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Burnley, Leeds, London

In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you’d like to work in, we’d love to hear from you.

DHSC Security is a small, specialist team which provides support and advice to the department on security matters and ensuring alignment with Government Security standards, adapting to support current and future requirements. This is a great opportunity to join a major government department where you will play an important role in delivering personnel security and be a member of the Government Security Profession which offers opportunities to develop your career.

You will be expected to work collaboratively within DHSC and across government to understand threats and mitigation solutions, map currently levels of security culture and awareness, develop, build, and deploy campaigns to improve security culture and positively change behaviours.

You will also support sensitive personnel security investigations and other key functions within the department to ensure that these are conducted securely.

You will work closely with your manager to ensure agreed security measures are implemented and will monitor key deliverables to help map assurance.

Responsibilities

• You will be comfortable engaging with and influencing stakeholders at all grades, and able to robustly challenge security behaviours or actions where necessary.
• You will be the lead on Security, Education and Awareness (SEA) within DHSC as the single point of contact for cross-government SEA programs, and look to employ these programs within DHSC.
• You will develop, maintain, and improve functions to map, assess and improve the maturity of the security culture within DHSC.
• You will support other teams within the security and resilience sphere by assisting with any parallel awareness campaigns.
• You will look to support the Head of Personnel Security in developing security champions roles within DHSC and ensuring the continuous improvement of this function.
• You will provide support and resilience to the personnel security team on any security investigations.
• You will continue to upskill and develop your security knowledge using materials and access from recognised specialists such as the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) and UK Government Security. You will also seek to improve yourself using membership to the Security Institute.
• We can offer training to support your development, and (for Civil Service applicants) are prepared to consider both level transfers and appointments on promotion for the right candidates.
• This role requires participation in an out-of-hours duty roster and additional pay is provided for this.

Key Skills and Experience required for the role

• Evidence of dealing with complex matters, competing demands, opposed views or stances, and bringing successful outcomes to these.
• Effective communication and influence at all levels both internally and externally. The ability to obtain buy-in and explain complex matters in an engaging way.
• Developing effective partnerships working with internal and external stakeholders – delivering projects, products or results collaboratively. Building trust and effective partnerships across skills and disciplines.
• Evidence of supporting diversity and inclusion.

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

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

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

• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £40,025, Department of Health and Social Care contributes £10,806 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%

Glasgow

This role will provide you with an opportunity to be at the forefront in shaping national security policy and responding to a growing threat. You will be a part of a tight-knit task force setting up a unit to investigate national security risk amongst companies operating in the UK. You’ll need to be high-energy, creative and a problem-solver, confident to to work across the security community, including with senior officials, to help set up a unit from scratch. This will be exciting and fast-paced, with significant parliamentary and ministerial interest.  

Economic security is an increasingly important issue within the national security landscape. The growth in the threat has necessitated levers and mitigations to prevent the UK Government from being compromised through commercial channels. The Procurement Bill will provide us with unprecedented levers to intervene where companies pose a national security threat. In order to use these levers, the national security community will need to assess the risk associated with certain companies in order to arrive at decisions about whether this risk is intolerable and requires intervention. 

The Government Security Group is creating a unit to coordinate the cross-government response to this national security risk, starting with a small number of planning and policy professionals, and building to a unit handling caseload. 

• This is a stretching HEO role, dedicated to the organisational set up of the new Unit as well as future supplier casework, offering insight into the UK’s prosperity and security objectives. 
  
• Responsibilities will include supporting the SEO Planning and Project Manager and wider team in all areas of project management and planning for standing up the unit, including recruitment, stakeholder engagement, maintaining the unit risk register, forward work planning, and locations.
• Take responsibility for certain planning tasks, in cooperation with other business units, such as HR and Finance teams; supporting the drafting of business cases as necessary. 
• At a later stage, support complex procurement exclusions and debarment casework where there is a threat to national security. This will include:
  • logging cases;
  • deciding whether a case needs investigation or whether it should be dismissed; 
  • synthesising and pulling together key information;
  • reaching out to the relevant stakeholders;
  • preparing stakeholder updates;
  • supporting the development of Unit processes and protocols;
  • maintaining key Unit documents;
  • providing Secretariat to the Unit.

Essential skills and experience:

• Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders and managing competing priorities.
• Strong analytical skills and casework skills. 
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Strong communication skills (both written and oral), personal resilience and the ability to deliver at pace on competing priorities in a challenging and complex policy area. 

In line with current Cabinet Office policy, the postholder will be expected to be in the office at least 60% of the time. However, the postholder should be prepared to be in the office as business needs require. 

Level of Security Clearance required: SC initially, but will need to undergo DV STRAP.

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

Alongside your salary of £35,400, Cabinet Office contributes £9,558 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Alongside your salary of £35,400, Cabinet Office contributes £9,558 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

Birmingham, Bristol, Chelmsford, Crawley, Dover, Gartcosh, Gillingham, Kingston-Upon-Thames, London*, Slough, Stevenage, Wakefield, 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. 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 unit’s primary focus is to guide, coach and carry out the independent assessment of trainee investigation and intelligence officers. This provides assurance that those who complete our highly regarded training programme are occupationally competent and capable of leading the fight against serious organised crime.

This campaign is for 12 posts which are split between Intelligence Analyst and Intelligence Officer roles. Candidates who are eligible can be posted into either role based on their accreditations. Please state in your application form which of these 2 roles you are applying for or for both

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

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

Responsibilities

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

Intelligence officer/ Intelligence analyst roles:

Full DVLA Driving Licence (includes Full EU licences).

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

Intelligence officer roles:
IPP Intelligence Officer Accreditation.

Intelligence analyst roles:
IPP Intelligence Analyst Accreditation.

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

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

This position is based Nationally

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

Overview of the job    

This role sits in the Security Risk Unit (SRU) in Security, Order and Counter-Terrorism (SOCT).

The Unit’s objectives are to ensure HMPPS is robustly managing its live and emerging security risks, developing a learning culture and ensuring those working in operational settings are knowledgeable and up-skilled to deliver effective security.

The Control Strategy is a vehicle through which the organisation can identify and prioritise its security risks and monitor the identified controls that aim to mitigate these risks.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the design and implementation of the Control Strategy within HMPPS.

This is a national post, regular attendance to meetings in London and occasional travel across the HMPPS estate will be required.

The job holder will report to the Control Strategy Lead (Manager) and there is the potential to hold responsibility for managing a small team of staff.

Summary    

The post holder will support the effective assessment and prioritisation of HMPPS security risks across a range of threat areas.

The post holder will identify new and developing controls from across the organisation and across the government that address priority risks.

The post holder will monitor and evaluate controls and assist with the regular publishing of the Control Strategy highlighting their progress to senior leaders across HMPPS and MoJ.

The post holder will work with control owners across the organisation to raise awareness and accountability of the identified controls and their management and mitigation of security risks.

The post holder will work to evaluate the extent to which controls are mitigating priority risks, as well as support the assessment of any displacement of the risk.

The post holder will develop and maintain stakeholder relationships with internal and external partners as a means of identifying control owners and levering their support to progress the mitigation of priority risks.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties    

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

•    Contribute to the design and implementation of the HMPPS Control Strategy.
•    Identify security threats across prison and probation and how those threats manifest as risks.
•    Contribute to the development of the Local Control Strategy, to support individual establishments identify and prioritise their risks.
•    Contribute to the identification and assessment of security risks in Probation and Youth Custody Service.
•    Contribute to the development of the framework for the Local Control Strategy and Probation Control Strategy.
•    Collaborate with internal and external partners, in particular the National Intelligence Unit and Safety, to assess likelihood of identified threats manifesting.
•    Identify how vulnerable the organisation is to threats manifesting themselves across HMPPS.
•    Effectively organise and participate in multiple working groups to assure the accuracy of risk prioritisation.
•    Support the identification of effective controls to increase the organisational resilience to the priority risks.
•    Contribute to Control Strategy Coordination Board and Control Engagement Groups that feed into Control identification and management.
•    Engage and partner with stakeholders across to the organisation and across government, obtaining their endorsement of the product and cooperation as control owners.
•    Continuously review, enhance and embed the portfolio of risks and horizon scan for future control measures. Review and seek feedback from the necessary stakeholders to ensure work meets operational requirements and remains effective.
•    Work with control owners and the Security Assessment and Evaluation Committee to develop a framework for the evaluation of Controls.
•    Create briefings notes to building awareness to the SOCT SMT and Executive Management Committee, on the priority risks and the identified controls to ensure continuing development of resilience across HMPPS. These updates can inform investment decisions across the organisation.
•    Promote effective risk identification, use the Risk Resilience Methodology as a means of identifying and assessing new risks which could impact security across HMPPS and promote the importance of the Control Strategy findings in wider HMPPS delivery.

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

Please refer to Job Description

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

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving

Alongside your salary of £33,104, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £8,971 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Milton Keynes

Is it just engineers and techy types?

Not. Even. Close.

You’ll join HMGCC in leading a new in-house Uniformed Security Team upholding physical security controls and processes dedicated to the protection and development of National Security Engineering.

Make no mistake this is no ordinary Security Guard job!

Your leadership skills and responsible attitude will support a high quality guard force, focusing on providing excellent customer service for staff and visitors whilst maintaining the security of the site and buildings.

Your positive, can-do approach will ensure your team are trained proficiently and delivering a consistent and professional service to key stakeholders.

Your attention to detail will be important when monitoring security systems such as CCTV and AACS (Automated Access Control System) and identifying concerns. You’ll also be responsible for managing appropriate responses to security incidents and demonstrating a calm and professional approach.

More About You

To apply for this role, you will already have:

• Proven experience managing requests from stakeholders across all levels.
• Excellent communication & Organisational skills, both written and verbal
• The ability to manage patrols across site and respond to incidents quickly
• You will need a good standard of English, ideally have a GCSE in English Language grade 4 or above and be confident in using Microsoft Word & Excel

To strengthen your application, it would be beneficial if you also have:

• Experience handling challenging situations.
• Proven Security Officer/Team Leader experience.
• CCTV and AACS (Automated Access Control System) experience.
• Experience managing shift rotas.

Using your diverse range of skills within the Physical Security Team you will:

• Perform the Line Manager role for a team of security officers.
• Over-see day-to-day duties of the team.
• Lead training opportunities for the team.
• Be responsible for the physical security of HMGCC staff, visitors and its assets.
• Prevent unauthorised access to site in accordance with current policy.
• Conduct Receptionist duties, welcoming and booking in our visitors to site.
• Conduct site and building patrols and security checks.
• Monitor and operate CCTV and AACS systems.
• Conduct security checks using airport style X-ray equipment.
• Respond to system alarms and incidents.
• Conduct vehicle, staff and visitor searches.

ou will be the type of person who:

• Enjoys being part of a wider team in encouraging, mentoring other team members.
• Is Able to lead and manage a team of security officers.
• Is comfortable having difficult conversations
• Can be proactive and use your intuition for problem solving.
• Is able to work on a shift pattern including nights, weekends and bank holidays.
• Can communicate information across many stakeholders quickly and succinctly.
• Can adapt to change within an organisation/team.
• Is flexible in ways of working.
• Is open minded, be able to see it’s not always black and white and there is an element of grey areas encouraging creative solutions.

What we Offer

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here’s what we can offer you

• 25 days Annual Leave rising to 30 after 5 years of service..
• Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours.  If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
• Lots and lots of training.  This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree.  If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
• Our Pension scheme is Alpha.  It’s competitive.
• Sports & Social Society. Whether its classic cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you.
• On site nursery (subject to availability).
• 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
• Free parking
• Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day
• Relocation Package*
• Affinity Groups – whether you are disabled, LGBTQ and/or from an Ethnic Minority. We provide an inclusive environment and support for everyone.

About HMGCC

We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.

We work with the National Security Community, UK Government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to.

To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.

Equal Opportunities

Inclusion & Diversity really matters to us. It’s not just about numbers or visible differences.

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other’s differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.

We are proud to offer candidates the opportunity to apply through the Offer Of Interview Scheme. The scheme ensures eligible candidates are selected for an interview as long as their application meets the minimum criteria for the role. To find out more and how you can apply under this scheme, please see the inclusion and diversity information on our website.

Amadeus House – Heathrow

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.

Home Office Intelligence has three Dedicated Source Units (DSUs) which are a standard feature for the lawful and effective management of Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) in compliance with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA). The DSUs are supported by a central Source Development Unit (SDU) which supports the DSUs, provides a vital role in managing Source status drift for the department, and is currently transforming to take a more active role in CHIS recruitment.

The effective recruitment and management of CHIS generates high grade intelligence, maximises intervention opportunities and produces the strongest likelihood of meeting the department’s strategic objectives and fulfilling its intelligence requirement.

The Source Development Unit currently sits within Home Office Intelligence, a new directorate bringing together Border Force Intelligence, Border Force International and Immigration Intelligence, created to provide a single strategic and operational lead primarily for all Border Force and Immigration Enforcement intelligence requirements and functions.

The Source Development Unit [SDU] seeks to identify officers who can provide intelligence in support of the current Immigration Requirements (IRs) of the Home Office. The SDU also acts as the single point of contact and advisor for the Home Office on all matters relating to Human Intelligence Sources (HIS) and Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS), and is the statutory centre for Immigration Enforcement [IE] records of CHIS deployments and use.

Key functions of the CHIS Recruitment officer will include, but are not restricted to:

• Identification and development of potential CHIS for the Dedicated Source Units (DSUs).
• Initial contact with prospective CHIS, and recording/dissemination of intelligence product.
• Working with handlers across the DSU offices to recruit CHIS opportunity and provide handler resilience.
• Providing vital research support to the DSUs.
• Managing the Source Champion network and CHIS awareness among internal and external operational partners through appropriate Source training and liaison.
• Liaison with internal and external operational partners to identify CHIS opportunity.
• Conduct research and due diligence on prospective CHIS enabling comprehensive risk assessment.
• Recording and coordinating CHIS taskings from internal and external partners.

Current transformation of the SDU is looking to move towards proactive recruitment of CHIS, and it is intended that the successful candidate attends specialist relevant training to facilitate this, and becomes Source handler accredited to work with DSUs on CHIS recruitment meetings.

The expectation within the Home Office is that staff will normally remain in post for a minimum of two years following the successful completion of the Advanced Source Handlers Skills training programme. This is due to the staff development investment for this specialist training and also a period of in-role immersion and mentoring. During this time staff will not be eligible to apply for Home Office roles on level transfer.

This post is a specialist post and this is only available on a full-time basis. There is a likely requirement to work flexibly, including some unsociable hours (public holidays, nights and weekend) and being on call.

There will be opportunity to undertake some work from home in line with current flexible working arrangements in Home Office Intelligence, but officers will be expected to respond to on call requirements when operationally necessary.

Applicants should be aware that on-call requires the officer to reside within a reasonable travelling distance to the office they are posted to. Reasonable distance is deemed as 90 minutes travelling time for London-region based post.

You will be responsible for:

• Demonstrating a good knowledge and understanding of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), CHIS Codes of Practice, Criminal Procedure and Investigation Act 1996 (CPIA), Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the principles of General Data Protection Regulations.
• Ensuring that all meetings and contacts with sources are conducted using appropriate tradecraft.
• Ensuring the welfare, health and security issues of the source are properly considered and reported on.
• Directing, debriefing and tasking appropriate sources when required.
• Actively promoting awareness of source related capability in the Home Office by seeking out, engaging and educating both new and existing internal and external partners.
• Producing accurate and comprehensive recording of CHIS material including meeting reports, risk assessments, applications, intelligence reports and financial records.
• Promoting a safe working environment through effective risk assessment of every deployment and dynamic risk assessment of every situation.
• Promoting a professional working environment by maintaining the highest standards of behaviour and integrity.
• Actively contributing to the team effort improving performance, demonstrating innovation, working collaboratively and with respect.

Training

• You will be required to complete and pass the Advanced Source Handlers Skills training programme. This course is 3-4 weeks in duration, which may be residential.
• There is likely to be additional specialised CHIS training requirement in relation to this post, such as a Source recruitment course.
• Mandatory training for the Source Recruitment role may also be residential.
• You should be aware that this role requires an accredited training process which must be passed before a candidate is legally allowed to undertake the duties of the role. All aspects of this training and mentoring programme are tested and failure to pass will mean the officer will be unable to carry out this role and alternative posts will be looked at.

Once you have successfully completed your probation you will be managed within the Performance Management policy. Failure in any aspects of the training will trigger the use of the departmental Managing Poor Performance policy and this may lead to a decision to dismiss on the grounds of inefficiency.

Please Note: Travel is expected for the role, this may necessitate occasional overnight stays.

Essential Criteria

• Experience of working in a law enforcement operational environment, such as intelligence, criminal investigation or detection work.

Desirable Criteria

• Previous experience of the recruitment of individuals for progression to CHIS authority.
• Previous training in or experience of Source Management.
• Previous experience of the authorisation processes under RIPA 2000.
• Previous training in or experience of UK Immigration rules and legislation.

Full UK valid Manual driving licence – Due to the nature of the work and the geographical area, travel by official vehicle may be required.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

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

• Communicating and Influencing

• 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%

Wyton, East of England, PE28 2EA : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HB

Defence Intelligence (DI) is a world-class organisation that supports operations, policy development, and decision-making in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and across the government’s national security community. Our people develop understanding, solve problems, and give perspective to the diverse and complex Defence threats and challenges in a constantly evolving world. Together our civilians and military personnel inform decision-making in Defence, manage complex programmes, and develop new technology.

The Behavioural and Social Science (BSS) section of LaBSS is federated to work within the regionally focused analytical centres in DI, supporting key Defence priorities and injecting vitally important socio-cultural context and foundational understanding into the intelligence, Defence and policy community.

The Socio-Cultural Assessment Team (S-CAT) within LaBSS applies expertise drawn from specialist areas such as anthropology, sociology, social / political psychology, human geography and political and behavioural science to provide unique insights into the social, cultural and interpersonal dynamics and behaviours impacting upon real world situations of strategic interest. Products pertain to the behaviour, motivations, and intent of a variety of groups and populations. The work supports a wide range of actions and provides customers across government with insight into the worldview of the UK’s adversaries and competitors so that it can be influenced or countered across a spectrum of activities. Socio-cultural analysts can also work closely with the LaBSS Psychological Assessments Team to deliver an understanding of current and future behaviour.

We believe your unique experiences, view and understanding of the world could provide a vital perspective and contribution to our work. We recognise that great minds do not think alike and are striving to increase our diversity representation at all levels. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire, train, and promote people based on merit and aspire to create an inclusive work environment free of discrimination. We also offer flexible working arrangements such as flexitime, job share and compressed hours. All job adverts in DI are subject to fair and open competition.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Strategic Command is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way the Command conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts within Strategic Command Headquarters and in time the wider organisation, are/will be subject to review and potential changes as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities.  Throughout, the Command’s transformation programme is committed to following the MOD’s framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with the Command’s personnel and Trade Unions.

• Apply social and/or behavioural science theories and frameworks to understand complex issues and answer intelligence questions, delivering high quality, impactful socio-cultural intelligence assessments, both verbal and written, that adhere to professional and ethical standards.
• Build and maintain subject matter expertise in social and/or behavioural science theories, methodologies, and frameworks. Contribute to the cross-government development of these methodologies with international partners, supporting LaBSS’ leading role in their practical application. Act as a socio-cultural expert in your region across the community.
• Develop regional expertise in your area of responsibility, coordinating with other regional intelligence analysts to respond to tasking requests, produce joint assessments and contribute to analysis workshops.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with key customers and stakeholders and ensure intelligence output is aligned to their requirements, decision-making processes, and timelines.
• Ensure intelligence gaps are identified; actively seek to fill gaps through conducting research and tasking collection following the relevant guidance, processes and legislation. Engage with efforts to innovate data exploitation and development of relevant methodologies, supporting LaBSS’ leading role in their practical application by MOD and OGDs.
• Organise information systematically in accordance with best practice and relevant IKM policies on all IT systems. Maintain robust audit trails for intelligence product.
• Critically evaluate information and intelligence. Apply a range of critical and creative approaches and techniques to process information and answer customer intelligence requirements. Maintain and develop analytic skills. Promote good socio-cultural and all-source tradecraft and give and accept constructive challenge.
• Participate fully in relevant national and international intelligence community collaboration processes and activities. Become involved in cross-community behavioural science projects, share expertise and gain insights from across the behavioural science community.

Essential qualifications:

A minimum of a BSc/BA degree in a social or behavioural science subject, such as social or political psychology, anthropology, sociology, human geography, political science, or a closely related discipline at 2:1 or higher.

Desirable:

• Intelligence analysis experience.
• Skills in qualitative analysis.
• Qualification in intelligence analytical methods.
• An understanding of international relations and global politics.
• Previous experience working in or on other cultures and environments, especially Russia, Eurasia or China / East Asia.

A minimum of a BSc/BA degree in a social or behavioural science subject, such as social or political psychology, anthropology, sociology, human geography, political science, or a closely related discipline at 2:1 or higher.

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

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Professional Head Intelligence Analysis: Analysis, Tradecraft, and Assessment (Foundation)
• Professional Head Intelligence Analysis: Cooperation, Co-ordination and Challenge (Foundation)

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

• Eligible to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme employer contribution between 26.6% & 30.3%
• Holiday – Please see the attached MoD TACOS for relevant annual leave allowance per year. In addition, 8 statutory Bank Holidays and 1 privilege day per year.
• This post is offered full or part time and is suitable for flexible work arrangements and some home working. Due to the sensitive nature of many of our all-source posts working from home entirely is unlikely to be possible. If you would like to know more, please speak to the recruiting line manager.
• Professional Development. We are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values.
• Learning and development tailored to your role including City & Guilds qualifications if not previously obtained.
• Health and well-being. Use of gymnasium facilities, and access to a range of wellbeing resources to support mental and physical health.
• Access to DI’s workplace mentoring service
• We also offer a range of family-friendly benefits, for example enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Special Paid Leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year.
• DI aspires to be an exemplar equal opportunity employer creating a workplace which values diversity and is free from any form of unfair discrimination.
• If based in London this post will attract the relevant London Weighting.
• On-Site Nursery & Childcare at some MOD sites
• Flexible Working Hours
• Discounted Healthcare Packages
• Free On-Site Gyms at many sites
• Employee Assistance Programme
• In-Year Reward and Thank You Schemes
• Talent Schemes
• Defence Discounts
• Boundless and Civil Service Sports Council Memberships available
• On-site shops, restaurants & cafes at most sites

Further details may be found at Civilian Discover My Benefits (mod.gov.uk)

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.

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Nationality requirements – Open to UK nationals only.

National

Ofgem is dedicated to securing an affordable and environmentally sustainable energy supply for every UK household and business. Playing a vital role in the transition to Net Zero, our work positively impacts consumers and the environment, contributing to a carbon-neutral energy system.

We’re seeking an exceptional Cyber Assurance Advisor. This role will be accountable to the Head of CA Assurance. Its primary function is to oversee, assist, report, and provide guidance in adherence to the regulatory framework. The goal is to guarantee the resilience of operational systems and networks within the electricity and downstream gas sectors in Great Britain, owned and/or managed by operators of essential services, against cyber and related security threats.

Working closely with the Cyber Regulation Team, Leadership Team, Enforcement Team and Legal Team, you will contribute to developing a cyber assurance framework, encompassing activities like inspection, exercises, and testing for energy sector cyber resilience.

Your key responsibilities include assisting in scoping, conducting, and procuring cyber inspections, exercises, and testing trials. You will Interpret penetration test findings and engage with internal and external stakeholders for cybersecurity assurance in alignment with policies and regulations.

You will contribute to reviewing and interpreting assurance reports, aiding in remediation action plan creation, utilise expertise to support external providers of penetration testing services, assist in assessing sector systemic risks for prioritised testing, support organisations in complying with regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines for assurance activities, record outputs and decisions from assurance activities, including incidents for potential enforcement processes and mentor and support Cyber Associates.

Ofgem provides highly adaptable working practices, facilitating a successful balance between work and life commitments. The organisation boasts a positive culture, characterised by an approachable and amiable senior leadership team dedicated to supporting employees in their roles. Ofgem actively fosters an inclusive environment that values, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of its colleagues.

Join Ofgem and contribute to shaping the future of energy regulation and sustainability. Apply now and be part of a dynamic team committed to making a positive impact.

Ofgem is committed to making a positive difference for energy consumers through effective regulation of the market and close working with suppliers to ensure sustainable energy for consumers and businesses in the UK.

It is vital that operational systems and networks in the electricity and downstream gas sectors in Great Britain remain resilient against cyber and related security threats.

This role will be within the Cyber Profession’s Cyber Regulation Team of at Ofgem who act as Competent Authority (CA) for implementing regulations for Operators of Essential Services (OES), to improve security and resilience in the Downstream Gas and Electricity sector.

The role will report to the Head of CA Assurance. The key purpose of the role is to monitor, support, report and instruct against the regulatory framework to ensure operational systems and networks owned and/or managed, by Operators of Essential Services, in the electricity and downstream gas sectors in Great Britain, remain resilient against cyber and related security threats.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of a framework for cyber assurance activity such as inspection, exercising and testing for the cyber resilience of the energy sector.
• Support the scoping, conducting and procurement of cyber inspections, exercising, and testing trials for the new framework.
• Interpret penetration test findings.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to provide appropriate cyber security assurance in accordance with policy and regulations.
• Contribute to the review and interpretation of assurance reports for inspections, exercising and testing, and contribute to remediation action plan production.
• Use your knowledge to support external providers of penetration testing services.
• Provide support in assessing sector systemic risks that require prioritising for testing.
• Support organisations and industry to better comply with regulation, policies, procedures and guidelines for assurance activities.
• Record outputs and decisions from assurance activities and meetings, including any incidents, which may form part of an enforcements process.
• Mentor and support Cyber Associates.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

• Documentation on assurance activities such as testing and exercising for the energy sector.
• Lessons learned from assurance trials.
• Attend and engage on regular review meetings with 3rd parties.
• Provide timely support, and co-ordination of incidents and reporting.
• Review and support on testing reports and post assurance activities such as remediation plans.

• (LEAD) Qualification in cyber security, evidenced through an appropriate professional qualification such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, GICSP, SA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Expert, relevant degree, or equivalent experience.
• (LEAD) Experience of the following criteria that can be demonstrated by achievements in past positions:
  • Scoping, organising, interpreting results and reviewing remediation plans for cyber security testing activities.
  • Client-facing experience with negotiation, advising and coaching skills across cyber security best practices.
  • Excellent writing skills evidenced through report writing or similar.
• Experience of indirect or direct line management such as coaching and mentoring junior colleagues.

Must be able to achieve and maintain SC clearance.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others

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

• Please see Candidate Pack for details.

Alongside your salary of £30,950, OFGEM contributes £8,356 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Ofgem can offer you a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes; 30 days annual leave after 2 years; Excellent training and development opportunities; The opportunity to join the generous Civil Service pension which also includes a valuable range of benefits; Hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office but is in review), flexible working hours and family friendly policies. Plus lots of other benefits including clean and bright offices based centrally, engaged networks and teams and an opportunity to contribute to our ambitious and important targets of establishing a Net Zero energy system by 2050. This exciting blend of professional challenge and personal reward identifies career opportunities at Ofgem as something to get excited about.

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

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

This is a regional job and will be based in a regional SOCT hub. Frequent travel to prison and probation establishments, regional offices and law enforcement partners’ offices will be required. Occasional travel outside the region (e.g. to London) will be required

Overview of the job 

HMPPS’s efforts to tackle corruption are integral to delivering safe and secure prisons and probations. HMPPS has worked with MoJ to identify that a new approach is needed to ensure we remain resilient to this key operational threat.

HMPPS has developed a future strategy for tackling corruption in HMPPS based on four key objectives:

• “Protect” against corruption by building an open and resilient organisation;
• “Prevent” people from engaging in corruption, strengthen professional integrity;
• “Pursue” and punish those who are corrupt; and
• “Prepare” for corruption, reducing its impacts on our teams.

These objectives will need to be delivered at every level through prisons and probation, in particular, strengthening our resilience on the front line. Security, Order and Counter Terrorism (SOCT) Directorate is taking forward improvements, including restricting the Counter Corruption Unit, to provide senior operational leaders, prisons and probation teams with an improved counter-corruption service.

Summary 

The role sits in the newly restructured Counter-Corruption Unit (CCU). Its objectives are to support prisons and probation to manage corruption threats, in particular supporting “pursue” activity on corruption cases.

The core service to be provided by the regional CCU is to support prisons and probation to effectively pursue corruption reports to clear, proportionate and timely outcomes. The level of service is to be assessed and prioritised according to policy and guidance, but may include providing prisons and probation with enhanced analytical support, expert advice on how to progress cases, logistical and coordination support. The team will also be responsible for supporting prisons and probation on the effective management of known corruptor prisoners in custody and under supervision in the community to prevent them from corrupting staff.

In line with HMPPS policy, the post holder will be responsible for supporting the relevant Regional Corruption Purse Lead and Regional Corruption Pursue Manager to deliver a high-quality counter-corruption service to prisons and probation in their SOCT region. The RCPO will also be responsible for working in partnership with other regional teams in the Security, Order and Counter Terrorism (SOCT) Directorate, HR services and law enforcement.

The job holder will report directly to the Regional Corruption Purse Manager, who in turn reports to the Regional Corruption Pursue Lead.

The post holder will not have management responsibilities.

This is a regional post and will be based in a regional SOCT hub. Frequent travel to prison and probation establishments, regional offices and law enforcement partners’ offices will be required. Occasional travel outside the region (e.g. to London) will be required.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

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

• Having a contemporaneous understanding of the operational context in prisons and probation, including pressures, priorities, risks and opportunities to better tackle corruption.
• Having an understanding of the relevant legal and policy frameworks relating to corruption, security and HR, and making sure these are followed when providing services to prisons and probation, and that these are shared with and championed when working with delivery partners.
• Support the RCPL and RCPM to support prisons and probation to progress corruption cases in line with policy. The RCPO may lead work for lower risk cases under the supervision of the RCPM.
• Being the first point of contact for prisons and probation to signpost policies, procedures and key contacts to support counter corruption work.
• Coordinating CCU attendance/cover and regional and local tasking, attend some local tasking.
• Identify and signpost and, in some cases, arrange and coordinate other support services to progress cases, e.g. HR caseworkers, Serious Organised Crime Units, Dedicated Search Teams.
• Facilitate effective working with law enforcement partners (police and ROCUs), setting up meetings, following up actions, sharing contacts with the right people.
• Identify blockages to progress and take action and escalate to the RCPM and RCPL as appropriate.
• Monitoring and reviewing the relative priority of corruption reports and cases, escalating to the RCPM/RCPL if there are concerns.
• Entering data onto case management and intel systems, ensuring information is captured accurately and is easy to understand.
• Understanding the team’s corruption caseload, including working with analysts to report on management information and data on volumes, timeliness and outcomes of cases across the region.
• On the direction of the RCPL and RCPM, the post holder may also be asked to work with prisons and probation to understand capability gaps and signpost wider capability opportunities, best practice and guidance and support light touch research to inform our evidence base on corruption.
• Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders, in particular with Security Mangers, Divisional Managers, HR Business Partners and HR Caseworkers.
• Develop and maintain a wider network of stakeholders, including in other SOCT regional teams (e.g. NIU, SOCU, JEXU), law enforcement (local forces and ROCUs), contract managers and contracted providers.
• Ensure individual activity is in line with direction set by RCPL and RCPM and focus on delivering a high quality service to prisons and probation.

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

Please refer to Job Description

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

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

Alongside your salary of £25,752, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £6,978 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance