk and assurance across Dstl. The CISO area is responsible for assuring the Dstl Board and MOD CISO that Dstl is managing information appropriately with an appropriate balance being struck between information risk and business operational need or opportunity.

Operating within wider MOD policy the team use risk management principles to facilitate the rapidly evolving needs of a business looking to capitalise on innovative and evolving technologies to resolve customer problems in an appropriately secure manner.

This role will support Dstl’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in ensuring that Cyber Security controls remain appropriate and proportionate to the assessed risks, are responsive and adaptable to the changing threat environment, business requirements and Defence and central government policies.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

We particularly welcome female and ethnic minority applicants and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.

In this role you will:

Provide support to Dstl’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) managing day to day activities and deputising for CISO as required. The CISO is responsible for information assurance and cyber defence across Dstl and provides assurance at Dstl Executive and Dstl Board level across these areas.

DCISO will help set Dstl’s information risk appetite, develop IA policy and set Dstl’s cyber defence posture. This role also supports Dstl’s cyber incident response / recovery and is involved with ensuring training and SQEP support is available across the business with the adoption of an enterprise security approach.

DCISO will be able to evaluate information risk against business need and perceived threat within the context of the wider strategic position of Dstl and MOD operation. An ability to quickly understand new concepts, identify salient points and form sound pragmatic judgements even when information is limited is essential.

The DCISO will champion learning, development and cultivate talent whilst fostering an inclusive, diverse and motivated workforce. DCISO will support CISO in providing assurance that individuals undertaking cyber security roles are suitably qualified and experienced personnel (SQEP).

We are looking for someone who has:

• A good understanding of cyber security and information assurance principles and practice as well as an awareness of the wider security domain.
• Experience of one or more cyber security frameworks, standards or approaches. 
  Practical experience in managing IT systems, the threats to them, system monitoring and methods of protection.
• Experience of industrial control systems and their secure implementation.

Essential skills:
Experience in a cyber or information security role which builds upon a sound understanding of information systems, their implementation, management and use.

• A good communicator and able to articulate arguments in a clear and concise manner, both orally and in writing across all levels of an organisation.
• Ability to analyse problems and derive solutions that are both pragmatic and deliverable often without complete information.
• Clear understanding of how the various components of a good information security posture integrate, how gaps in it may be exploited and how to mitigate security gaps.
• An understanding of how information security and assurance support an enterprise security model.
• Clear written and oral communication and the ability to build constructive, productive relationships at all levels.

Essential experience:

• Demonstrable evidence of experience working in an information or cyber security / assurance role.
• Practical experience in managing risk.

Important Information

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

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

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

Alongside your salary of £55,014, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes £14,853 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Benefits 

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).

• Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.

• Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.

• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.

• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.

• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

London

The UK Intelligence Assessment Academy, part of the Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment in the JIO, is at the heart of developing the skills and abilities of intelligence analysts across government and law-enforcement. We are seeking candidates with experience in intelligence analysis/assessment who can engage students and enthuse them about their roles and responsibilities in the intelligence community.

About the JIO: 

The Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) primarily supports the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and the National Security Council, the Prime Minister and other key decision-makers by providing authoritative, robust all-source intelligence assessment on a vast range of national security and foreign policy priorities.

Our work covers, and goes beyond, ‘traditional’ national security topics such as geopolitical issues and threats to British interests. We apply a national security lens to issues such as emerging technology, economic and health security, climate change and horizon scanning (for example, identifying and monitoring countries at risk of instability).

The JIO is a great place to work, with team ethos and mutual support being at the core of how we work and deliver.

You can read more about working for the JIO in the information pack attached at the bottom of this advert.

The Role:

The Academy offers a suite of courses to intelligence analysts. The successful candidates will join the small team designing, developing and delivering education and training across the assessment community.  Working with the Head of Academy and Senior Instructors, you will share your passion for analytical work, develop your subject matter expertise in intelligence analysis and assessment and build your teaching and coaching skills.

This is an opportunity for the successful candidate to have a far reaching impact on the intelligence analysis and assessment community, shaping the skills of new analysts and contributing to the growth of the profession.

The post offers opportunities for hybrid working; alternative working patterns and job shares are also possible, subject to the ability to meet the Academy’s commitments.

Your work will principally cover the New Analyst Programme, one of two flagship Academy programmes. You will have the opportunity to develop bespoke training for customers across government, in line with your experience and interests.

Whilst the role can be undertaken with SC clearance, for business continuity purposes, the successful candidate would be expected to undergo DV clearance once in post.

Responsibilities:

If your application is successful, you will:

• Work with Academy Senior Instructors to deliver and support the development of the New Analyst Programme for new entrants to the intelligence analysis profession across government.
• Have the opportunity to support the development and delivery of other Academy programmes as they evolve.
• Lead on the delivery of a continuous professional development webinar series.
• Maintain relationships with existing analytical training teams across government.
• Partner with Five Eyes and other Allies to ensure best practice in analytical learning is embedded in the UK and represent the UK assessment community internationally.
• Engage with the private sector and academia to ensure learning for UK analysts is the model of best practice.
• Act as a role model to the UK intelligence and assessment communities in learning, building trust and collaborative relationships that get the best from everyone.
• Contribute to your team’s wider work and to other JIO work, both to support colleagues and for your own development.
• You may have the opportunity to work with the PHIA Analytical Trade craft Team to provide analytical trade craft support to the JIO, wider intelligence assessment community and, where appropriate, partners across government.

The ideal candidate should:

• Have previous experience of working in, or substantial knowledge of, intelligence analysis/assessment.
• Be organised, able to work across several different work strands at any given time.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills and be a team player, able to develop and manage close working relationships with colleagues across organisational boundaries.
• Have strong written and oral communication skills. This includes the ability to explain complex issues in a clear and concise manner to a range of audiences.

Applications from candidates with the following would be desirable:

• Experience designing, delivering and leading analytical learning.
• Experience designing and delivering virtual learning.

We invest in up skilling our team members to enable them to thrive once they start working with us. As such, if you don’t quite match these desirable skills, don’t let it put you off applying as we will equip the successful candidate with them once you are in post.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Developing Self and Others

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

• Analysis, Tradecraft and Assessment (Proficient)

Alongside your salary of £44,500, Cabinet Office contributes £12,015 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Annual salary increases will depend upon individual performance and contribution to the organisation’s success. In addition, there will be the opportunity to earn performance related bonuses.

Existing civil servants can take up the post on loan from their parent department for the duration advertised (permission from their parent department would need to be secured in order to take up the post). Those joining on level transfer will retain their current salary. Staff joining on promotion terms will receive up to a 10% increase of their current basic salary or the pay band minimum whichever is the greater. Staff joining on promotion will adopt the modernised terms and conditions of employment which came into force in 2013.

Pension: There is a choice of excellent pension schemes. More information about pension provisions can be found at www.civilservice.gov.uk/pensions

Flexible Working: Flexible working including job-share arrangements may be considered for this role.

Leave allowances: 25 days’ paid leave per annum rising to 30 days after five years’ service. In addition, full-time staff receive eight public holidays and the King’s Birthday privilege day as well as competitive maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave.

Probation: Staff new to the Civil Service will be required to serve a six month probationary period.

Location: The post will be based in Central London. No relocation costs will be available.

Equality and Diversity: The Cabinet Office is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all staff. We will not discriminate on grounds of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, those with caring responsibilities, part time workers or any other factor irrelevant to a person’s work. We encourage a diverse workforce and aim to provide a working environment where all staff at all levels are valued and respected, and where discrimination, bullying, promotion of negative stereotyping and harassment are not tolerated.

Civil Service Code: All civil servants are subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Code which details Civil Service values, standards of behaviour, rights and responsibilities. Go to http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk for more information.

City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HB

The post holder will be required to engage with MOD specialists and other agencies to develop sound and practical Information and Cyber Security advice to Head Office business units. They will be required to produce and implement a coherent Cyber and Information Security strategy for Head Office aligned to the Cyber Resilience Programme and wider Departmental priorities including the identification of all CIS in use across the Head Office. The post holder will be required to prepare and respond to activities regarding the Cyber Compliance Audit. Working alongside Information Management colleagues, the post holder will seek to improve the information assurance practices of the Head Office – including security culture, training and awareness. The post holder will oversee the Information risk management process and deal with risk balance cases on behalf of the Senior Information Risk Owner.

The post holder will be expected to undertake and oversee the accreditation of CIS operated by Head Office. When necessary, they will commission Cyber vulnerability assessments and confirm appropriate action has been taken when responding to a cyber security incident, liaising with the Warning and Advice reporting point (WARP) on all CIS/Info matters. They will be expected to provide SME advice to the Head Office CIS Governance Group on new infrastructure / change projects involving IT. They will be expected to build up a network of Information and Cyber Security contacts. Some of the work is complex and may be technical. It will rely on the post holder knowing when to consult with SMEs and when not. The role requires a large amount of autonomy but keeping others informed on progress is essential. You will have line management responsibility for a Band D (Executive Officer). There may be other cyber security work that needs to be undertaken including supporting campaigns and raising awareness. Occasionally the post holder may be involved, as part of the SSBR team, in helping to manage business resilience incidents occurring in Main Building and supporting the Head of Establishment in their broader responsibilities with running the building.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

• Mentoring, development and line management of a Cyber Security Apprentice with particular emphasis on their Continuous Professional Development.
• Leading the promotion of cyber security standards and best practice across Head Office, guiding and influencing project and policy decision making as appropriate and seeking novel solutions to challenging security issues.
• Ensuring that the assessment process meets the requirements of Government & MOD Policy and Standards, (e.g. HMG Government Functional Standard (GovS) 007 – Security and MOD Cyber Security policy).
• Oversee Cyber and Information Security risk balance cases and risk management processes escalating risks to the Principal Security Advisor and Senior Security Risk Coordinator.
• Oversee / manage the accreditation of IT systems in line with Head Office delegations. Promote Secure by Design when planning, developing new systems.
• Act as Cyber Security Consultant for Head Office business units and system owners.
• Review risk management and security design evidence to confirm that risk assessments and risk treatment plans are consistent with business requirements.
• Respond to, manage and coordinate responses to Cyber security incidents.
• Promulgation of cyber security vulnerability alerts and patch updates. Dissemination of MODCERT alerts when issued.
• Build and maintain constructive relationships with Head Office Project Teams to help build risk management and Secure by Design into business and project plans.
• Provide advice and guidance to Project Security Leads, through Independent Assessment of risk management and security evidence, and attendance at relevant Security meetings.
• Guide projects in the accurate recording of all Targets of Assurance (TOAs) on the Defence Accreditation & Risk Tool (DART).
• Maintain an accurate risk register of all security risks, utilising STREAM where necessary.
• Contribute to the development of the organisation’s processes and IA Policy that affect ability to deliver within risk appetite. Incorporating lessons learnt from incident management and/or project development.
• Provide technical support, advice, on Cyber Security matters across HOCS.

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, committed and driven with an evidenced passion and expertise in cyber/information security. They will have a sound understanding of risk management principles and be able to clearly and concisely articulate risks and vulnerabilities to system owners, seniors, stakeholders and Cyber security experts in Defence, Cabinet Office & NCSC.

They should possess keen analytical skills and be able to analyse a range of complex data sets and quickly focus on and extract the salient/pertinent detail.

Essential Criteria:

1. The candidate must hold a UK recognised qualification in Cyber or Information Security or have successfully completed a UK recognised training course in Cyber/Information Security.

                                                               AND/OR

2. Experience of working in a Cyber/Information security environment (ideally 2 or more years)

Note. Candidates progressed to the Interview stage will be asked to supply evidence of their qualifications or training.

Desirable:  

• Practical experience of the application of principles contained in NIST and/or ISO 27001
• Practical experience or use of STREAM
• Experience, knowledge or application of Secure by Design principles
• Evidence at Practitioner (Level 3) of Institute of Information Security Professionals skills framework:

         A1 – Governance

         A2 – and Standards

         A3 – Information Security Strategy

         B1 – Risk Assessment

         B2 – Information Risk Management

         E1 – Secure Operations Management

         E2 – Secure Operations & Service Delivery

Any UK recognised qualification in the field of Cyber Security at any level, fundamentals, intermediate or advanced

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

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Managing a Quality Service

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.

• Learning and development tailored to your role, including support for Continuous Professional Development and access to internal and external training courses, which include access to those leading to nationally recognised qualifications
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Generous Annual Leave allowance
• On site gym
• On site creche

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.

Posts based in London will attract the relevant London weighting.

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 by 31st December 2022. 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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MOD Main Building, London

The Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO) delivers nuclear capability to deter threats and protect our nation. We do this as part of the Nuclear Enterprise working in close partnership with the Royal Navy, the Submarine Delivery Agency and AWE. The Strategic Systems Performance Analysis and Assessment Group (SSPAG) leads on providing independent assurance to ministers, senior defence officials and the Royal Navy on a wide array of Strategic Nuclear Deterrent operations and capabilities.

The Head of SSPAG is an exciting new post tasked with coordinating this crucial input, assuring the credibility and effectiveness of the nuclear deterrent to support our fundamental purpose to preserve peace, prevent coercion, and deter aggression.

Are you a strategic problem solver who can lead and deliver in this complex, but exciting environment? We would love to hear from you.

The current responsibilities of the role include:

• Provide subject matter expertise in a number of different areas of nuclear security issues (including operation, protection and defence of the nuclear weapons system), supporting the planning of strategic and operational effects and supporting strategic intelligence efforts in support of protecting and defending the nuclear deterrent enterprise and operation.
• Ensure significant risks to the achievement of safe, secure and effective operations are understood and reported directly to the Joint Commander.
• Deliver sound judgement and provide insight to the most senior decision makers in MOD and His Majesty’s Government on the performance of the operation, utilising insightful analysis, judgements and deductions derived from highly complex and nuanced information and evidence.
• Maintain the relationship with US counterparts (US Navy: Security and Technology Programme) on relevant matters relating to the assurance of safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent operations.
• Provide advice and support to the Operational Commander on risks / issues and mitigations related to the continued delivery of credible and effective operations as well as leading the authoritative assessment on operational performance. Delivering technical direction and guidance within the group across all areas of accountability as well as portraying a credible leader to external stakeholders.
• Advising on appropriate courses of action to treat strategic risks which covers all aspects of operations and the supporting enterprise, using a wide range of approaches to advise on policy, strategy, tactics, operations, capabilities and supporting efforts from partners across Government.

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

• Extensive experience of working across the Policy, Strategy and/or Operational Delivery profession with evidence of providing creative and innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Proven experience of using analysis and assessment to deliver high magnitude positive impact.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrable experience of managing key senior relationships, especially at Board/Executive level, and an ability to engage, influence and challenge a range of internal and external stakeholders across a complex environment.
• A proven leader who can motivate, empower and get consistently good results from a diverse multi-disciplinary team, often under pressure. Demonstratable experience of being able to set a clear vision and/or direction that drives forward the organisation’s work and its future within an inclusive environment.
• Demonstrable evidence of thinking strategically, delivering sound judgement, clarity of thought, and providing insight to senior colleagues.
• Proven experience in shaping technical and analytical strategies for projects. Proven ability to communicate highly technical content to non-technical audiences, both verbally and in writing.

• 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%

Belfast, Birmingham, Bridgend, Bristol, Chelmsford, Crawley, Dover, Exeter, Gartcosh, Gillingham, (Kent), Heathrow, Kingston Upon Thames, Leicester, Liverpool, London*, Normanton, Nottingham, Sheffield, Slough, Stevenage, Sunderland, Warrington. – *For London based roles your contractual place of work will be Endeavour Square, Stratford. However, as that site will not be operational until early 2025 in the interim period you will be required to carry out your contractual duties from Spring Gardens, Vauxhall or such other reasonable location. For the avoidance of doubt as your contractual place of work is Endeavour Square, your move to this location in 2025 will not give rise to any entitlement to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy.

The Intelligence Directorate works collaboratively with NCA Investigations Directorate and partners to deliver a unified crime fighting response. Serious and organised crime (SOC) is one of the recognised national security threats, estimated at costing the UK economy over £37 billion every year. In the Intelligence Directorate we collect, record and enhance intelligence to build a picture of that SOC, sharing this with partners in the UK and abroad. Then, through the exploitation of intelligence, we flex law G29enforcement’s collective resources against these dynamic threats. We are continuously looking for new opportunities to enhance traditional capabilities to increase the quantity and quality of available intelligence and maximise its potential for exploitation.

• To be considered you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced / DV clearance before commencing the role, the entry clearance level is determined by the role. Where SC Enhanced clearance is required please note there may be the requirement to further achieve DV clearance within the first 12 months in post. Some roles may require DV STRAP within the first 12 months in post, this will also be determined by the role. Further details of this will be provided at the virtual event. For nationality requirements for each level of security clearance, please review the FAQs section, question 7.
  
• To be eligible for roles requiring DV STRAP you must be a British national. Dual nationality applicants, with one of the nationalities being British, may be considered for these roles, please contact: [email protected] to discuss eligibility requirements further.

The Intelligence Directorate is made up of the following deputy directorate areas:

• International – The International Department works with international partners and coordinates UK law enforcement support overseas to gather and share intelligence, conduct operational activity and enhance international delivery through a variety of means, including capacity building, training, and joint  European and International taskforces. The International Department also provides the specialist capabilities available through its membership of INTERPOL and EUROPOL in supporting UK law enforcement intelligence and operational requirements, and working directly with partners to safeguard vulnerable members of the community. These capabilities are due to be extended further from Autumn 2022 with the establishment of the Joint International Crime Centre within the International Department, which will bring together the current capabilities of International and the National Police Chiefs Council International Crime Co-ordination Centre. The NCA International Liaison Officer network provides NCA support to over 130 countries and is supported by UK based Officers to lead and develop operational activity overseas in support of NCA objectives; provide support and add value to investigations and intelligence analysis where appropriate; provide expertise on country-specific legislation, operational risk and strategic knowledge; and develop and maintain relationships with International partners.
• Data and Analysis Hub – The Data and Analysis Hub is made up of three analytical teams:

TIAT – The Tactical Intelligence Analysis Team brings together all of the Tactical Intelligence Analysts in the agency across Investigations, Regional Intelligence Teams (RITs) and in the National Tasking Centre Thematic Threat areas. TIAT is one national team and supports the greatest threat, risk and harm across the country determining best use of analytical resource.  TIAT support the end to end process of development of high end of high harm targets, prioritisation, proactive analytical support through to reactive investigative support providing evidence at Court.
 
NAC – National Assessment Centre accepts commissions from Law Enforcement, the UK Intelligence Community, Government Departments and from within the National Crime Agency – both internal to and external to the NCA.  These commissions are all related to Serious Organised Crime and aligned to the National Intelligence Requirements, as set out on the National Strategic Assessments.  Requests are received via the National Strategic Tasking and Co-ordination Group (NSTCG), overseen by the Home Office.

NDEC – The National Data Exploitation Capability is a multidisciplinary team made up of data and technology professionals, intelligence officers and analysts and data management officers transforming how the NCA and wider UK Law Enforcement community operate. NDEC are partnering with other organisations, and using advanced data analytics and data science techniques to creates insights that disrupt and detect serious and organised crime (SOC). NDEC is also responsible for managing the acquisition of data to exploit and enhance the understanding of these SOC threats.

• National Intelligence Hub – Within the National Intelligence Hub (NIH), the National Targeting Centre is responsible for identifying key priority targets and developing intelligence through its symbiotic relationship with other intelligence departments. The NIH is at the heart of the NCA, delivering intelligence products and identifying opportunities which drive NCA and partner activity in response to the highest harm threats.  It has a number of Regional intelligence Teams (RITs) making up a nationwide network of intelligence officers providing proactive and dynamic intelligence expertise to criminal investigations, co-located with investigations and law enforcement partners.  Working in the NIH involves close collaboration with other UK and International Intelligence, Law Enforcement and policy partners charged with tackling SOC and its impact on the UK.
• Intelligence Collection – Coordinates NCA collection capabilities against the Agency’s highest priorities. Intelligence Collection includes forensics, open source, covert human intelligence sources, undercover officers and technical collection capabilities. This includes responding to threats and exploiting opportunities relating to the use of  electronic communications by Subjects of Interest using the various powers conferred within the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA). This is a dynamic and diverse arena with constant and rapid change, suiting those officers who thrive on near constant challenge.
• National Tasking and Coordination (NTAC) – Oversight and coordination of operational activity to support NCA and National tasking. The Control Centre provides the command team with situational awareness of operational capacity, capability, effectiveness and support to Critical Incident Commanders. To initially treat risk and dynamically transfer risk to the appropriate stakeholder, whilst building public confidence. The Regional Organised Crime Coordinators provide a conduit for requests and specialist advice to and from partner agencies.
• The Gateway Teams – The NCA Gateway provides a consistent entry point for all new information and intelligence requests and referrals requiring NCA operational assessment. It is the ‘front door’ to the Agency, receiving, assessing, de-conflicting and enhancing information and intelligence across a wide spectrum of criminality in addition to identifying and enhancing serious and organised crime leads for development and tasking. The Gateway includes the UK International Crime Bureau, Sensitive Intelligence Unit, Child Sexual Exploitation Referrals Bureau, UK National Central Office for the Suppression of Counterfeit Currency and Protected Coins and the Agency Facilitation Team.

