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Haslar – Gosport, Link House – Newcastle

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

The role of the Joint Debriefing Team (JDT) is to gather intelligence and evidence for the purpose of identifying offenders and their methods to support the prosecution and/or disruption of those who perpetrate organised immigration crime. The focus is aimed at those engaged in people smuggling and human trafficking into and across the EU as well as within the UK. Information gathered is also used to assist operational and strategic planning across multiple law enforcement teams in the UK and the EU. Information gathered is also used to assist operational and strategic planning across the Home Office and other law enforcement partners.

Responsibilities 

The successful candidates will be responsible for:

• Responding to significant events on a regional and national level – including joint operations and urgent deployments (as directed by senior managers).
• Conducting in-depth research and confidential interviews – completing witness statements where necessary.
• Gathering intelligence as directed by the team leader to deliver again Home Office priorities relating to Organised Immigration Crime.
• Being aware of safeguarding, the identifiers which are used to recognise potential victims of trafficking and how the National Referral Mechanism works.
• Managing and improving performance including through the creation and maintenance of accurate and up to date performance and activity records.
• Participating in relevant Intelligence Meetings.
• Prioritising workload in line with current tasks and identified intelligence gaps.
• Ensuring internal (including operational, casework and policy) and external partner engagement is effective, taking every opportunity to develop both new and existing relationships to improve the quality of referrals.
• Keeping the Intelligence Manager informed of operational activity and performance.
• Establishing, developing and managing partner relationships to develop intelligence gathering opportunities.
• Supporting and work alongside regional intelligence teams, the Police, National Crime Agency (NCA) and Criminal and Financial Investigations when required.
• Having the ability to work alone and use initiative.

Please Note: Successful candidates will need to be mobile and flexible in covering other areas when business needs demand in response to priority tasking. The team has the capability to “hot task” high priority debriefings to take place within 24 hours of an event which may result in occasions where shifts change at short notice. JDT officers can expect to travel between different locations within their area to complete debriefing activity. This includes detention centres, migrant accommodation, HM Prisons, and air / sea ports. Applicants to note that prior to the re-opening of Haslar Detention Centre, officers will be based temporarily in Norman House, Portsmouth, for several months.

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a law enforcement environment, (or intelligence gathering and other occupations), where in-depth interviewing was conducted to establish facts or obtain information.
• Experience of gathering information for research or analysis.
• Ability to develop and maintain good stakeholder relationships.  
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
• Due to the critical nature of this role, it is a prerequisite for the post holder to already possess a valid, current travel document which will enable them to enter any EU country for work without restrictions.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of immigration IT systems or Police IT Systems.
• Experience of working on high performing teams.

Full UK valid (manual) driving licence is required which allows you to drive official vehicles in the UK.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• 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%

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 seeking an enthusiastic, motivated individual with the ability to work autonomously on multiple projects, and with a passion for improving the future of the intelligence analysis profession.

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.

The PHIA Senior Professionalisation Officer role exists to lead projects across the Intelligence Analysis profession. These projects are designed to continually improve professional standards and outputs of analysts from numerous organisations with an intelligence assessment focus in the UK. Working flexibly, the incumbent will lead on a variety of different work strands in support of the profession, managing the delivery of the projects and shaping them to the needs of the wider Intelligence Assessment community.

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

The job holder will be expected to:

●    Lead workstreams on behalf of the Intelligence Analysis profession, including the development of  our Professional Development Framework;
●    Identify and deliver projects that  will positively  impact  the  development of the Intelligence Analysis community;
●    Regularly engage with senior leaders across government.;
●    Deputise for relevant senior members of the Professionalisation team, and undertake other duties as relevant.

The ideal candidate will posses:

●    Strong communication skills – both written and verbal – to be able to brief and advise senior officials across the national security community;
●    Well-established resilience and flexibility to work in a fast-moving and unpredictable environment, particularly during national security crisis events;
●    Strong organisational skills;
●    Good project management skills to be able to support multiple programme work streams simultaneously;
●    Proven ability to work in a team, drawing on specific strengths, knowledge and expertise of  others to solve problems and achieve consensus;
●    Innovation and creative-thinking skills to overcome complex challenges;
●    Proven ability to build and develop strong and trusting relationships at a senior working level on behalf of the JIO and wider Cabinet Office.

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

●    Experience of working on or around Intelligence Assessment and/or National Security.
●    Previous experience of working on HR / people-related issues (e.g. Talent, Diversity & Inclusion, Workforce Planning, business management, etc.)
●    Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) accredited training / qualifications.

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 £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

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 Role

You will have responsibility for delivering the JIO’s all-source strategic assessments of new emerging risks, transnational issues and political instability. Central to this is the production of the Joint Intelligence Committee’s flagship Countries at Risk of Instability (CRI) and Register of British Interests (RBI) reports; these serve as the analytical foundation for a wide range of HMG policy and funding decisions. You will also take responsibility for the JIO’s work on instability, migration, climate security, food security. The role sits within the JIO’s Economics, Energy and Emerging Risks Team, whose work covers a wide range of high-profile international issues.

This role involves working closely with senior customers (policy officials in the Cabinet Office, FCDO, MOD and other Whitehall departments) and developing a large network of collaborative working relationships across HMG and with international partners. You will be helping to improve HMG’s preparedness for future global crises and shocks by providing early warning about developing global risks and their implications for UK national security. Your work will be read by the Prime Minister, Ministers, No.10, and senior officials, and have a real impact on policy and decision making. The role also provides the opportunity to develop innovative approaches to data-driven strategic assessment and futures analysis.

The successful candidate will need to be prepared to work flexibly during a crisis to support teams in wider JIO as required.

If your application is successful you will:

• Analyse information from a range of sources to produce timely, robust and policy-relevant risk indices and related all-source assessments, in support of UK foreign and security policy;
• Manage the production of the JIO’s Countries at Risk of Instability (CRI) and Register of British Interests (RBI) reports, combining quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques with extensive HMG and external engagement.
• Establish collaborative relationships with Cabinet Office and Whitehall colleagues.
• Ensure the team products are focused on policy customers priorities and are used to inform policy discussions.
• Support you colleagues to deliver the wider team’s priorities.
• Establish a network of contacts from across think-tanks, academia and the private sector to draw in expertise and invite challenges to HMG thinking;
• Identify datasets that improve the JIO’s assessments, and develop innovative approaches to using data in all source assessment products.
• Line manage and coach a SEO Senior Data Analyst.

The successful candidate will very strong communication skills and experience producing evidence-based analysis or assessment for a senior audience. You should already possess solid research and analysis skills (including being comfortable working with big datasets), and be experienced at gathering and analysing information from diverse sources. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be a team player, developing close working relationships with colleagues across Whitehall and international partners.

Skills and Experience Required

The successful candidate will:

• Possess solid research and analysis skills (including being comfortable working with big datasets);
• Be able to draw conclusions from a large volume of (sometimes conflicting) evidence;
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills, including excellent drafting skills;
• Have excellent interpersonal skills and be a team player, able to develop and manage close working relationships with colleagues across organisational boundaries;
• Be proficient in Microsoft Excel and able to apply a range of data visualisation methods to communicate insights.
• Existing relevant subject matter knowledge.

 Desirable Skills

• Experience or an interest in either intelligence, national security, international development or foreign policy;
• Expertise in coding (e.g. Python, R) and/or data analysis software (e.g. Tableau, Power BI);

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:

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

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

Working with the UK’s Cyber Ambassador and linked to the objectives set out in the National Cyber Strategy, there is a requirement to provide technical advice in support of cyber programmes overseas.  We are therefore looking to recruit a specialist Cyber Security Advisor who is able to deploy a technical understanding of the National Cyber Strategy and the UK’s approach to national-level cyber security in support of HMG’s international prosperity objectives.

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is here to create a UK that trades its way to prosperity, stability and security. We achieve this by helping businesses to export; driving inward and outward investment; negotiating market access and trade deals as well as championing free trade.  Within DBT, the Cyber Ambassador forms part of the UK Defence and Security Exports team and works across DBT and HMG to promote the UK’s cyber security offer at the highest levels internationally.  A key part of this is the provision of strategic and technical advice on development and implementation of national-level cyber security strategies.   These posts will therefore work closely in support of the Cyber Ambassador to form a key strand of the UK offer, representing the UK approach as part of wider UK industry campaigns.

The post holder will need to be a strong communicator, comfortable liaising with technical and non-technical staff at all levels and will need to rapidly become a credible interlocutor between HMG, industry, and overseas customers.  Internally, the post holder will need to work closely with relevant colleagues in UKDSE, wider geographic and sectoral teams within DBT, FCDO, Cabinet Office, Home Office, NCSC, DSIT and elsewhere to develop and promote a strong UK cyber offer that can deliver export success.  

The role will require frequent overseas travel.

Primary Responsibilities will be:  

• Writing or reviewing national cyber strategies,
• Advising on implementation programmes,
• Evaluating national/sectorial cyber vulnerabilities, threats and risks,
• Organisational and stakeholder challenges,
• Advising on appropriate cyber capabilities, standards and skills development,
• Regulatory and ethical considerations,
• Advising clients on UK industry capabilities.

Person specification 

Applicants should have a combination of the following:  

• Direct experience of working in NCSC/GCHQ. 
   
• Excellent communication skills: must be able to present effectively at senior levels across HMG and industry with both technical and non-technical audiences.  

• A good sense of who needs what and when, and how to manage tensions between teams with different goals.  

• The ability to deliver through others.  

Hybrid Worker

The role will be based in London.

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.

Essential Criteria

At least 5 years’ experience of working in or with the NCSC/GCHQ.

Desirable Criteria 

Experience of working with industry and/or international partners.

Personal Attributes & Skills 

• Self-Starter
• Excellent communication skills
• Good networker

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

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

Alongside your salary of £55,365, Department for Business and Trade contributes £14,948 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%

Apollo House – Croydon, Waterside Court – Leeds, Vulcan House – Sheffield, Maple House – Wythenshawe

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.

This role offers hybrid working, with 60% of your working week from home, and 40% in the office.

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

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

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced role, helping to deliver high quality outputs for HOI and contributing to the departments Workforce Planning and Recruitment strategy.
We strive to utilise workforce, estates, and attrition data to effectively forecast, plan, and manage recruitment campaigns within HOI to achieve full staff complement. In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape and design new processes to help craft the work of the team.
You will be undertaking the gathering and maintenance of accurate staffing information to assist workforce planning, forecasting, and budgeting activities to be delivered and reports to be drafted for relevant HOI stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:
•    Commissioning timely monthly staff tracker update requests to G7 teams within HO Intelligence.
•    Ensuring all returns are received and reviewed, querying incomplete or incorrect returns and areas of uncertainty.
•    Making accurate amendments to the staff tacker.
•    Drafting monthly joiners, movers, and leavers report.
•    Completing ad hoc QA checks on staff tracker data, ensuring all appropriate fields are completed, comments are relevant, and dates are chased on joiners and leavers.
•    Maintaining lists of staff returning from career breaks, raising to HEO team leader when action needs to be taken.
•    Management of team inbox alongside an EO colleague.
•    Drafting communications about key workforce messages.
•    Supporting recruitment activity including arranging and coordinating interviews, supporting those involved in campaigns, and sifting and interviewing where required and appropriate.
•    Maintaining the SharePoint folders for the team.

Please note the jobholder may be required to undertake other responsibilities that are appropriate for the role and grade.

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

Essential Criteria

•    Demonstrable skills in MS Excel and effectively be able to use IT systems, including SharePoint and Microsoft applications.
•    The ability to collate information from different sources, identify common trends, and manage data effectively, showing strong attention to detail.
•    Be self-organised with the ability to work with little supervision and focussed on delivering high-quality outputs to competing deadlines.
•    Be comfortable building links and engaging with a range of partners, both internally and externally.

Desirable Criteria

• Advanced Excel

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

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

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

• Managing a Quality Service

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

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 (SDU) 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 successful officer will manage the Source Development Unit, based at Amadeus House. The SDU seeks to identify individuals who can provide further intelligence on organised immigration crime and current Immigration Intelligence priorities.

The SDU also acts as the single point of contact and advisor for the Home Office on matters relating to Human Intelligence Sources (HIS) and Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS), and is the statutory centre for records of CHIS deployments and use.

The SDU additionally provides administrative support to the DSUs and performs an important role in the risk assessment of CHIS operations by conducting comprehensive due diligence checks on behalf of the CHIS handlers.

Key functions of the SDU include:

• Identification and development of potential CHIS for the DSUs.
• Initial contact with prospective CHIS, and recording/dissemination of intelligence product.
• Providing vital administrative and 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.
• Providing a central point of contact for internal and external partners to facilitate CHIS referrals.
• 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 attend specialist relevant training to manage this function, and be an accredited CHIS Controller to oversee CHIS recruitment activity.

Expected posting length for the post is a minimum period of three years following the successful completion of the mandatory Advanced Source Controller Skills training programme.

Please Note: This post is a specialist post and is a full-time post. However, requests for flexible, part-time working and job share will be considered, considering at all times the operational needs of the Department.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of RIPA 2000, 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.
• Oversee the administrative functions of the SDU in support of the DSUs and CHIS capability, including line management of SDU staff undertaking this work.
• Oversee the identification and recruitment of potential CHIS, including line management of SDU staff undertaking this work, in line with IE CHIS Standard Operating Procedures.
• As an accredited Controller, oversee SDU recruitment of CHIS for the DSUs, and provide Controller resilience to the DSUs.
• Actively promote awareness of source related capability in the Home Office by seeking out, engaging and educating both new and existing internal and external partners.
• Be responsible for maintaining the SDU’s security standards.
• Promote a professional working environment by maintaining the highest standards of behaviour and integrity.
• Lead by example, and encourage staff to drive team performance, working innovatively, collaboratively and with respect.

This is an exciting role which requires a robust personality and the ability to work to tight time frames, often without direct supervision.

The successful applicant will also be required to complete and pass the Advanced Source Controller Skills training programme. Applicants should note that 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 source recruitment for the candidate offered the role.

The successful applicant should note that failure to complete or pass these requirements will mean that they have not met the requirements of the post and will be redeployed.

Please Note: The successful applicant should also 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 a London-region based post.

Essential Criteria

• Experience of working in an operational Law Enforcement environment, in particular,  within the Intelligence, Criminal Investigation or Detection roles.
• Previous training in or experience of Source Management, including experience of the authorisation processes under RIPA 2000.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external colleagues.

Desirable Criteria

• Accredited Controller.
• Previous training in or experience of UK Immigration rules and legislation.

There is a requirement to drive business vehicles therefore the candidate must hold a valid UK driving licence (manual).

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%

2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF

About the Job

This role is an opportunity to be part of the Home Office’s Homeland Security Group which unites capabilities and expertise to deliver better outcomes from the UK’s response to the most serious domestic threats – Terrorism, Cyber, State Threats and Economic Crime. The group will strengthen coordination and collective focus across a range of growing and overlapping threats, whilst remaining consistent with existing strategies. Working with partners, HSG will foster more transparent and sustainable collaboration between national security, law enforcement and other relevant communities to enhance capabilities and leverage our response to threats.

As part of the Home Office, the role of the Homeland Security Group is to:

•    Support the Home Secretary to develop and implement strategies to keep our people and interests safe and secure 
•    Build HMG capabilities to reduce national security risk 
•    Reduce volume of, and harm from, economic crime, particularly for the most vulnerable
•    Work in partnership with public and private sectors in the UK and overseas to deliver better outcomes
•    Ensure legitimate economic growth and prosperity

Within the Homeland Security Group you will join the executive leadership team of the National Communications Data Service (NCDS), which is responsible for preserving the UK’s communications data capabilities, in a changing technological environment, to prevent and detect crime and terrorism, protect the public and save lives.

NCDS operates in a complex and interconnected supplier and partner landscape. The NCDS Operational Security Manager is responsible for working with partners in Law Enforcement Agencies, taking a risk-based approach to managing vulnerabilities within the NCDS infrastructure, to mitigate security threats, and to implement secure solutions that also focus on delivery of VFM and efficiencies.

The NCDS Operational Security Manager is responsible to the Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) & the Head of Service Operations.

The NCDS Operational Security Manager is responsible for:

•    Working with third party suppliers to ensure that the management of operational security risks and mitigation strategies meet the business need

•    Ensuring the risk appetite of the organisation is balanced against the impact of vulnerabilities

•    Working with the Information Assurance team to take a risk-based approach to handling vulnerabilities

•    Chairing and managing security meetings to ensure that business security requirements are delivered to support NCDS live services

•    Ensuring that recognised Secure Development practice is in place and this is monitored and reported on, leading to improved security solutions within the NCDS system

•    Participation in the review process for all relevant IT Health Checks, ensuring effective coverage of areas of concern

•    Leading on ensuring that timely patch and vulnerability management is carried out to support and enhance the security posture of the NCDS platform and services

•    Co-ordinating the response to security incidents with both action plans for short and long-term resolutions, and improve the overall response time to incidents

•    Ensuring that Protective Monitoring continuously improves the flow of intelligence and that there is an ability to react to this intelligence, leading to improved security, whilst also ensuring the correct metrics are in place

•    Acting as a subject matter expert, contributing to Risk and Issue assessments, Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery

•    Provide training and guidance on security matter impact NCDS

•    Management of NCDS assets both physical and technical in accordance with appropriate standards

•    Developing the security culture of NCDS and be part of the security community within HSG and the Home Office

Essential Criteria

•    A qualified Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification or willing to achieve this qualification
•    A strong IT security background and/or experience working in a Security Operations Centre environment
•    Significant risk management experience both in the security space as well as operational service
•    Knowledge of or experience in patch and vulnerability management including vulnerability management tools 
•    Experience of Cloud security practices with a focus on Amazon Web Services

Desirable Criteria

•    Experience/knowledge of working in Agile delivery environments 
•    Working with multiple suppliers to work through complex problems to manage risk
•    Functional knowledge and experience of using tools for security monitoring (e.g. QRadar), data analytics (e.g. ELK stack) and security case management (e.g. SNOW)
•    Knowledge of the security aspects around capacity management & back-up and disaster recovery management
•    Knowledge of targeted cyber-attack (APT), how to analysis these and respond to and mitigate against the attacks

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

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

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%

Bristol, Cardiff, Salford, Newcastle, Telford, Edinburgh.

At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.

We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us, and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.

Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role

See what it’s like to work at HMRC: find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of security risk management in HMRC and to be part of the Government Security Function, working to keep the UK safe.

You have the opportunity to work across all levels up to board level. Offering you a rare glimpse into how HMRC cyber risk can affect National Infrastructure, we work alongside GCHQ, NCSC and others to minimise and mitigate cyber threats that could be detrimental to the way the UK Government collect taxes. We are held accountable not only by taxpayers, but also our board and parliament.

Working with us means making a real impact on millions of people’s lives. It also means gaining new skills, growing your knowledge and taking your expertise further across a range of fascinating and vitally important work. Where possible we will fund your external training to further upskill you and help you gain a wider knowledge of cyber security.

This is an exciting time to join the HMRC Cyber Security Risk team. Our mission is to reduce HMRC’s security risk exposure whilst enabling HMRC to meet its business objectives effectively and to maintain public confidence in our services. We do this by providing expert security risk-based assurance, oversight and challenge.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• Leading on all aspects of reporting against the Tier 2 Cyber Risk and other forms of reporting as per business needs.
• To develop and maintain close working relationships with stakeholders to obtain high quality security risk data.
• Develop and maintain systems and processes for gathering and storing security risk data.
• Analysis of cyber threat landscape.
• Working closely with Head of Cyber Risk to measure effectiveness of risk measures and controls.
• Engaging with the wider CDIO to gather a view on current risks and how they are being managed and remediated.
• Creating effective networks inside HMRC security to ensure a joined-up approach to risk management.
• Strong organisational skills are a critical element of this role, as is the ability to prioritise and manage a workload, analyse complex information, present recommendations, and make effective decisions.

Essential Criteria:

• Strong organisational skills, ability to prioritise and manage workloads, analyse complex information.
• A confident communicator, both written and verbal, and confident managing communications at all levels.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• You must be able to show evidence that you are organised and can run several areas of work concurrently.

 Desirable:

• Previous cyber security enterprise risk management experience.
• CISMP or equivalent qualification, or be willing to work towards achieving.
• Risk management experience in a large and complex enterprise environment.

• 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%
• 25 days annual leave, increasing 1 day per year up to 30 days

Find more about HMRC benefits in ‘Your little extras and big benefits handbook’ for further information or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service.

Bristol, South West England, BS2 0ES : Cardiff, Wales, CF10 1EP : London, London (region), E20 1HZ : Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8FT : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS1 4AP : Salford, North West England, M3 5BS : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE98 1ZZ : Nottingham, East Midlands (England), NG2 1AW : Telford, West Midlands (England), TF3 4NT

Do you have a track-record of being a self-starter with excellent organisational skills? Can you support the Government Security Centre for Cyber (Cyber GSeC) to help other Government Departments improve their cyber security posture?

If so, we would like to hear from you.

This is an administratively focused role for which we are seeking someone who is proactive in managing daily priorities and driven to deliver, often against tight deadlines and conflicting priorities in a busy team. 

As the Business Manager Co-ordinator within Cyber GSeC, you will play a key role in supporting the work within two areas of the organisation.   

Within our Operations function, you will work to support our Business Partners as they engage with lead departments, also supporting our team of cyber security consultants delivering our services across government. In this varied role, you will often be the first point of contact for stakeholders across HM Government as they engage with Cyber GSeC through our mailbox and will be used to offering excellent service at every opportunity.  

You will also support business management functions of the Cyber GSeC to help ensure the successful day to day running of the organisation. The successful candidate will take responsibility for maintaining accurate records of the assets we own and our compliance with mandated learning requirements. You will also play a key role in researching and organising whole staff events, and the associated travel and accommodation requirements, and will help ensure our digital platforms offer easy to find, relevant and up to date information for the team.  

From time to time, you may also be required to contribute to other outcomes of HMRC’s Cyber Security Technical Services function.  

See what it’s like to work at HMRC: find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

The Team 

Five Government Security Centres (GSeCs) are embedded in host departments, to provide security consultancy services across HM Government (HMG) in the key areas of: Cyber; Personnel and Physical; Education and Awareness; Industry Security Assurance and International. The Government Security Centre for Cyber, more commonly referred to as the Cyber GSeC, is hosted by HMRC and provides consultancy and advice services across government to improve the cyber security posture of HM Government (HMG). We work directly to support of the stated outcomes of the Government Cyber Security Strategy (GCSS) delivering our services directly across circa 400 Government Departments and Arms-Length Bodies (ALBs).  

The Role  

The Business Manager Co-ordinator role reports to the Enabling Capabilities Operations Support Manager. As well as supporting the business management function, the role provides support to the Operations Co-ordination Manager and our Business Partners, ensuring the successful day to day running of both aspects of our outputs. You will be the first point of contact at our dedicated Cyber GSeC Mailbox, supporting our Business Partnering function with their role to engage efficiently with stakeholders across government. You will organise meetings and be responsible for secretariat duties, noting & maintaining records of key actions and decisions. You will also be responsible for the accurate recording of mandated learning compliance, championing completion across the organisation.

Now is a great time to join the team; supporting the organisation as we continue to build a team of outstanding people in the Cyber Security field. Over the next three years, the Cyber GSeC will be growing significantly as we develop our capabilities to deliver critical technical security services across government in support of GCSS.

Our linked Candidate Pack (see below) provides further insight to the Government Security Centre for Cyber, the team, the role and the application process and support available for candidates. 

Key Responsibilities may include: 

• Act as the first point of contact to the Cyber GSeC team through active management of the team mailbox, ensuring that all emails are responded to in a professional and timely manner within agreed service level timescales. 
• Proactively support the Business Support Manager, Operations Coordination Manager and Business Partnering Function, to ensure that all operational activity is operating to maximum efficiency. 
• Collate and validate a variety of data sets to provide key management information and performance reports using O365 tools including Excel, Planner and Power BI, ensuring the Cyber GSeC safely stores these records for review and reporting. 
• Own relevant secretariate duties for the Cyber GSeC’s internal meetings. You will note key actions and/or decisions for the team to take forward. 
• Maintain the Cyber GSeC Asset Register, ensuring an up to date and accurate record of Cyber GSeC owned assets is held. 
• Maintain accurate records of the completion of Mandated Learning by Cyber GSeC staff, aiming for 95% completion rate across the team. 
• Support the ongoing development and maintenance of the Cyber GSeC SharePoint and Microsoft Teams sites. 
• Coordinate the booking of travel, hotels, and biannual all-staff conferences for the Cyber GSeC team, undertaking relevant research and cost analysis to present cost-effective event options. 
• Use a range of data sources to assure contractor activity, updating calendars and contractor forecasts. 
• Initiate purchase requests for the Cyber GSeC team using HMRC’s procurement tool.
• Assist with the delivery of the Cyber GSeC recruitment plan including liaison with key HR and Business Management colleagues. 

It is essential that candidates have the following:  

• Experience of working in a customer-facing delivery team, with excellent stakeholder engagement at a range of organisational levels.
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office 365 applications including Excel, Planner, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Experience of providing efficient and effective secretariat duties in support of a team.
• Great attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience of using Clarity & JIRA (or similar workflow and Project & Programme Management tools) to manage, progress, and report on workstream activity.

It is desirable that candidates have the following:  

• Experience of working within the public sector, ideally in central government and with senior partners.
• An understanding of Cyber Security.
• Knowledge of the Government Security Profession and Government Security Function.
• Experience of working in a project support role.
• Experience of building SharePoint sites.
• Experience of Power BI.

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

• 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%
• 25 days annual leave, increasing 1 day per year up to 30 days

Find more about HMRC benefits in ‘Your little extras and big benefits handbook’ for further information or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service.

Durham, North East England, DH1 1SL : Lytham St Anne’s, North West England, FY8 4TS : Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8JX : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1P 3BT

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK with 25 million customers and more than £207 billion invested.  When people save money with us, they are lending money to the government. This means that we are backed by HM Treasury – which keeps every single penny of our savers’ savings safe. That’s something no one else can offer at a scale that is unique.  Our values are at the heart of everything we do: we are secure; we are inspiring; we are straightforward; we are reassuringly human. Our ambition is to inspire a stronger savings culture and we believe everyone should have the opportunity to save confidently.

We are looking for a new Risk Director who will live the values of the organisation. You will join a business that has made significant progress on a long-term transformation. This programme of change will take us into the next chapter, ensuring that we will have a strong, resilient infrastructure and a flexible and scalable operation that can continue to serve savers and the Government for generations.

Reporting into the CEO, our new Risk Director will be responsible for devising, implementing and assuring a comprehensive range of risk management, compliance and assurance strategies across the full range of financial crime, legal, regulatory and risk issues for NS&I. You will be integral to ensuring NS&I complies with specific NS&I regulations, relevant legal obligations and FCA codes of conduct, and with other voluntary codes equivalent to financial services industry standards, and to making sure NS&I has an appropriate and effective data management assurance strategy. Providing leadership to the whole organisation in ensuring healthy and proactive risk identification and management is embedding in our culture will be key.

This role will require regular travel to London, if not based at this site. As this role may require regular travel to other sites, please be aware if you travel to a second location on average 4 days a month, you may be liable for P11D taxation.  If you have any queries concerning this please contact the NS&I HR Team.

This is a demanding leadership role for a candidate with absolute integrity and a strong customer focus, who is able to place risk management, compliance and assurance in a commercial, financial services-orientated context. It requires an individual with an independent mind-set capable of operating comfortably a board level and throughout our entire business. To be successful, you will need to bring substantial senior experience in a regulated business ideally in financial services and in risk management or compliance. You must bring deep understanding of financial services regulation, including the management of financial crime, and of compliance and risk management across both operational and strategic contexts. To underpin your ability to have impact, you must bring excellent communication skills and leadership qualities.

 The profile and importance of this role is clear; we need a highly effective Director to work with the Board and executive team to ensure our ongoing transformation, current and future service delivery is underpinned by robust and effective controls, alert to risk and alive to its avoidance, reduction and mitigation.

You will also have the opportunity be part of an organisation that is supporting the nation to save and fund the vital services we all use every day. You will be part of a greater purpose, using your skills to give something back.

Alongside your salary of £120,000, National Savings and Investments contributes £32,400 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

NS&I is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK with 25 million customers and more than £207 billion invested. We are both a government department and an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Our origins can be traced back over 150 years to 1861.

A small company with a big reach we offer a range of benefits to include flexible working, great opportunities for development and a generous pension scheme. We care for colleagues, respect one another, invest in our people and manage talent effectively.

Some benefits of working at NS&I include:

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible hybrid working options
• 9 day fortnight scheme
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Generous annual leave – starting at 25 days, increasing to 30 days
• Performance related variable pay bonus
• Enhanced Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.