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

The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office has been at the front line of this effort since 1782. As such, we play a fundamental role in maintaining the security and economic prosperity of the UK.

The Home Office leads on immigration and passports, refugee protection, counter-terrorism, policing, fire services, and crime and drugs policy.

The Protective Security Centre (PSC) 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.

This role works as part of a small team focused on communications and engagement within the PSC.

Hybrid working

Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home in line with the Home Office Hybrid Working policy. A hybrid working pattern may be available, where business needs allow for this role. Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions on what this entails.

Due to the nature of the role, this post is available on a full-time basis only. 

The successful candidate will assist, support, and actively contribute to the management of communications and stakeholder engagement across the consultancy arm.

Specifically:

• Lead on the creation and distribution of a monthly newsletter to all stakeholders, including collation of content in collaboration with other team members and external bodies
• Maintain the communications distribution list and ensure it is updated regularly
• Maintain our PSC Portal (linked to the newsletter) and pull figures and information for reporting purposes, displaying these in a clear and concise manner for Boards and other meetings
• Support on the design, project management and delivery of our annual PSC conference to be held in December 2023 assisting with all associated tasks as required
• Supporting other team members on the creation of presentations, leaflets, and documents to ensure our reputation as thought leaders in the areas of physical and personnel security is upheld
• Respond to appropriate customer queries arising from the Portal (where concerning communications and engagement)
• 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
• Maintain responsibility for own professional development and undertake appropriate learning and development where relevant

Essential Skills

• Good project management experience in a relevant role (for example communications, delivery of events or stakeholder management)
• Experience of working in a role to build and develop ongoing, approachable, and professional working relationships with stakeholders and other government departments
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, specifically with good ability to create visually engaging documents/leaflets/presentations and display information in a clear and concise manner
• Exceptional written, oral and presentation communication skills
• Excellent time management to ensure that objectives are met within required timeframes

Desirable Skills

• Proven experience in a similar role, in particular delivering within a large, ambiguous, and complex environment
• Confident when interacting with a diverse audience, including senior grades
• Ability to apply good judgement and respond to complex and dynamic situations
• Be flexible in working to changing priorities
• A project management qualification (for example PRINCE 2)
• Experience in delivering a large event to a senior audience

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• 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%

Birmingham, Blackpool, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield

This is an exciting time to become a Government Security Risk & Assurance Professional. DWP is at the forefront of risk-based security programmes within Government and industry with Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM) playing a pivotal role in strengthening the security of government products and services used by millions of people.

We are looking for a Grade 7 Lead Security Risk Assurance Manager to join our team.

You’ll be at the centre of the development of this specialist profession. You will work across DWP to provide internal impartial assurance to Senior Leaders, service owners, stakeholders and relevant external bodies, and ensure strategic security risks are being managed effectively.

Have a look at the video detailing the fantastic opportunity provided by this role of Lead Security Risk Assurance Manager which is part of the Government Security Profession is attached. Please click on the link below.

https://youtu.be/NiAgk-mewpI

You’ll need to be willing to travel to other DWP locations, with occasional overnight stays required.

This role is fundamental to protecting the Department and enabling us to make informed business decisions about security across the Enterprise.

We’re looking for an adaptable and enthusiastic leader, with an excellent eye for detail and an appreciation for the bigger picture within which you work. You will be confident in communicating with a diverse stakeholder group and have the interpersonal skills to influence and motivate.

The Lead Security Risk Assurance Manager role may be placed in one of three functions within ESRM, which focus on different types of security assurance. The functions are:

Security Assurance:

Provides confidence to the DWP Executive Team and other senior leaders that we are delivering DWP services securely. We do this by carrying out impartial assessments on how effectively risks are being managed and whether our security controls are operating as designed. We place a strong focus on continuous improvement, looking wider and deeper than just compliance. We highlight good practice and provide a professional impartial view about our security posture.

Supply Chain Security Assurance:

Provides confidence to the Board, Commercial Directorate and Contract Owners that the DWP supply chain has deployed and continuously manages effective security controls. We maintain many complex stakeholder relationships, continually learning ways to improve and streamline processes, and we are at the forefront of Government and Industry efforts to improve supply chain security processes.

Security Risk:

Identifies and monitors enterprise-level security risks to inform security policy, standards and assurance priorities. Supporting strategic security investment and areas without dedicated security resource through expert advice, guidance and security risk assessment services. Assessing the impact of security risks within our supply chain to DWP people, information and services.

The roles and responsibilities include, but are not restricted to the following:

• Lead and shape the Security Risk and Assurance Functions taking accountability for service delivery and enabling an effective, visible and respected security services to DWP, its Arm’s Length Bodies and external customers where appropriate
• Build long term internal and external strategic relationships and influence stakeholders and relationships effectively to gain support for security risk and assurance
• Clearly define priorities and reflect in measurable team objectives
• Continue to iterate the service to ensure we continue to meet end user needs stakeholder requirements and align to wider departmental risk and control assessment practices
• Lead by example, visibly and confidently engaging colleagues and stakeholders to support and deliver effective security risk and assurance capabilities
• Drive innovation, empowering team members to take responsibility for removing inefficiencies, driving costs down and improving services, sharing suggestions for process improvement so good practice is shared and standardised
• Provide input at senior governance levels, ensuring security outcomes are fully understood and considered
• Lead security risk and assurance activities, research, evaluation and interpretation of evidence providing a holistic and robust opinion on the security posture of people, processes, and technology
• Provide input to Senior Managers in respect of business cases for security investments
• To identify and assess existing/new threats (threat actor and vectors) and security alerts and provide assurance against current state of controls and strategic direction of travel
• Represent the function and report findings to stakeholders as required.

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience of interacting with senior leaders on security risk/assurance topics to present, escalate and influence decision making.
• Strategic with proven leadership experience. Can demonstrate the ability to engage, negotiate, and communicate easily and confidently with people at all levels.
• A comprehensive technical understanding of Security and Risk Management processes and controls.
• An effective decision maker, who utilises evidence, available data and experience to provide clear, accurate and professional decisions.
• The ability to thrive in a challenging environment, working to tight deadlines while prioritising a large and varied workload.

Desirable qualifications

These qualifications are desirable and where not already in place, we’ll help you build your skills in this area:

CISM, CRISC, CISSP, CISA, CGEIT, ISO27001 Lead Auditor. 

Desirable past experience and skills includes but is not limited to:

Experience of security management and analysis

Good understanding of security controls (technical, procedural, personnel and physical)

Good understanding of security monitoring and testing processes

Good technical knowledge of applications and architectures

Good knowledge of third party security assurance methods and deliverables

Strong understanding of the NIST Cyber Security Framework

Experience of information security management systems and risk assessment methodologies

For jobs located in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable

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

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture

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

• Security Risk Management
• Communicating and knowledge sharing

Alongside your salary of £50,155, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £13,542 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%
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave (plus public and privilege leave)
• This role currently attracts a £7000 recruitment and retention allowance.

Civil Servants applying on promotion will usually be appointed to the salary minimum or within 10% of existing salary.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account.

If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.

Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), every public body which is a data controller or processes personal data must appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO). The DWP DPO is responsible for monitoring overall compliance with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. 
 
The DWP DPO Team is made up of four teams, each managed by a Deputy DPO: 

• Policy and Awareness
• Advice and Guidance
• Business Management, Data Breach Handling and Compliance
• Information Management. 

There are three SEO vacancies within the DPO Team. 

Policy & Awareness  

• Consulting the department on any relevant changes on data protection legislation, updating DWP policies, standards, notices and guidelines accordingly including impacting new initiatives and business areas.

• Reviewing existing data protection policies, procedures, guidance and training material to ensure they are compliant with current data protection legislation, mature and embedded across the Department.

• Developing and delivering training and awareness initiatives on data protection, defining minimum GDPR related training materials per business area and providing input to centrally developed mandatory training where appropriate. 

• Support work on external and internal communications to define and develop privacy awareness campaigns, communications and updates. 

• Manage the DPIA process, impacting process improvements and upskilling requirements. 

• Responding to requests from DCMS relating to data protection impacts and compliance. 

• Acting as the SPOC for legal colleagues and ICO consultation under GDPR Article 36(4). 

Advice and Guidance:  

• Managing and responding to DPIAs, identifying remedial steps required, ensuring that mitigations out of the DPIA process are recorded and actioned and that significant data protection risks are recorded and managed.

• Providing expert advice and guidance to DWP business areas on data protection issues, requirements and controls. 

• Establishing business partnering relationships for DPIAs.

• Managing DPIAs and associated risks through a DPIA IT solution.

 Business Management, Data Breach Handling and Compliance:   

• Providing a Business Management function for the DPO Team. 

• Using a Quality Assurance Framework, identifying and managing DPO Team service improvements. 

• Acting as first point of contact for data subjects, citizens and the ICO, dealing with complaints, investigations, Requests for Assessment.  

• Engaging in and advising on information breach handling, including breach reporting, business engagement and responding to related information requests from the ICO. 

• Undertaking data protection and GDPR-related monitoring activities, including developing and embedding a monitoring and compliance framework to measure and assure GDPR and data-protection related business decisions and practices against regulatory and operational risks.  

• Monitoring compliance with data protection policies, guidelines and processes, including annual reporting to the board and other committees. 

Information Management:   

• Maintain the departments Information Management Policy (IMP), including Retention Schedules and procedural guidance.  

• Raise awareness of the policy through regular business engagement sessions and proactive communications.  

• Providing expert advice and guidance to DWP colleagues on information management, including corporate records and data retention and supporting the network of local Registry clerks.  

• Administer the departments corporate records, in both paper and electronic form to meet the requirements of the Public Records Act.  

• Engage with the National Archives to transfer, destroy, open to the public or retain DWP files.  

The main responsibilities will depend upon which team the successful candidate is assigned to. These may include but are not limited to: 

• Creating and managing data protection related privacy policies, standards, procedures, documents and tools. Consulting across the Department on draft policies, standards and procedures. Monitoring changes to data protection legislation and updating DWP data protection policies, standards, notices and guidelines. Monitoring UK GDPR and Data Protection Act interpretation, ICO guidance and enforcement updates, assessing DWP impact and communicating these to DPO Team and DWP. 
• Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders. Providing expert advice and guidance to the business on data protection issues, requirements, controls and customer complaints. Coordinating with business areas to review and respond to data subject requests and data protection complaints. Undertaking analysis to identify and deliver awareness on data protection for business areas and providing input to centrally developed mandatory training. 
• Reviewing Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), identifying remedial steps required, ensuring mitigations identified during the DPIA process are recorded and actioned and that significant data protection risks are recorded and managed. Working with business areas to embed data protection by design from the outset. 
• Maintaining content on the DWP intranet site to provide employees with proactive guides on key data protection topics. Reviewing content on the DWP internet site to provide customers with transparent personal data processing notices. 
• Managing the DPO Team’s Quality Assurance Framework; carrying out quality checks; identifying and fulfilling training and awareness needs and improvements to team instructions and processes.
• Acting as a first point of contact with citizens and employees around data protection issues. Leading a team, providing the front door for advice and re-routing enquiries, requests for assessment, individual rights requests and complaints. Undertaking analysis to address recommendations from the ICO and to identify improvements to products and processes. Identifying trends for business engagement activity and learning and development products. 
• Leading the production of the DPO Team MI dashboard for the team, security community and senior boards, collating and interpreting data and narrative into agreed formats. Reviewing the dashboard to ensure it meets end-user requirements. Working with colleagues in the security community and wider DWP to align MI production to DWP standards. 
• Supporting the learning and development SPOC with the development and delivery of a learning plan and skills database. 
• Providing business management support for the DPO Team including developing a communications plan, working with colleagues across the team and security community to develop a joined-up communications approach and product set. 
• Responding to data subjects and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on data breaches. Engaging in personal data breach investigations and resulting remediation activity. Recording and tracking data breaches through to resolution, providing reporting for team, security community and senior boards. 
• Undertaking analysis of data breaches to identify process, products, communications, guidance and upskilling requirements. Leading improvements through to completion, working closely with colleagues in the team, security community and business areas. 
• Engaging with business areas to understand where further data breach awareness is required. Working with stakeholders to define, develop and deliver awareness to business areas, evaluating understanding to enable continuous improvement. 

Essential Criteria

• LEAD CRITERION – You have experience of operating within a data protection or closely related and comparable profession, have developed excellent technical expertise and can apply it in a clear and practical way which is understood by stakeholders. 
• You have strong analytical and critical thinking skills, using a range of information to reach sound conclusions; inviting challenge and displaying confidence when making difficult decisions. 
• You have good people management and leadership skills, with the ability to coordinate the activities of others and inspire and motivate them to be fully engaged in their work. 
• You communicate in a straightforward, honest and engaging manner, choosing appropriate styles to maximise understanding and impact. 
• You develop, implement, maintain and review processes and services to ensure delivery of professional excellence, in line with legal, regulatory and security requirements. 
• You encourage joined up team work within your own team and across other areas, establishing and maintaining productive relationships with a range of stakeholders. 

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• 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%

This job may be suitable for hybrid working which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to taking up your post.

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%