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UK Strategic Command (UK StratCom) Assurance Team positions are part of the Principal Security Advisor (PSyA) department of a busy 4*Headquarters.  The demanding and operational nature of the Headquarters means that this role will require a significant level of flexibility and professionalism.

UK StratCom is one of the four front line military commands (alongside Navy, Army, and Air Force) which conducts joint operations and generates, develops, and manages key enablers. It has approximately 22,500 military and civilian personnel deployed across the UK and worldwide. UK StratCom is a 4* HQ and a Top Level Budget (TLB), tasked with developing and preparing an integrated Joint Force for current and future operations. It has a unique structure, with a small Headquarters that works above, and with, a number of subordinate organisations, including Permanent Joint Headquarters, Defence Intelligence, Defence Digital and MOD A Block. UK StratCom also has management and operational responsibility for the Overseas Bases of Gibraltar, Cyprus, the South Atlantic Islands, British Indian Overseas Territory and British Defence Support Unit Singapore.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The role of the Security Assurance Team is to identify Physical and other security risks and highlight non-compliance and vulnerabilities to enable the effective management of risk.

Protective Security specialists employed on UK StratCom Assurance Teams provide direct support to commanders, through the completion of security surveys, inspections and the provision of specialist security advice in support of UK StratCom and broader Defence tasks, throughout the UK and Overseas Bases. Role level expectation is to deliver Physical Security assurance processes, including providing audit information to risk owners.

The UK Strategic Command SEO Security Assurance Team Leader will lead a team delivering second line assurance activity across the UK StratCom estate in the UK and Overseas Bases. This will cover a wide geographical area and a diverse range of assurance activity spanning Def CNI, STRAP, Establishments within the Defence Estate, and leased premises in the public/ industrial domain.

This will result in accurate and timely reporting to identify areas of compliance/ non-compliance, areas of risk, and recommendation of appropriate/ proportionate/  cost effective mitigations.

Reporting direct to the PSyA, the SEO Assurance Team Leader will champion the Defence Security Functional Strategy. Team leaders will ensure teams provide the means by which the Command can move

away from limited and towards delivering substantial assurance to the Directorate of Security and Resilience.

The Permanent Duty Station (PDS) is Northwood HQ and the positions will be predominately based from home addresses but are not home-working. They require a significant amount of UK and some overseas travel with remote stays away up to several days. As such, a high level of flexibility will be required to support the outputs of the team. Travel and expenses will be in accordance with Defence and Northwood HQ policies.

Responsibilities will include:

1. Management and delivery of the Assurance functional output. Ensuring that you and any personnel under your management observe and adhere to all extant policy directives regarding the delivery of protective security advice, guidance or support issued by or on behalf of the PSyA.

2. Lead on coordination and delivery of a range of security assurance activity supporting PSyA, Command/ Corporate STRAPSOs and Heads of Establishment at varying levels of complexity including:

• CNI Surveys
• STRAP Protective Security Surveys (SPSS)
• STRAP Protective Security Inspections (SPSI)
• SAP Assurance
• Protective Security Assurance Visits (PSAV)
• Bespoke Assurance Tasks as required

3. Deliver unambiguous, timely and accurate reports to the highest professional standard and within set time limits through the Team Leader. Products will reflect the findings of activity, areas of compliance/ non-compliance and risk.

4. Lead on working with all relevant stakeholders to identify, develop and recommend proportionate and cost effective mitigations to reduce risk.

5. Lead on the delivery of follow-up activity to support mitigation strategies and monitor/ upwardly report on progress.

6. Lead on engagement with the PSyA Assurance C2 coordinator to programme efficient and focused activity in-line with Command priorities.

7. Manage personal travel, accommodation, and expense arrangements in line with the relevant travel and subsistence policies.

8. Champion continual improvement and proactively seek to develop lessons learned arising from activity, opportunities to improve and, report these to the appropriate CoC or policy teams.

9. Handle, store and dispose of classified documents/ IT equipment in accordance with MoD Policy. Ensure compliance with all WfH behaviours across all platforms provided.

10. Ensure that all assurance team members maintain currency with the relevant policies and procedures relevant to the role including:

• JSP 440; The Defence Manual of Security
• Cabinet Office STRAP Supplement
• MOD STRAP Leaflets
• JSP 892; Risk Management
• JSP 503; The Defence Manual of Resilience

11. Ensure all team members continually develop their professional skills through collaborative working, sharing of best practice and peer review.

12. Be prepared to support Projects Team in the delivery of specialist security advice on UK StratCom programmes and wider Defence projects.

13. As a new team, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to refine and shape the team and its responsibilities.

14. The role holder will take lead responsibility for the recruitment of staff to their team.

 *Note – UK and some International travel will be required with stays remote from the parent unit of several days at a time.

The Assurance Team Leader will have a proven track record delivering assurance and physical security activity within defence, government, or industry. They will have experience of carrying out Protective Security Advisory Visits, STRAP Inspection activity and other physical security and assurance tasks as required. They will have been formally trained and will have underpinned this with appropriate levels of experience as a practitioner and, ideally, a manager.

The position is Veteran Friendly and would be ideally suited to Service Leavers from the relevant specialisation within the RAF Police and Intelligence Corps.

The Assurance Team Leader will:

• Be flexible, self-motivating and a team player.
• Have enthusiasm for security.
• Be able to work with autonomy, initiative, accurately and calmly in a fast-paced environment
• Have experience as a manager and reporting officer.
• Be suitably qualified and experienced to execute all assurance tasks required in the role.

DVLC

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

• Leadership
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Protective/ Physical Security
• Security Surveys
• Relevant skills, knowledge and experience to deliver key outputs

Alongside your salary of £41,000, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,070 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

Northwood

UK Strategic Command (UK StratCom) Assurance Team positions are part of the Principal Security Advisor (PSyA) department of a busy 4*Headquarters.  The demanding and operational nature of the Headquarters means that this role will require a significant level of flexibility and professionalism.

UK StratCom is one of the four front line military commands (alongside Navy, Army, and Air Force) which conducts joint operations and generates, develops, and manages key enablers. It has approximately 22,500 military and civilian personnel deployed across the UK and worldwide. UK StratCom is a 4* HQ and a Top Level Budget (TLB), tasked with developing and preparing an integrated Joint Force for current and future operations. It has a unique structure, with a small Headquarters that works above, and with, a number of subordinate organisations, including Permanent Joint Headquarters, Defence Intelligence, Defence Digital and MOD A Block. UK StratCom also has management and operational responsibility for the Overseas Bases of Gibraltar, Cyprus, the South Atlantic Islands, British Indian Overseas Territory and British Defence Support Unit Singapore.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The role of Security Assurance Team is to identify Physical and other security risks and highlight non-compliance and vulnerabilities to enable the effective management of risk.

Protective Security specialists employed on UK StratCom Assurance Teams provide direct support to commanders, through the completion of security surveys, inspections and the provision of specialist security advice in support of UK StratCom and broader Defence tasks, throughout the UK and Overseas Bases. Role level expectation is to deliver Physical Security assurance processes, including providing audit information to risk owners.

The UK Strategic Command HEO Security Assurance Team Operator will work to the SEO Team Leader delivering second line assurance activity across the UK StratCom estate in the UK and Overseas Bases. This will cover a wide geographical area and a diverse range of assurance activity spanning Def CNI, STRAP, Establishments within the Defence Estate, and leased premises in the public/ industrial domain.

This will result in accurate and timely reporting to identify areas of compliance/ non-compliance, areas of risk, and recommendation of appropriate/ proportionate/  cost effective mitigations.

The Permanent Duty Station (PDS) is Northwood HQ and the positions will be predominately based from home addresses but are not home-working. They require a significant amount of UK and some overseas travel with remote stays away up to several days. As such, a high level of flexibility will be required to support the outputs of the team. Travel and expenses will be in accordance with Defence and Northwood HQ policies.

Responsibilities will include:

1. Conduct a range of security assurance visits supporting PSyA, Command/ Corporate STRAPSOs and Heads of Establishment at varying levels of complexity including:

• CNI Surveys
• STRAP Protective Security Surveys (SPSS)
• STRAP Protective Security Inspections (SPSI)
• Protective Security Assurance Visits (PSAV)
• Bespoke Assurance Tasks as required

2. Deliver unambiguous, timely and accurate reports to the highest professional standard and within set time limits through the Team Leader. Products will reflect the findings of activity, areas of compliance/ non-compliance and risk.

3. Work with all relevant stakeholders to identify, develop and recommend proportionate and cost effective mitigations to reduce risk.

4. Manage follow-up activity to support mitigation strategies and monitor/ upwardly report on progress.

5. Work with Team leaders and the HQ Assurance C2 to programme efficient and focused activity in-line with Command priorities.

6. Manage personal travel, accommodation, and expense arrangements in line with the relevant travel and subsistence policies.

7. Champion continual improvement and proactively seek to develop lessons learned arising from activity, opportunities to improve and, report these to the appropriate CoC or policy teams.

8. Handle, store and dispose of classified documents/ IT equipment in accordance with MoD Policy. Ensure compliance with all WfH behaviours across all platforms provided.

9. All assurance team members are expected to maintain currency with the relevant policies and procedures relevant to the role including:

• JSP 440; The Defence Manual of Security
• Cabinet Office STRAP Supplement
• MOD STRAP Leaflets
• JSP 892; Risk Management

10. All team members are expected to continually develop their professional skills through collaborative working, sharing of best practice and peer review.

*Note – UK and some International travel will be required with stays remote from the parent unit of several days at a time.

The successful applicant will have a background in protective security and survey/ audit work – ideally within the MOD.

The Assurance Team Operator will have a proven track record delivering assurance and physical security activity within defence, government, or industry. They will have experience of carrying out Protective Security Advisory Visits, STRAP Inspection activity and other physical security and assurance tasks as required. They will have been formally trained and will have underpinned this with appropriate levels of experience as a practitioner.

The position is Veteran Friendly and would be ideally suited to Service Leavers from the relevant specialisation within the RAF Police and Intelligence Corps.

DVLC

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

• Leadership
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Protective/ Physical Security
• Security Surveys
• Experience relevant to the role and indicating the ability to deliver key outputs

Alongside your salary of £33,830, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,134 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

The post does not offer relocation expenses. 

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period. 

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

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

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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Apollo House – Croydon

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 Watch listing capabilities within the Home Office and to its partners across Government and Law Enforcement. Learn more on the HO Intelligence careers page.

The Operational Intelligence Units (OIUs) are part of Home Office Intelligence. OIUs include operational and non-operational staff who develop intelligence products to protect vulnerable people and communities while reducing the illegal population and the harm that it causes.

This exciting role offers the candidate the opportunity to work proactively with internal and external partners across a large geographical area with a view to developing high quality intelligence packages to support the work of Immigration, Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) teams.

The successful candidate will be part of a high performing team directed by the Field Intelligence Manager and key to the delivery of Immigration Enforcement priorities. They will actively develop relationships and be responsible for the identification and development of new workstreams and sources of intelligence.

The role will help in the development of intelligence skills and is an excellent and challenging opportunity for the right candidate.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

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

Please note due to the nature of the role we are only able to accommodate Full time and Shift working patterns.

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

The successful candidate must be Immigration Enforcement arrest trained, or willing and able to pass an arrest training course (including required health assessment). They must complete the required training in order to fulfil any intelligence gathering requirements when deployed with an Immigration Compliance & Enforcement (ICE) arrest team and will be required to wear a uniform when undertaking any arrest duties.

Candidates will also be required to undergo mandatory refresher arrest training every 12 months and must continue to meet the required health and fitness standards via annual health assessments.
As these are warranted roles with the powers of arrest, it is an essential requirement to complete the requisite training and the roles are conditional on passing a mandatory training programme, which will include a health fitness assessment, Enforcement training (4-week course) and Arrest training (2-week course). Other additional training focusing on the intelligence aspect of the role will also be provided.

Essential Criteria

•    Excellent oral and written communication skills
•    Strong interpersonal and organisational skills
•    Experience of building and maintaining stakeholder relationships.
•    Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment, developing innovative solutions to support business needs
•    Good working knowledge of IT and related applications. For example Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable Criteria

•    Experience of working in an intelligence team and or/law enforcement environment
•    Forgery detection experience
•    Researching and analysing data to draw key conclusions.

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

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Leadership

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

Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham, Stratford and Croydon

The Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.

Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include LGBT+, FACES, Disability & Health, Break the Stigma, Women’s, The Shed, Carers, Part Time Workers, No Limits and Grass Roots.

We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.

The C1 Intelligence Analyst provides analytical support to the Insolvency Service Intelligence team.

The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career.

This post sits within the INSS Intelligence Team, part of the Investigation & Enforcement Division of the Insolvency Service.  The Analyst role is to play a leading part in the development of strategic, operational and tactical Intelligence for the Insolvency Service,

The Intelligence Team provides intelligence for all parts of the Insolvency Service including its Insolvent Investigation, Live Company Investigation and Criminal Investigation Teams. It works very closely with other agencies in particular Companies House, the Financial Conduct Authority and the National Economic Crime Centre.at the NCA.

Although the post is not location specific, the core team is based in Birmingham and regular attendance at this location will be required. The demands upon the post can be unpredictable and the incumbent will need to be flexible. Travel within the UK is likely required and could involve overnight stays.

Main Responsibilities:

The post-holder will be expected to lead on the analytical functions of Intelligence Team. The post will involve, from time-to-time, working closely with other internal and external operational teams and using a variety of methods of data exploitation and analysis.

The duties of the post may vary widely and can include:

• Taking the lead in the Insolvency Service’s strategic assessment, which will include threat/risk assessments, develop strategies to counter these and aid decision making at a senior level.
• Contributing to High Level strategic decision making on regulatory reform/changes to policies.
• Analysing UK registered entities incorporated for or used in economic crime, or financial misconduct aiming to protect the corporate register and the integrity of UK markets.
• Identifying significant enablers and promoters of entities used in those activities and counteracting their activities.
• Sharing intelligence with INSS enforcement colleagues and enforcement divisions of other LEA’s to facilitate criminal, civil and regulatory interventions.
• Identifying new and emerging typologies of financial crime and misconduct perpetrated through limited entities or insolvency processes and evaluate UK exposure to these risks.
• Contributing to NCA, Home Office and other intelligence assessments of trends and typologies in the UK.

As an INSS Intelligence Analyst you will:

• Provide the principal analysis function for the Intelligence Team
• Plan, collect, evaluate, analyse and disseminate intelligence products in relation to matters including a broad range of financial misconduct (including fraud and money laundering), and develop strategies to counter the aforementioned.
• Contribute to understanding threats to the Insolvency Regime, the Insolvency Service or more widely to the Department for Business and Trade, through the development of strategic and thematic intelligence products.
• Conduct risk assessments to evaluate the likelihood and potential impact of specific events or scenarios.
• Liaise with internal colleagues, external intelligence & operational teams including attendance at cross-agency meetings, forums and projects.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• You will have substantial training or experience in Intelligence analysis
• You will have an ability to deliver results proactively and independently
• You will have an inquisitive mind and be able assimilate complex information.
• You will have strong analytical, drafting and problem-solving skills and be able to recognise patterns, trends and risks and draw key conclusions/make recommendations from a wide range of evidence and data.
• You will be able to confidently communicate with colleagues at all levels of seniority both internally and externally.
• You will stay up to date with developments in your field.

We are particularly interested in recruitment of people with knowledge of cyber enabled and cyber dependent crime, and cryptocurrencies.

Essential Criteria

• You will either have substantial training or experience in Intelligence analysis in a relevant setting
• Proven track record in:
• Intelligence Analysis
• Financial Crime or misconduct Investigation/ Financial Crime or misconduct Prevention

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Alongside your salary of £38,454, Insolvency Service contributes £10,382 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We want you have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do so we offer a great benefits package:

• Flexible working arrangements and flexi-time.
• Full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service.
• In addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day of privilege leave.
• Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave.
• 5 days paid leave for learning and development
• 5 days paid for volunteering
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal life.
• Civil Service Pension

Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package where the employer makes a significant contribution to the cost of your pension.  Your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken. This means, if you pay tax, your take-home pay will not be reduced by the full amount of your contribution; and your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire. For more information, visit  www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk

Eaton House – London

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

Learn more on the HO Intelligence careers page.

The Operational Intelligence Units (OIUs) are part of Home Office Intelligence. OIUs include operational and non-operational staff who develop intelligence products to protect vulnerable people and communities while reducing the illegal population and the harm that it causes.

This exciting role offers the candidate the opportunity to work proactively with internal and external partners across a large geographical area with a view to developing high quality intelligence packages to support the work of Immigration, Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) teams.

The successful candidate will be part of a high performing team directed by the Field Intelligence Manager and key to the delivery of Immigration Enforcement priorities. They will actively develop relationships and be responsible for the identification and development of new workstreams and sources of intelligence.

The role will help in the development of intelligence skills and is an excellent and challenging opportunity for the right candidate.

Key responsibilities include:

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

Training

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

The successful candidate must be Immigration Enforcement arrest trained, or willing and able to pass an arrest training course (including required health assessment). They must complete the required training in order to fulfil any intelligence gathering requirements when deployed with an Immigration Compliance & Enforcement (ICE) arrest team and will be required to wear a uniform when undertaking any arrest duties.

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

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

Please note that due to the nature of the role, we can only accommodate full time and shift working patterns.

Please also note that holding a full valid UK manual driving licence is essential for the role as officers regularly visit business and residential premises, they can be posted to airports or deployed to other HO sites across a wide geographical area at short notice and during unsociable hours.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Experience of building and maintaining stakeholder relationships.
• The ability to perform in a fast-paced environment, developing innovative solutions to support business needs.
• A good working knowledge of IT and related applications. For example Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in an intelligence team and or/law enforcement environment.
• Forgery detection experience.
• Researching and analysing data to draw key conclusions.

Full valid UK manual driving licence.

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

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Leadership

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

London

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

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

The Government Cyber Directorate in GSG covers all aspects of Defensive Cyber Security for Government from strategy, policy and standards to the operational deliverables of incident, risk and vulnerability management. We manage investment from the National Cyber Security Programme, outreach and engagement across Government and the wider public sector among much else. If you’re passionate about protecting the government and you want to be part of a security evolution, this is the team for you. Come and help make the government stronger.

The Government Security Red Team (GSRT) simulates attacks on UK Government assets in order to improve our security. We are looking for an Exercise Lead who would be responsible for coordinating the Personnel and Insider exercises, as well as providing support to the wider Red Team portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, friendly and highly unique team. 

We spend our time examining the vulnerabilities in systems, discovering ways to exploit them, and working to make those systems more secure. We are responsible for a range of innovative programs across Government, including a revolutionary insider exercising programme, GBEST – intelligence-lead cyber penetration testing, as well as physical/technical and hybrid exercising. 

The GSRT sits within the Assurance and Operations Deputy Directorate in the Cyber Directorate. We work closely with the assurance team and also across the Cyber Directorate. Given this post focuses on Personnel and Insider risk, the post holder works really closely with policy colleagues across wider GSG.

The role also involves working closely with NTA’s such as NCSC, NPSA, UKNACE, the agencies and trusted private sector providers. We are looking for someone who can think creatively, manage complex projects and handle challenging stakeholders. You will be expected to work closely with the Personnel Policy teams in GSG, and across government, when delivering exercises. The post holder also develops and supports other ad hoc exercises, such as with the Horizon Scanning team and Investigations team, where you can expand your skills and knowledge of the wider security disciplines.

This role is advertised based from London. The broader team works in a hybrid work pattern. GSG offers a wide range of training across the security disciplines.

Key areas of responsibility

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Leading the Personnel and Insider exercising projects and programmes, focusing on Insider Risk and Vetting
• Delivering the successful running of these exercises with departments, and manage the delivery to the highest possible standard
• Analyse exercise results to produce reports and work with the security community to identify opportunities for broader policy and security improvement, as well as maximising real world impact of recommendations through advice and support to Personnel and Insider policy leads
• Managing exercise delivery risks, assembling diverse subject experts across Government, and facilitating simulated tests
• Develop strong and trusted relationships with relevant stakeholders in Government Departments and the NTA’s
• Work closely with the Personnel Policy teams to inform exercise design, and ensure knowledge and findings are shared to inform wider security controls and policy
• Lead the Personnel and Insider input into our annual common findings report and any other ad hoc reporting
• Support other GSRT exercises in the cyber, physical/technical and hybrid space
• Work with NTA’s and the security function to identify exercise requirements and likely threats to inform exercise design
• Briefing exercise findings to the senior security forums and senior officials
• Support the delivery of our flagship workshop ‘Let’s Attack the British Government’ at conferences and events such as Civil Service Live, Government Security Conference, or Fast Stream Base Camp

Essential skills and experience:

• Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate security concepts to a wide range of stakeholders
• Experience in managing projects or programmes
• Strong relationship building skills, evidenced through building trusted relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Collaborative working skills demonstrated through working as part of a team to deliver long-term strategic outputs
• Experience working in new and challenging subject areas where you have had to learn on your feet
• Excellent project management skills when often delivering on various exercises and projects simultaneously
• Excellent ability to analyse complex information and distil it to non-technical people

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience of working in government security, particularly National Security
• A good understanding of Personnel Security and Insider Risk
• Experience of working in Red Teaming, Exercising or Penetration Testing

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

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

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.

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

HMNB Devonport, Plymouth, PL2 2BG

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.

Environmental Factors / Hazards Associated with the Post 

All hazards associated with a nuclear licensed HM Naval Base.

Driving License is essential for the successful candidates to complete mobile patrols within Military Transport vehicles provided by MOD to patrol HMNB Devonport

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £27,500, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,425 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) The working pattern is 48 hours compressed into 4 x 12 hour shifts, working an average of 48 hours per week over a rostered 10 week period. That can be explained further within interview.This is a shift working position. The successful candidate will be expected to work nights, weekends, bank holidays etc. The exact shift pattern will be explained in full during the interview.

Medical

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

About DIO

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

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

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

DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience:

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

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

Beith, Gosport, Glen Douglas, Plymouth, Longtown, Crombie, Kineton

We are Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). We manage a vast range of projects to supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver essential defence programmes – and strive for what’s next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe, now and in the future.

Across our 12,500-strong organisation, we support all our people to be at their very best, fostering a family-friendly approach to flexible and hybrid working. After all, support is in our name.

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) are looking for a Security Operations Manager to join their team working across their Defence Munitions (DM) sites.

 As a Security Operations Manager, you will ensure the correct security posture across complex sites, teams, facilities and estates, and maintain operational preparedness for security incidents and events.
You will have leadership experience in a physical security operations environment, dealing with security and resilience, risk management, assurance and governance and implementing proportional and practical advice to relevant stakeholders, including development of new security policies and procedures.

 In return, you will be provided with a supportive environment to help you grow and enhance your career within the security specialism, with opportunities for personal development and career progression.

 Please note the role requires regular travel to visit DM sites across the UK, and the successful candidate will be expected to attend their chosen site on average 3 times per week.

 Due to the nature of the post, the position is reserved for sole UK Nationals.

 Responsibilities

• Manage security risks by overseeing Physical Security operations and the deployment of security measures to effectively protect assets, (information, people, buildings and equipment) throughout the estate.
• Plan, test, and respond to security/emergency incidents.
• Conduct assurance of all risks pertaining to site/facility/estate security, providing evidence-based risk mitigations to decision-makers.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulation and legislation, providing site/facility/estate level guidance on the implementation of these through site security instructions or orders.
• Assure the implementation of effective security governance, guidance, education and training for all staff across the site/facility/estate.
• Maintaining effective strategic relationships with service providers, MOD Police and MOD Guard Service.

To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Previous experience of working within Security Operations.
• Experience in a leadership role and delivering effective outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience managing risk and security governance.
• Demonstrable experience managing stakeholder relationships and influencing decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communications.
• Establishment Security Officer course: to hold or attain in the 1st 6 months of employment
• Hold a valid Driving license in order to travel to sites across the UK

Desirable

• Security Management.
• National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) Foundation and Operational Requirements.
• Experience of working within an Explosives Environment.
• Business Continuity Management.
  
  In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Risk Understanding and Mitigation
• Protective security

• 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
• Flexible and hybrid working wherever possible, to support your work-life balance (though some attendance to the stated site is required)
• Market-leading employer pension contribution of around 27%
• Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
• Access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications
• Support for progression
• Huge range of discounts
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave schemes

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where our people can grow, thrive, and be their authentic selves. We value diversity of thought and the ways in which it enriches our culture and our work. So whether you’re looking for a new opportunity, a next step, or a helping hand as you return from a career break, here you’ll find a supportive, family-friendly organisation to be a part of. And if you need any assistance with your application, just let us know.

Further Information

More information can be found below:

• DE&S Little Book of Big Benefits: https://bit.ly/3FEb54v
• Further Information: https://bit.ly/3K26Xhl
• Terms and Conditions: https://bit.ly/3yUwcM1

MOD Main Building

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 £34,850, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,409 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.

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Beith, Gosport, Arrochar, Plymouth, Carlisle, Dunfermline, Southam

We are Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). We manage a vast range of projects to supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver essential defence programmes – and strive for what’s next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe, now and in the future.

Across our 12,500-strong organisation, we support all our people to be at their very best, fostering a family-friendly approach to flexible and hybrid working. After all, support is in our name.

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) are looking for a Security Operations Manager to join their team working across their Defence Munitions (DM) sites.

 As a Security Operations Manager, you will ensure the correct security posture across complex sites, teams, facilities and estates, and maintain operational preparedness for security incidents and events.
You will have leadership experience in a physical security operations environment, dealing with security and resilience, risk management, assurance and governance and implementing proportional and practical advice to relevant stakeholders, including development of new security policies and procedures.

 In return, you will be provided with a supportive environment to help you grow and enhance your career within the security specialism, with opportunities for personal development and career progression.

 Please note the role requires regular travel to visit DM sites across the UK, and the successful candidate will be expected to attend their chosen site on average 3 times per week.

 Due to the nature of the post, the position is reserved for sole UK Nationals.

 Responsibilities

• Manage security risks by overseeing Physical Security operations and the deployment of security measures to effectively protect assets, (information, people, buildings and equipment) throughout the estate.
• Plan, test, and respond to security/emergency incidents.
• Conduct assurance of all risks pertaining to site/facility/estate security, providing evidence-based risk mitigations to decision-makers.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulation and legislation, providing site/facility/estate level guidance on the implementation of these through site security instructions or orders.
• Assure the implementation of effective security governance, guidance, education and training for all staff across the site/facility/estate.
• Maintaining effective strategic relationships with service providers, MOD Police and MOD Guard Service.

To be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Previous experience of working within Security Operations.
• Experience in a leadership role and delivering effective outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience managing risk and security governance.
• Demonstrable experience managing stakeholder relationships and influencing decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communications.
• Establishment Security Officer course: to hold or attain in the 1st 6 months of employment
• Hold a valid Driving license in order to travel to sites across the UK

Desirable

• Security Management.
• National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) Foundation and Operational Requirements.
• Experience of working within an Explosives Environment.
• Business Continuity Management.
  
  In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Risk Understanding and Mitigation
• Protective security

• 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
• Flexible and hybrid working wherever possible, to support your work-life balance (though some attendance to the stated site is required)
• Market-leading employer pension contribution of around 27%
• Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
• Access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications
• Support for progression
• Huge range of discounts
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave schemes

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where our people can grow, thrive, and be their authentic selves. We value diversity of thought and the ways in which it enriches our culture and our work. So whether you’re looking for a new opportunity, a next step, or a helping hand as you return from a career break, here you’ll find a supportive, family-friendly organisation to be a part of. And if you need any assistance with your application, just let us know.

Further Information

More information can be found below:

• DE&S Little Book of Big Benefits: https://bit.ly/3FEb54v
• Further Information: https://bit.ly/3K26Xhl
• Terms and Conditions: https://bit.ly/3yUwcM1