The Directorate is supported by the:

• Intelligence Capability Headquarters (ICHQ) – ICHQ’s mission is to deliver a world class intelligence capability that leads the fight against SOC. It leads on the Directorate’s business led transformation programme, business planning and overall management including review of operational success, capability requirements overview, recruitment and professionalisation.

As an experienced Intelligence Analyst, your role will be to conduct complex and wide-ranging analysis in support of the National Crime Agency’s mission; developing intelligence products and contributing to the National Strategic Assessment, Annual Plan, National Intelligence Requirements and National Control Strategy to aid the fight to cut serious and organised crime. You will conduct cross-source analysis and exploitation and make recommendations to support the development of intelligence, gain new insights into criminal activity and behaviour, informing NCA understanding of the impact that targeted activity has on the threat presented by serious and organised crime. You will access a range of covert and overt capabilities to inform this work, working with government, Law Enforcement, UK Intelligence Community, private and third sector, in support of both tactical and strategic objectives.

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

-Formal intelligence analysis training (e.g. National Intelligence Analysis Training (NIAT) / Government Intelligence Analyst Training (GIAT) / Defence Intelligence Analyst Module (DIAM).
-Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) Intelligence Analyst certification or be able to provide evidence of equivalent experience within the answers to the technical criteria and experience criteria

This evidence should have been attained within the last 2 years. If you hold IPP Intelligence Analyst certification.

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
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Experience of carrying out intelligence analysis within law enforcement, defence or national security and the ability to communicate results of intelligence analysis to influence decision making.
• Good knowledge of relevant legislation and policy within law enforcement, defence or national security.
• Ability to deliver at pace both independently and as part of a team.
• Good knowledge of analytical techniques in a SOC environment.

Alongside your salary of £36,037, National Crime Agency contributes £9,729 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).

Imjin Barracks, Innsworth, Gloucester, GL3 1 HW

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 close area working

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 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
• The possibility to gain a financial in-year reward after successful completion of six months probation and a further in-year reward after your 12 month anniversary and throughout your career with the MGS.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

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

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

Learning & Development

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

Employment Hours

48 hours (including breaks). This will normally be 4 x 12 hour shifts or 5 x 5.6 hour shifts between the hours of 0600hrs and 2200 hrs over the 7 day period, as stipulated by the shift pattern agreed at the unit depending on the 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 hrs). The full working pattern will be explained at interview.

Medical

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

About DIO

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

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

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

DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience:

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

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.

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

MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Corsham, SN13 9NR

We are Defence Digital, part of Strategic Command, fulfilling an important role in the age of information warfare within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). We provide digital and technology services to our Armed Forces, ensuring they can operate securely via various communication means including radio, satellite, and the internet. Operating at scale, with an annual budget in excess of £2Bn and a diverse team of 2,500 colleagues, we’re aiming to make our Armed Forces some of the most technologically advanced in the world.

If you can see yourself contributing to the world of Defence digital and technology, the next chapter of your career may be with us!

This post is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The IT Security Officer position sits within the Defence Digital (DD) MOD Corsham Security Team and is a critical role, offering advice and services relating to IT Security across the site and to all DD business units when required.

This position will report to the Site Security Controller at Corsham and deliver in line with MOD IT security policy. You will work closely with other members of the security team in Corsham, as well as the wider IT security community across Defence, including Crown Hosting and civilian, military and contractor personnel, as well as the Ministry of Defence Police and the Ministry of Defence Guard Service.

For this role, the successful candidate will be required to undertake the following training:

• The Information and Technology Security Officers course must be completed within the first 6 months of taking up the post, if not already completed. This is a 3-day residential course in Bedfordshire.

This role sits within the Government Security Profession framework, which seeks to build the capacity and capabilities of security professionals across government. You’ll 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, great discount services, generous leave allowance and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

Responsibilities:

The IT Security Officer will report to the Site Security Controller and conduct the following activities:

• Carry out or oversee all investigations into security breaches and enforce remedial actions across all UK Strategic Command DD sites, generating a finalised report to our breach management centre for incident closure.
• Work with the business to assist in the identification of risk associated with new breaches, enabling immediate remedial actions/ prevention of further damage and helping to ensure lessons are captured to reduce future repetition.
• Collate all data and manage the logistics of planned IT destruction events.
• Conduct regular compliance inspections to ensure integrity and security within the site buildings.
• Confidently respond to all queries relating to IT and Personnel Security received via mail, phone or in person from DD personnel.
• Provide advice and guidance through verbal / written briefings to communicate complex to all DD personnel, including senior staff.
• Provide a programme of education and awareness concerning IT security across Corsham site, ensuring currency in policy, behaviours and activities on site.
• Develop an understanding of site security matters to support the wider security team.
• Develop an understanding of DD operations to better support the business.
• Whilst there are currently no line-management requirements for this position, this could change in the future.

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

• Experience of working either directly or indirectly in a security environment
• An understanding of generic security roles and responsibilities
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels, verbally and in writing
• An understanding of risk management

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, leading to industry recognised qualifications.

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.

The expectation for the successful candidate will be attendance in the office for around 2-4 days per week. This is required to enable training, mentoring, coaching and support.

Dependent on the business need, there may be a requirement to travel to meetings within the UK (or potentially occasional overseas visits).

If not already held, the successful candidate will be required to undertake DV clearance. This position is open to sole UK Nationals only.

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Information risk assessment and risk management
• Threat understanding

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role 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.

HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 3LU

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 is desirable.

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £30,000, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,100 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We enable our people to work at the right place, with the right people, at the right time.

We believe that if we look after our people, they will be passionate about delivering great things for our customers.

The MOD Discover My Benefits page lists the full set of benefits. Some of the many benefits you will receive include:

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Free Uniform
• 25 days (215 hours) annual leave rising (1 day per year, 8.6 hours) to 30 days (258 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

Employment Hours

48 hours (including breaks) This is a shift working position. The successful candidate will be expected to work nights, weekends, bank holidays etc. The exact shift pattern will be explained in full during the interview. 12 hour days, 12 hour nights to be explained at interview

Medical

MGS applicants are required to attend a medical appointment to undertake a colour perception test. Operational staff at RAF Flying Stations and Royal Navy Dockyards are also required to undertake a hearing test.

About DIO

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

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

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

DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience:

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

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.

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

MGS MGR & Bld 605 Chicksands, Shefford, Beds, SG17 5QB, St George’s Barracks, MOD Bicester, Bicester, OX25 1NZ

• Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.

The Challenge

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

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) provides high quality security services at approximately 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. We provide access control, military working dogs, control room operations and other security services. We play a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and work to protect the defence estate and personnel from crime, terrorism, espionage and sabotage threats.

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

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

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

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

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

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

About MGS

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) is a professionally qualified body of Civil Servants who provide a range of security services at over 160 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. The mission of the MGS is to protect Defence from threats including crime, terrorism, espionage and sabotage.

The MGS employs over 2,700 security officers and support staff. Our security services include a large Military Working Dog (MWD) division with 11 units across the country, Control Room Operations, Static and Mobile security duties including access control, visitor access, traffic management, and foot patrols.

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

Main Responsibilities

The key duties of a Security Officer are as follows.

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

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

Travel Requirements

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

Desirable Experience & Skills

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

Full UK Driving Licence is desirable.

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £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
• The possibility to gain a financial in-year reward after successful completion of six months probation and a further in-year reward after your 12 month anniversary and throughout your career with the MGS.

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 that 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, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers.

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

DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience: 

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

Our responsibilities include:

• Plan and deliver major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment
• Provide utilities services
• Manage soft facilities management (i.e. cleaning and catering)
• Provide a safe place to train
• Allocate Service Families Accommodation
• Procure and manage routine maintenance and reactive repair
• Provide a central register of asset information to advise infrastructure planning
• Act as steward of the Defence estate
• Provide the unarmed guarding service

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

 We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman.