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

The UKFIU has a wide remit and  we are looking for committed individuals to join us. A career in the UKFIU offers a varied and challenging role, with opportunities to progress and develop your career in your chosen professional area.

Your varied duties mean that every day will bring a new challenge. The roles on offer sit within our Operations function.

Whatever your role you will be making a difference.

The UKFIU sits at the heart of the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) regime, providing the gateway to reporters and a repository of data to inform law enforcement. Working within one of the teams within the main three functions offers a fascinating insight into high-end operational activity and working across a number of risk areas.

You do not need a background in law enforcement or finance to join our team.

To tackle serious and organised crime, we need a diverse team of skilled individuals to alert law enforcement to potential instances of money laundering and terrorist financing. We need individuals who are motivated by protecting the public, pay keen attention to detail and have an interest in financial crime.

*To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role.*

Duties will be varied and will include the following key responsibilities:

• To provide effective administration support to  UKFIU functions.
• Assessment of Suspicious Activity Reports under Part 7 of Proceeds of Crime Act in order to ensure that they comply with the legislation;
• Making decisions in an operational environment within the strict time limits laid out in law;
• Dealing with enquiries from the reporting sector and partners including all areas of law enforcement;
• Communications in relation to the SARs regime and coordination with other areas of law enforcement, internally and externally to the NCA;
• Undertake the initial identification and development of intelligence opportunities to address priority threat areas.

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

• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Experience of prioritising and managing competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience of assessing information, conducting analysis and presenting results
• An understanding of the illicit finance landscape including of relevant legislation (UK and international) affecting UKFIU activity and the UK SAR regime.
• An understanding of the use of intelligence and evidence by law enforcement/government.

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

• Experience of prioritising and managing competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience of assessing information, conducting analysis and presenting results
• An understanding of the illicit finance landscape including of relevant legislation (UK and international) affecting UKFIU activity and the UK SAR regime.

Alongside your salary of £30,740, National Crime Agency contributes £8,299 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The UKFIU has a wide remit and  we are looking for committed individuals to join us. A career in the UKFIU offers a varied and challenging role, with opportunities to progress and develop your career in your chosen professional area.

Your varied duties mean that every day will bring a new challenge. The roles on offer sit within our Operations function.

Whatever your role you will be making a difference.

The UKFIU sits at the heart of the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) regime, providing the gateway to reporters and a repository of data to inform law enforcement. Working within one of the teams within the main three functions offers a fascinating insight into high-end operational activity and working across a number of risk areas.

You do not need a background in law enforcement or finance to join our team.

To tackle serious and organised crime, we need a diverse team of skilled individuals to alert law enforcement to potential instances of money laundering and terrorist financing. We need individuals who are motivated by protecting the public, pay keen attention to detail and have an interest in financial crime.

*To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role.*

We have a wide remit and  are looking for committed individuals to join us. A career in the UKFIU is varied and rewarding, with opportunities to progress and develop your career in your chosen professional area. Whatever your role you will be making a difference. Your varied duties mean that every day will bring a new challenge. The often time-critical nature of your activities will mean you must be able to multi-task and prioritise. The roles on offer sit within our Operations function.

Duties will be varied across Operations teams but all will include the following key responsibilities:

• Assessment of Suspicious Activity Reports under Part 7 of Proceeds of Crime Act in order to ensure that they comply with legislation.
• Line manage officers within your team supporting them in their work and promoting their personal development.
• Making decisions in an operational environment within the strict time limits laid out in law.
• Dealing with enquiries from the reporting sector and partners including all areas of law enforcement.
• Governance, management and communications in relation to the SARs regime, and coordination with other areas of law enforcement, internally and externally to the NCA.
• Supervise the initial identification and development of intelligence opportunities to address priority threat areas.
• Undertake Ad-Hoc Project work to support Team and UKFIU priorities.

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

• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Previous experience of prioritising and managing competing demands in a fast paced environment with responsibility for team outcomes.
• Experience of engaging with stakeholders in UK Law Enforcement working to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• A good understanding of the illicit finance landscape including of relevant legislation (UK and international) affecting UKFIU activity and the UK SAR regime.
• A good understanding of the use of intelligence and evidence by law enforcement/government including managing risk to integrity of sensitive data.

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

• Previous experience of prioritising and managing competing demands in a fast paced environment with responsibility for team outcomes.
• Experience of engaging with stakeholders in UK Law Enforcement working to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• A good understanding of the illicit finance landscape including of relevant legislation (UK and international) affecting UKFIU activity and the UK SAR regime.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*London – *For London based roles your contractual place of work will be Endeavour Square. 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, or such other reasonable location, on a temporary basis. For the avoidance of doubt as your contractual place of work is Endeavour House, the move from any temporary place of work will not give rise to any entitlement to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy.”

The National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) delivers both the threat leadership response and the National specialist operational response. This approach of retaining operational capability alongside the threat leadership element is a different approach to the way we tackle other mainstream SOC threats. It recognises the need to keep pace with technological change with in house specialist expertise working in a multi-disciplinary environment. Working on a national and international level we respond in fast time to rapidly changing threats. This is done using innovative approaches and ground breaking techniques to target cyber criminals causing the greatest threat to the UK. The National Cyber Crime Unit are looking to implement a step change in the UK’s overall capability to tackle Cyber Crime, supporting our partners both in industry and Law enforcement to better protect themselves against Cyber Crime.

Our remit is wide with a variety of teams working across the 4 Ps ( Prepare, Pursue, Prevent, Protect) including:

• Cyber Engineering
• Incident Management
• Intelligence
• Investigations
• Strategy & Partnership

NCCU leads and co-ordinates Team Cyber UK’s response to cyber- crime, which assures a local, regional and national joint response. We work collaboratively with partners to understand the growing use of cyber as an enabler of serious crime types, developing long-term, sustainable capability to tackle the cyber threat, to enhance the law enforcement response. This enables the National Cyber Crime Unit to determine the most effective way of tackling the growing threat.

The National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) leads the UK’s fight against cybercrime and uses specialist capabilities and expertise to support law enforcement partners across the UK and coordinate the entire UK response to cybercrime.

Tactical Research & Development (TR&D) Officer – G5 NCCU

The National Cyber Crime Unit’s Tactical Research & Development team (TR&D) are an operational deployment team that supports both national and international investigations. We develop and deploy technical solutions and provide technical expertise for the NCA and wider law enforcement  community to enhance investigations into high-end serious organised crime including: Cyber Crime, Child Sexual Exploitation, Firearms and Controlled Drugs. TR&D officers work closely with NCA investigation teams, UK police and international law enforcement agencies to offer specialist advice and innovative niche capabilities in areas such as encryption, malware, cryptocurrencies, coding, network investigations and the Dark Web.

This is an exciting opportunity where you will contribute to, and be directly involved in, the disruption of serious and organised criminals. In addition, you would be joining an organisation that offers employees access to a range of learning and professional development opportunities.

***To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role***

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy in response to time-critical active criminal incidents in the UK and around the world.
• Analyse and interpret data to provide targeted intelligence and evidential packages to investigation teams, wider law-enforcement and government departments.
• Develop specialised skill sets in order to become subject matter experts in cyber-related areas such as Malware, Encryption, Obfuscation and Cryptocurrencies.
• Provide technical support and create bespoke technical solutions for NCCU/NCA investigation teams and UK and international law enforcement.
• Work with UK and international partners in government, academia and industry to build relationships, develop techniques and define best practice.
• Participate in developing and implementing new digital forensic methods and operating procedures
• Continuously improve cyber investigation capabilities in order to keep pace with new and developing threats

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

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

• Background in either digital forensics, penetration testing, reverse engineering or malware analysis
• Knowledge of coding (e.g Python) and/or scripting (e.g Bash)
• Experience working with, and in depth knowledge of both Linux and Windows operating systems
• Experience of internet technologies (e.g. TCP/IP, DNS) and technology trends (e.g. crypto currency)

Alongside your salary of £30,740, National Crime Agency contributes £8,299 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).

This position is based at RCJ LONDON, WC2A 2LL

Please refer to Job Description

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

Salary: London (within M25): £24,250 

These positions are available for existing civil servants on level transfer or promotion. Secondments and loans will be considered on an individual basis.  

Background:

HM Courts and Tribunals Service has embarked on a reform programme that will include significant estates modernisation and greater use of digital solutions and will provide much improved services for service users. Our vision is to have an efficient and effective courts and tribunals system which enables the rule of law to be upheld and provides access to justice for all.

Significant investment has been made by HM Treasury to allow HMCTS to provide a more accessible system which is modern and responsive, treats those who use our service with dignity and respect, and which provides better value for money for the taxpayer. Key to implementing the reform programme will be close collaboration with the judiciary, and effective staff engagement. Maintaining a positive and lasting connection between HMCTS management and its staff at this time of such significant change will be critical to success. 

An effective courts and tribunals service is fundamental to our democracy, underpinning the rule of law. This is an important opportunity to work in a leadership role that will support and enable this major transformation programme designed not just to give our courts and tribunals a sustainable and affordable future, but to improve further the delivery of justice.

Our service is currently largely organised regionally, and delivered locally, through a large number of courts and tribunal venues. As the reform programme progresses, we will increasingly deliver our services nationally through customer service centres, with local venues continuing to be used for hearings.  The Royal Courts of Justice will continue to be a flagship hearing centre, with improved courtroom utilisation and modernised and reformed digital case management and e-filing services, and digital working in court.  

Overview:

This role is part of the Operational Delivery Profession. Operational delivery professionals are the outward face of government, providing essential services to the public in a variety of roles. They work in many different departments and agencies across the breadth of the UK, delivering service to customers in

• Face-to-face roles in HMCTS for example a court usher
• Contact Centre roles in HMCTS for example call centre advisers
• Processing roles in HMCTS for example Staff at the County Courts Money-Claims Centre and Courts and Tribunal Administration

Being part of the operational delivery profession means belonging to a cross-government community of people.  This will offer you access to information on professional standards, skills development and qualifications to help you continue to improve your development and performance and expand your career options.

These operational roles are customer facing, requiring successful applicants to be office and/or court based to provide HMCTS services to the public. HMCTS offers a flexible working system in many of its offices, subject to business needs being met. 

The Key Purpose of the Role:

Security’s role is to maintain a safe working environment at the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ), which is a part of the High Court, comprising just over 100 courts, 79 located in the main Strand building and 31 in the Rolls Building close by.

The cases heard at the RCJ are some of the most high-profile ones in England and Wales, reflected in the occupiers including our most senior Judiciary. There is a high degree of liaison with resident and visiting Judiciary.

In addition, there are close to 1,000 members of staff. Hundreds of members of the public and the legal professions use our facilities every day.

Teams of security personnel provide a presence 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A security presence is also required at the ceremonial and private functions held here in the evenings and weekends. The core times for this role are 9:00am – 17:00pm.

It must be noted that security work can be physically demanding. Security members will receive the appropriate training to support them in this role, including a 2-day external course for a Court Security Officer (CSO) The Courts Act 2003.  Additionally, local training will be provided including the assignment of a mentor as part of the induction process.

The current high standard of customer service must be maintained and improved upon if possible, all members of the Security team, as frontline staff, have a key role to play in this

Key Responsibilities: 

• Monitoring premises and visitors via CCTV and x-ray machines, together with other security checks such as “wanding” court uses/bag searches on arrival.
• Restraining someone attending court, ejecting someone from the court or excluding someone from the court.
• Controlling access doors and gates, checking of vehicles. Searching members of the public entering the court building. Checking pass holders passes.
• Patrol of buildings and satellite buildings, keeping in contact with the Control room with the use of handheld radio’s. Securing the building when it is closed to the public. Escorting contractors, Judiciary and VIP’S etc. Generally providing a secure environment.
• Dealing with enquiries from Staff, Judiciary and public within the complex.
• X-Ray trained to Aviation Standard and AMD’S.
• Responding to panic alarm buttons (PAB’S) in Judges rooms, Courts and Office’s.
• Responding to any security issues within the complex and recording and reporting details of those incidents
• Issuing security passes

Other Duties:

The post holder is required to work in a flexible way and undertake any other duties reasonably requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post. 

Application Process: 

To apply for this position please complete the online application form, ensuring you provide the following:

• An up-to-date copy of your CV which details your experience and achievements.

• A 250-word suitability statement against the following 2 Success Profile Behaviour questions (Level 1):
• Managing Quality Service question – “Describe a time where you have worked to de-escalate a situation”
• Working Together question – “Please provide an example of a time when you have worked as a team to achieve an outcome”

Should you be successful at the application stage you will be invited for an interview. If selected for interview you will be tested against the following Success Profile Behaviours (Level 1) and three Strengths.

• Managing Quality Service
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Please note, face to face interviews will be required for candidates progressed from sift stage.

Further information on Success Profile Behaviours and Strengths, as well as the required standards for this post (Level 1), can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles

If we receive applications from more suitable candidates than we have vacancies for at this time, we may hold suitable applicants on a reserve list for 12 months, and future vacancies requiring the same skills and experience could be offered to candidates on the reserve list without a new competition.

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice. To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace, visit:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity

The MoJ is proud to be Level 3 Disability Confident. Disability Confident is the approach through which we offer guaranteed interviews for all people with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria for the advertised role as set out in the job description.

Please note applicants will be required to undertake enhanced vetting checks to CTC Level Clearance. Eligibility for CTC level vetting requires permanent residence in the UK for the last 3 years and applicants must not have lived / worked overseas during that same time period.

If vetting checks are not successfully completed, provisional offers of employment will be withdrawn.    

Location:

This post is based in the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL. 

Terms & Conditions: 

Flexible working options

HMCTS offers a flexible working system in many of its offices.

Job Sharing and Reduced Hours

All applications for job sharing or reduced hours will be treated fairly and, on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with the MoJ’s flexible working policy and equality policy.

Excess Fares and Relocation Allowances

This job is not eligible for relocation allowances, but excess fares may be considered in accordance with MoJ’s excess fares allowance policy.

Please refer to Job Description

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

• 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

Darlington, London

The Security Team

The role of the security team is to protect the Department’s people, assets and information from any people or groups who wish to cause disruption to the Department from achieving its objectives. The security team work with stakeholders across the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), providing education and training to ensure they are equipped with the correct knowledge to protect HMG. We do this by building a diverse team with expert, generalist, and entry level roles to work together to solve the challenges we face. This mix allows us to develop talent internally and to benefit from a wide range of life experiences.

The purpose of this role is to assist in creating and maintaining a strong security culture in DBT. The role will work across DBT to embed security awareness at all levels and will be using the most effective communication and training methods to achieve this.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a creative flair and willingness to improve the security culture within DBT through various training, education, and awareness methods. You will have the opportunity to lead strands of work including but not exclusive to, developing user friendly security systems, coordinating and delivery security communications and training opportunities. This is a great opportunity to observe and be part of the inner workings of Government Security with great emphasis on personal development in a supportive environment. 

This role sits within the core security team which deals with the day to day running of DBT security, the person who takes up this role will be expected to support colleagues across the Security team as well as the wider business.

• Development and management of a new Security SharePoint portal for our customers.
• Engage with DBT staff within the UK and overseas to understand challenges and security awareness needs.
• Support coordination of the ‘Secure DBT theme’ (bringing together security related corporate functions) to coordinate on securing the DBT.
• Production of a variety of products such as educational games, roadshows, articles, and presentations to engage with stakeholders and communicating security messages to the business, using the most effective method for specific messaging, including presentations. This will include communicating lessons learned messages and reactive messages from emerging global threats or trends.
• Work with subject matter experts and internal communications to bring about the transformation in staff understanding and behaviour, resulting in a more secure department.
• Designing and implementing specific security campaigns.
• Creating and delivering training packages to stakeholders.
• This is not an exhaustive list.

Hybrid Working

The role will be based in either Darlington or London.

You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas.

Informal hybrid working arrangements will be available as agreed with the vacancy manager and in line with the requirements of the role.

Most DBT employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in an office, on average.

If your office location is London, you will be eligible to receive London weighting.

Appointments will be made to candidates in merit order based on location preferences.

Essential Criteria

• Competence in the use of Microsoft products (Word, PowerPoint,etc).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate information clearly and ensure that messages are understood.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences and show a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Understanding of why security measures are required in an organisation and why staff need to take personal responsibility.
• Ability to generate new ideas to promote good security culture to staff.
• Engaging presentation skills and style.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of security in Government would be preferred.
• Experience of  managing a successful project.
• Use of graphic design programmes.

Personal Attributes & Skills

• The ideal candidate would be genuinely interested in security and improving departmental culture.
• They would be someone who conveys their enthusiasm for their work and encourages others.
• Someone who works well as part of a multi-disciplinary team and can understand where they can add value and the importance of building strong business relationships.
• The ability to adapt and use appropriate styles and methods in communications in order to maximise understanding and impact.
• Somebody open to change with a willingness to innovate, someone who will encourage ideas from a wide range of sources and use these to inform their own thinking.

Candidate Support 

Support in applying for our vacancies is available by joining a virtual Candidate Support Session. These sessions include helpful tips and advice on the recruitment process, from application to interview. 

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving

Alongside your salary of £31,443, Department for Business and Trade contributes £8,489 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%

Whitehall, London

We have an exciting opportunity for you to work as part of the team supporting the Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA), based in the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO). This role focuses on the provision of high quality analytical tradecraft advice and support to analysts tackling the most complex analytical challenges.

We are seeking candidates who are great team players and have a passion for assessment excellence and advancing the intelligence analysis profession. The successful candidate will be a leader in the facilitation of rigorous structured analysis, as well as the provision of advice, support and challenge. They will also have developed and led the application of analytical tradecraft in all-source intelligence assessment.

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

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

The Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA) leads the Intelligence Analysis Profession across government, providing a central function to drive coherence, collaboration and capability development. PHIA is supported by a team that sits within the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) and has a broad remit covering analytical tradecraft/standards, community collaboration, and analyst career pathways.

The post holder will be a subject matter expert within the JIO for analytical tradecraft. They will provide advice and support to analysts in the JIO and the wider intelligence assessment community on a daily basis, helping them tackle the most complex analytical challenges throughout the lifecycle of intelligence assessments.

Advising analysts on the design of analytical workshops, including the selection of appropriate analytical techniques or approaches, will be a key responsibility of the post holder. They will be expected to regularly facilitate analytical workshops for the JIO, and at times for other government departments.

The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate flexibility and respond to priorities set by the intelligence assessment community leadership. The role will have a particular responsibility within PHIA to support the development and application of best practice in intelligence assessment. This will include by:

• Leading community projects and work programmes in support of the aims of the PHIA-led analytical tradecraft group, reporting to the Intelligence Analysis Profession Board and the Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment. This will include directing the activities of volunteers from across the intelligence analysis profession.
• Consulting for the JIO, and other assessment bodies and government departments, on analytical practice, methods and approaches.
• Contributing to the challenge and product review processes for the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and other intelligence assessments bodies.
• Managing the development of analytical tradecraft tools and techniques and tradecraft guidance to the intelligence assessment community. This will involve considerable collaboration across HMG, with five-eyes partners, as well as academia and industry.
• Supporting the development and quality assurance of current and future training for analysts by advising the Intelligence Assessment Academy development team.

There may be opportunities for the post holder to deliver analytical tradecraft elements of the UK Intelligence Assessment Academy’s “New Analyst Programme”.

The successful candidate will be able to show the following desirable criteria:

• Experience of working in all-source intelligence analysis, with good knowledge of the intelligence community and experience applying analytical tools and techniques.
• Excellent communication and networking skills, including dealing confidently with senior staff.
• Proven ability to deliver projects.
• Strong organisational skills in order to effectively manage multiple competing priorities.
• Strong facilitation skills.

We particularly welcome applications from those with experience across some or all of the following:

• Experience developing tools, techniques and methods.
• Experience of facilitating analytical workshops and/or delivering training.
• Experience delivering cross-departmental projects.

We invest in upskilling our team members to enable them to thrive once they start working with us. As such, if you don’t quite match these desirable skills, don’t let it put you off applying as we will equip the successful candidate with them once you are in post. The application process will seek to gauge potential just as much as current performance.

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

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Analysis, Tradecraft and Assessment (Proficient)

Alongside your salary of £41,412, Cabinet Office contributes £11,181 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crisis working: As the JIO and PHIA are at the heart of national security function for the UK, there are occasionally times where we need to respond to incidents of crisis or critical importance. Staff in any role may be asked to work extended or anti-social hours with little or no notice on such occasions.

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

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

Whitehall, London

The Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA) leads the Intelligence Analysis Profession across government, providing a central function to drive coherence, collaboration and capability development. PHIA is supported by a team that sits within the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) and has a broad remit covering analytical tradecraft/standards, community collaboration, and analyst career pathways.

We are looking for a person who is passionate about, and who has a depth of first-hand experience of the delivery of Intelligence Assessment. They are proactive and thrive on owning and project managing complex initiatives to deliver cross-HMG benefit.

About the JIO

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

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

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

The Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA) is supported by teams to define and maintain standards across the whole assessment community in the UK.

Reporting to the Head of Analytical Tradecraft and Professionalisation within PHIA, you will be the senior manager of the Professionalisation team, with responsibility for developing and managing initiatives designed to continually improve the output of the UK Intelligence Assessment community. Your primary focus will be on initiatives related to analytical standards, but also include analyst career pathways, community communications, and cross-departmental collaboration.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with strong communication skills to help support the delivery of Intelligence Assessment across HM Government.

If your application is successful, you will:

• Oversee the secretariating of the Intelligence Analysis Profession Board;
• Chair and oversee the delivery of monthly cross-HMG intelligence assessment Product Evaluation Boards;
• Work across the community to agree and implement standards and development frameworks;
• Work closely with the PHIA Tradecraft team to develop and propagate guidance material and resources for intelligence analysts across HMG;
• Lead projects across the wider portfolio of the Professionalisation Team’s work, including relating to community communication, collaboration and coordination.
• Line manage and counter-sign for a small team.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of conducting all-source intelligence analysis and assessment;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience of briefing senior stakeholders verbally and in writing, and gaining consensus from a broad range of stakeholders;
• A proven ability to work under pressure and at pace, and the ability to prioritise across a number of competing tasks;
• Experience of working across HM Government.
• A good understanding of the national security community;
• Experience of project management and/or capability development including the application of innovation and creative-thinking to overcome complex challenges;
• Experience of working with international partners;
• Experience of working with academia and/or other private sector partners e.g. think tanks.

We invest in upskilling our team members to enable them to thrive once they start working with us. As such, if you don’t quite match these desirable skills, don’t let it put you off applying as we will equip the successful candidate with them once you are in post. The application process will seek to gauge potential just as much as current performance.

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

• Changing and Improving
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £55,794, Cabinet Office contributes £15,064 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crisis working: As the JIO and PHIA are at the heart of national security function for the UK, there are occasionally times where we need to respond to incidents of crisis or critical importance. Staff in any role may be asked to work extended or anti-social hours with little or no notice on such occasions.

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

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

Whitehall

We are looking for an experienced all-source analyst or international policy professional to join the JIO Assessments Staff. You will be capable of producing high-quality assessment to tight deadlines, with a track record of working closely with senior customers and subject matter experts. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the centre of HMG’s national security machinery, helping to inform the UK’s response to priority national and international issues.

About the JIO

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

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

The Role

As a Principal Analyst you will be responsible for the JIO’s counter-terrorism portfolio. You will produce all-source strategic assessments that help to inform a range of policy decisions. You will work closely with the assessments community and experts across HMG in order present a single, agreed view on priority issues. You will be capable of producing high-quality assessments to tight deadlines, with a track record of working closely with senior customers and subject matter experts.

This post is only open to British Citizens. Some dual nationals may be ineligible. The successful candidate must obtain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance if not already held. As they will have access to very sensitive information, there are limitations on travelling to a small number of countries and we will undertake additional security checks as part of the recruitment process.  Applications from candidates with close connections to certain countries may take considerably longer to process, or in some cases result in a withdrawal of an offer of employment.  Further details will be provided at the conditional offer stage.

If your application is successful, you will:

• Analyse information from a range of sources to produce timely, robust and policy-relevant assessments, supporting your team colleagues to do the same.  
• Take the lead in authoring a variety of short and long-form products read by senior customers, including the Prime Minister.  
• Develop deep subject-matter expertise, including an understanding of policy requirements.
• Establish strong working relationships with HMG stakeholders and customers and international allies. You will also be encouraged to consult academic, think-tank and private sector analysis. 
• Routinely use structured analytical techniques in your own work, and facilitate multi-agency and international workshops, including ‘challenge’ sessions.
• Contribute to the wider team’s work or to wider JIO work, both to support colleagues and for your own development. You may occasionally be asked to support crisis working or work unsociable hours, often with little or no notice. 

Skills and Experience Required

The successful candidate will have:

• Subject matter expertise or experience of working on policy/analysis relating to terrorism (or a related topic).
• Strong research skills, with the ability to conduct independent research and absorb and analyse large amounts of information.
• Strong analytical or critical thinking skills, with the ability to draw out strategic insights from a wide range of information.
• Excellent drafting and written communication skills.
• Comfortable working at pace on critical work for senior stakeholders, appropriately prioritising your workload and delivering to tight deadlines.
• A track record of building trusting and collaborative relationships on sensitive issues.
• Flexibility, proactivity and ready to work on issues outside of your main area, where necessary.

Desirable Skills

• Experience of assessments, including the use of structured analytical techniques and methodologies, knowledge of biases in information sources and how to mitigate them.

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

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together

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

• Gathering, Organising & Evaluating Intelligence & Information (Highly Proficient)
• Analysis, Tradecraft and Assessment (Highly Proficient)
• Informing Decision Making (Highly Proficient)
• Written and Visual Communication of Intelligence Assessment (Highly Proficient)

Alongside your salary of £55,794, Cabinet Office contributes £15,064 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crisis working: As the JIO and PHIA are at the heart of national security function for the UK, there are occasionally times where we need to respond to incidents of crisis or critical importance. Staff in any role may be asked to work extended or anti-social hours with little or no notice on such occasions.

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

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

London

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities. 

Are you organised and can adapt quickly?

Do you have strong communication skills?

Are you a self-starter and highly organised?

Do you enjoy the challenges that working in different locations can bring?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Department for Transport (DfT) and we would love to hear from you!

The Aviation Security Assessors (ASA) are responsible for end-to-end overseas aviation security assessments, including planning, delivery, and required reports and debrief following assessments.

As a team that works on threat related issues, we expect our staff to work flexibly and adapt to rapidly changing requirements and priorities across the team, wider Division and Directorate. The nature of the work means that the role may require out of hours working to respond to incidents. We will make every effort to allow for your personal circumstances and allowances will be paid in line with departmental policies.

The Transport Security Directorate invests significantly in training and developing staff to prepare them not just for an interesting and challenging job, but also for a rewarding career in the Government. Our expectation is that our staff will remain in post for at least two years.

Within the Transport Security Directorate, the Aviation Security International Operations (ASIO) Division supports DfT’s strategic priorities by working collaboratively with foreign countries and partners to assess vulnerabilities and build aviation security capabilities in a number of priority countries. ASIO works ‘hand in glove’ with DfT’s Aviation Security Strategy & Policy (ASSP) Division to manage the risk of attacks against civil aviation inbound to the UK, as well as working to improve global aviation security standards bilaterally and through raising international standards. 

ASIO’s vision is to be an engaged and empowered team that delivers a world leading service, working collaboratively with our partners to mitigate the risk of a terrorist attack against inbound civil aviation. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the delivery of technical assessment and assurance activities across priority countries, drawing on their aviation security expertise to assess the security vulnerabilities of the airport and consider mitigation recommendations.
• Responsible for the delivery of stakeholder briefings to international partners to support the delivery of ASIO’s assessment activities. 
• Project management of assessments and assurance activities, working with the ASIO overseas teams to reduce vulnerabilities identified and improve Aviation Security.   
• Preparing high quality professional assessment reports, detailing findings and insights from the assessment within agreed timescale.

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached Role Profile.

About you

To thrive in this role, you will have strong communication skills with the ability to influence using diplomacy and negotiation skills.

You can produce high quality written documents such as reports or briefings to time scales.

You are highly organised and flexible and can prioritise and adapt to changing circumstances whilst making sure to keep quality at the forefront.

It is not essential for you to have any previous Aviation Security or overseas experience, as full training will be provided. The successful candidate(s) will be required to pass assessed training modules in order to become an Aviation Security Assessor. Ongoing professional development is also provided.

Additional information

The role includes travel to, and operating in, locations in different time zones. Working hours can often be dictated by aviation operations overseas. Overtime and travel time will be payable where required and within DfT HR Handbook guidance. Flexibility will be required, particularly when travelling and operating overseas, to ensure that DfT is able to successfully deliver its assessment programme. On average you will be working away from home 1 week in every 4.

A minimum of 40% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance. 

This role requires you to be medically fit to travel overseas.  

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

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

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it’s like working at the Department for Transport .

London – 2 Marsham Street, Manchester – Soapworks, Sheffield – Vulcan House

The Protective Security Centre delivers services, capability-building and thought leadership to drive down the security risk to government.  
It works with clients across government to understand their security profiles and build bespoke support plans to address their security needs. We know that our clients know their risk areas better than anyone. We blend that local knowledge with our cross-government insights to deliver tailored support that meets client needs, helping them access best practice from across the security sector.

We are one of five Government Security Centres and provide security advice and consultancy services to government departments. We are comprised of two consultancy teams and an operations team, supported by communication and engagement and business support functions. The consultancy provides expert protective security advice in partnership with the National Technical Authorities (NTAs) and the Government Security Group. Our operations team delivers personnel security and information handling services to a wide range of public bodies.

The successful candidate will assist, support, and actively contribute to the delivery of authoritative protective people and physical security advice to reduce departmental/organisational vulnerabilities and mitigate the insider threat.

Specifically:

•    Application of PSC tools allowing organisations to assess people and physical security risks and evaluate current methods and processes to determine organisations security maturity
•    Creating and delivering security awareness briefings
•    Facilitating security risk workshops
•    Analysing the findings from people and physical security assessments/reviews and identify risk-based solutions/recommendations to support organisations protective security improvement plans
•    Drafting of detailed and concise evidence-based people and physical security assessment reports, articulating, security threats, risks, vulnerabilities, and issues in unambiguous way security threats, risks, vulnerabilities, and issues in unambiguous way
•    Represent people and physical security advisers with internal and external stakeholders
•    Provide people and physical security advice, guidance and support to the customer base
•    Respond to customer queries arising from our portal
•    Identify emerging security issues and trends which may impact PSC delivery, identifying common themes or risks for further attention and/or development
•    Understand and explain complex security related issues in a manner appropriate to the intended audience
•    Contribute to the development of PSC services, tools and products by driving continuous improvement in team processes and identifying opportunities to adopt common approaches to planning or reducing complexity
•    Championing and communicating new initiatives impacting on delivery of PSC services
•    Responsibility for own professional development, including maintaining a sound understanding of National Technical Authority protective security advice, guidance, and tools (i.e., risk frameworks and maturity models) and Gov 007 security standards

In line with Home Office Hybrid Working policy, these posts can be based at any of the locations advertised and there will be flexibility to adopt a hybrid working pattern according to business need which would see the post holder spend 40% of their week in the office, with the remainder working from home.

Key responsibilities for this role include the following:

• Have a detailed and technical understanding of PSC services
  
• Support the G7 lead people/physical security advisers across the PSC portfolio of services and delivery to customer departments

Specifically:

• Application of PSC tools allowing organisations to assess people and physical security risks and evaluate current methods and processes to determine organisations security maturity
• Conducting physical site assessments and drafting of operational requirements
• Creating and delivering security awareness briefings
• Facilitating security risk workshops
• Analysing the findings from security assessments/reviews and identify risk-based solutions/recommendations to support organisations protective security improvement plans
• Drafting of detailed and concise evidence-based security assessment reports, articulating security threats, risks, vulnerabilities, and issues in unambiguous way
• Represent people and physical security advisers with internal and external stakeholders
• Provide people/physical security advice, guidance and support to PSC customer base
• Track and monitor the PSC portal to respond to enquiries or allocate accordingly
• Identify emerging security issues and trends which may impact PSC delivery, identifying common themes or risks for further attention and/or development
• Understand and explain complex security related issues in a manner appropriate to the intended audience
• Contribute to the development of PSC services, tools and products by driving continuous improvement in team processes and identifying opportunities to adopt common approaches to planning or reducing complexity
• Championing and communicating new initiatives impacting on delivery of PSC services
• Responsibility for own professional development, including maintaining a sound understanding of National Technical Authority (CPNI) protective security advice, guidance and tools (i.e. risk frameworks and maturity models) and Cabinet Office, Functional and Technical Standards for Security (007)
• Provide effective line management for HEO support roles in line with HO performance management expectations
• Regular engagement and collaboration with the PSC programme delivery team to ensure project milestones are completed

Essential Skills

• Experience of working in a security role to build and develop ongoing, approachable, and professional working relationships with stakeholders and other government departments
• Experience delivering customer requirements within a large, ambiguous, and complex environment
• Exceptional written, oral and presentation communication skills with the ability to translate technical jargon into easily digestible information and adapt your style to the audience
• Excellent time management to ensure that objectives are met within required timeframes
• Confident when interacting with a diverse audience, including senior grades
• Ability to apply good judgement and respond to complex and dynamic situations, being flexible in working to changing priorities
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills, able to work across business boundaries and deliver strong outcomes

Desirable Skills

• Experience working within the Government Security function
• Good understanding of the National Technical Authorities advice and wider offering
• A good understanding of Government Security Standards
• Recognised qualification and/or considerable experience working in a Security role
• Membership of a professional security body
  

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture

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%