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Each year, around 40 million fans attend football matches in the Premier League and EFL.  Our job is to keep them safe.

This is a rare opportunity to join the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) as part of our Inspectorate team as we look to strengthen our role in the sports safety sector.

Alongside our statutory responsibilities to licence football grounds and maintain oversight of local authorities, over the next year, the SGSA’s priorities include:

• Developing our support for women’s football;
• Improving safety processes in partnership with the Vanarama National League;
• Continuing to support grounds and local authorities with stewarding and preparations for Martyn’s Law; and
• Maintaining our commitment to fan safety through licensed standing and addressing the risks associated with persistent standing in seated areas.

• Oversee the annual SGSA licensing process for clubs in their portfolio and work with them to identify and implement improvements where concerns have been identified.
• Write coherent reports using a high standard of English and in a timely fashion
• Advising, monitoring and identifying any necessary corrective action on the provision of spectator accommodation and related licence conditions.
• Provide clear and timely advice to SGSA board on licensing applications.
• Take a risk-based approach to the SGSA regulatory role in overseeing a portfolio of certifying authorities
• Compile professional and clear business records, with responsibility for administration and associated records that are required to carry out SGSA business.
• Assisting in the formulation of best practice; providing advice and guidance on safety certification and the application of the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds to local authorities and clubs, and to others on request.
• Contribute to the cohesion, reputation and smooth running of the SGSA: adhering to corporate policies and standard operating procedures; engaging in meetings and change programs; acting as an ambassador and as appropriate spokesperson for the SGSA.
• Demonstrate an on-going commitment to personal continuous professional development as relevant to supporting the organisation in delivering its strategy and plans.
• Promoting a wider knowledge and understanding of safety at sports grounds and the role of the SGSA both nationally and internationally, including, as required, on a commercial basis.
• To carry out such other duties relevant to the post when required.

Any other duties as directed by the appropriate Deputy Head of Inspectorate or Head of Inspectorate.

Essential Criteria

• Interpersonal skills – Strong partnership working and stakeholder management experience and the ability to negotiate and influence, including in challenging circumstances.
• Project management – Proven understanding and experience of the use of project and programme management techniques, including risk management.
• Record management – Experience of auditing systems, processes and effective record management and writing reports to clients.
• Influencing skills particularly when dealing with senior management.
• Communication skills – Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to represent the SGSA to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Professional – Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Current and valid UK driving licence and exclusive use of a car insured for business use.

Desirable Criteria     

Ideally, we would look towards someone with a spectator safety background, and related qualifications and competency.

However, we welcome applicants with experience of working in other sectors who can demonstrate they can meet the criteria outlined they can meet the essential criteria.

Other desirable skills and experience

• Degree or professional qualification.
• Experience and/or understanding of the application of integrated safety management.
• Experience of working with sports at a national and/or international level.
• Experience of developing and delivering training.
• Proficiency in a second language.

Terms and conditions of service will be broadly in line with those for staff in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.  The following main terms and conditions will apply:

 Salary – The starting salary is £48,014.  Salary is paid by monthly credit transfer.

Hours – Your contracted working week will be 42 hours including meal breaks.  The nature of the work will require you to visit sports grounds in the evening and weekends. You may also be required to undertake work on behalf of the SGSA outside the UK.

Leave – 25 days per year, increasing to 30 days after four years of service, plus public holidays and Civil Service privilege leave.

Pension – New recruits to the Civil Service will be entitled to benefit from membership of the Civil Service Pension Scheme.  As an employer the SGSA contributes 27.9% of an individual’s salary to the pension scheme, and the employee contributes 5.45%.  Existing Civil Servants will be eligible to retain Civil Service pension arrangements as continuous service.

Additional benefits

• Commitment to supporting continuous professional development, with learning and development opportunities, both internally and externally.
• Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career.
• Three days of paid volunteering leave.
• Competitive parental leave benefits.
• A laptop, desk, chair, monitor and any other equipment to support working from home
• Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year.

Didcot, South East England, OX11 0QR : Swindon, South West England, SN2 1SZ : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1H 0NB

Background: The UK Space Agency:

The UK Space Agency is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and provides technical advice on the government’s space strategy, supporting the UK space sector to deliver the government’s vision. 

Space is a part of everyday life. Satellites underpin our national economy, from agriculture and banking to aviation and shipping, and support our national security. Space science provides critical data to understand and address global challenges such as climate change, while missions to explore our solar system unite nations and advance humanity’s horizons.

We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £16.5 billion and employs 47,000 people across the country. 

Through our portfolio of programmes and projects, we encourage the development of national space capabilities and are an early-stage investor in space research and development.  We also promote the UK space sector’s interests and achievements; make connections to join up industry and academia; and represent the UK in international space programmes. 

We have a powerful global voice, partnering with institutions across the world, including the European Space Agency. 

More information about the Agency is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency

To discover more please watch this film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZZ-o0IkVU

Our Inclusive Environment

We have an inclusive culture to make UK Space Agency a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion.

Job Purpose

Do you want to contribute to developing new innovative and resilient position, navigation and timing applications?  An exciting opportunity has become available in the UK Space Agency team that manages the ESA Navigation programme. This team is embedded in the Security and Resilience team responsible for space as a critical national infrastructure with positioning, navigation and timing from space being a key component.

You will be joining the Space Security and Resilience Team at the UK Space Agency, which is the Lead Government Department (LGD) responsible for space as a key Critical National Infrastructure and System (CNIS) sector for the UK. Positioning Navigation and Timing (PNT) is critically important to both CNIS across all sectors and wider economic development (WED) in the UK and globally, and is delivered by space systems such as GPS and Galileo. It is, by some measures, the largest space sector with the biggest impact on daily life.

In this role you will work with the UK Space Agency PNT Technical Lead and the UK delegate into the European Space Agency Navigation Programme Board to manage a portfolio of PNT programmes and activities and help shape UK Space Agency strategy on PNT. This will include shaping the UK’s approach to ensuring the resilience of space based PNT for UK CNIS and WED as well as the UK Space Agency policy and activities to foster growth in the UK PNT industry.

The key responsibilities of this role will be:

• Day to day management of UK involvement in ESA PNT programmes which currently includes NAVISP and FutureNav
• Management of the assessment of proposals for NAVISP and participation in assessment panels
• Collection of data on the impact of the funding provided for PNT activities through NAVISP and FuturePNT
• Management of the pipeline of proposals and maintenance of records including management of programme budgets
• Liaison with ESA and with delegates of other ESA member states, attendance at ESA meetings and occasional liaison with other international partners.
• Liaison with PNT industry including attendance at industry forums and organising bilateral meetings with PNT companies
• Policy briefings to the space directorate in DSIT and senior leaders within UK Space Agency
• Preparation of business cases for UK subscription to PNT programmes when required
• Regular performance reporting for PNT programmes
• Organisation of promotional events and outreach to industry
• Assistance in the development of PNT resilience strategy for the UK

UK Space Agency Generic Responsibilities (This is a requirement of all posts)

• Ensure compliance with statutory and legal provisions as set out in the UK Space Agency’s policies and procedures. In particular in relation to: Financial Regulations, Equal Opportunities and Diversity, Health and Safety, Civil Service Code, Data Protection & the Official Secrets Act.
• Comply with the behaviours and standard requisites as relevant to your post as detailed in your job description, person specification and take responsibility for continuing self-development, participating in training and development activities as required or requested by your line manager.
• Attend meetings as required some of which may be outside normal working hours

We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate drive, excellent inter-personal skills, highly developed organisation and prioritisation skills, as well as strategic awareness and communication skills.  You will be able to analyse and draw conclusions from complex evidence and be able to clearly communicate these to a wide range of audiences.  You will be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, management teams, boards and committees across government and industry and be equally comfortable working independently as well as in a team.  A strong commitment to project delivery and effective cross-departmental working is essential for the role, along with collaborating and partnering with key external stakeholders.

Essential criteria

• Strong programme or project management experience
• Experience of working within programmes or policy teams and should be able to produce briefs to senior managers
• Good organisational skills and record keeping skills including use of SharePoint lists and Excel.
• Experience in writing policy and strategy documents and business cases
• Experience of working with industry stakeholders
• Willingness and aptitude for learning about complex domains such as a PNT.

Desirable criteria

• Any previous experience with PNT
• Experience in the space sector
• Experience of working with ESA
• Experience in managing innovation programmes
• Experience in the development of industrial strategy

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others
• Managing a Quality Service

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

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

Alongside your salary of £37,470, UK Space Agency contributes £10,116 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

UKSA offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
  
  

• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.

• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
  
  

• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
  
  

• Access to a range of retail, travel, and lifestyle employee discounts

• A generous maternity/paternity and adoption leave package.

• This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home, or elsewhere, as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this).  If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

• The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

Darlington, London

DBT Security are looking to recruit an Administration Officer to support us in the delivery of a high-quality Personnel Security and National Security Vetting (NSV) service to the wider DBT estate.

The post holder will be responsible for providing high quality administrative support to ensure the smooth running of the department, as well as supporting the effective delivery of Vetting aftercare and appeals management across the department, which are vital in ensuring the DBT Security are able to effectively manage the personnel security issues across DBT including the delivery of National Security Vetting (NSV) services.

The role is part of the Government Security Profession (GSP) and sits within the Personnel Security specialism. GSP is one of the recognised career progressions within the Civil Service and offers a challenging and rewarding career.

Although experience in personnel security or National Security Vetting is preferred it is not essential.

If you do not currently work inside the Government Security Profession or the Civil Service but feel you have the transferable skills to succeed in this role, then please consider putting yourself forward

The job holder will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities – however this is not an exhaustive list:

• Provide high quality administrative support to the department and relevant senior managers.
• Ensure that the Team mailboxes are managed appropriately and that all queries are responded to in a timely manner.
• Support the Personnel Security Advisor in delivery of National Security Vetting aftercare and appeals process’ and Insider Risk training sessions and travel briefings working towards being able to deliver sessions independently.
• Provide secretariat function in support of any governance process or steering groups established in support of personnel security, including maintaining the personnel security actions logs and risk register.
• Support the team in the development, and management of ongoing role mapping.
• Support effective communications of policies, processes, and guidance to all relevant stakeholders.
• Assume responsibility for updates Intranet pages, policies, and processes.
• Record and manage security incidents and trends.
• Contribute to the effective planning, delivery of other projects and administrative tasks, as necessary.
• Continually explore and undertake personal and professional development opportunities.

Hybrid Working

The role will be based in either London or Darlington. You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process.

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

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

Most DBT employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in an office, on average. If your office location is London, you will be eligible to receive London weighting.

The role will be based in either London or Darlington.

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

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

Essential Criteria

• Experience of and a high level of competence in, administrative tasks gained through working in an office-based or other relevant environment (private/public sector).
• Experience of stakeholder management and customer service provision.
• An understanding of the principles of data protection and a strong commitment to confidentiality and discretion when handling sensitive personal or organisational data.
• A high level of competence with MS Office365 products, including MS Word and MS Excel.

Desirable Criteria

• Previous experience of Personnel Security National Security Vetting processes and policy.
• Handling Vetting aftercare and Appeals process.

Person Specification

Good Customer focus, attention to detail and the ability to adapt and work under pressure would be an asset in this role. Being able to multitask efficiently and effectively would be a great advantage and a much-needed skill in this role. Using and having the ability to recognise when to discrete and aware of your surroundings, would be a great advantage as the role will provide exposure to confidential information at times.

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

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

Alongside your salary of £25,661, Department for Business and Trade contributes £6,928 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%

National

Ofgem works on behalf of energy consumers to ensure every household and business in GB can rely on a safe energy supply. We are playing a vital part in accelerating the transition to Net Zero and a carbon neutral energy system – a goal that everyone wants to achieve. You’ll be playing your part in creating new energy solutions that are great for customers and great for the environment.  
 
We offer a diverse range of flexible working career opportunities: roles that are stimulating and rewarding, where you can get involved in ground-breaking work. It’s important to us to recruit from a wide range of professional and personal backgrounds – bringing different perspectives and experiences to our work. Within this role, you’ll be a part of our Cyber Profession within Ofgem alongside talented and collaborative individuals. Within this profession you’ll be supported across all aspects of personal and professional development throughout your career with Ofgem, boosted by our learning and development offering.  
 
As a Cyber Security Analyst, you will play a vital role in ensuring the security of Ofgem. Through your involvement in identifying, containing and resolving security incidents, you will be able to identify opportunities to improve security of our systems and operations and enhance organisational awareness of security threats, as well as our readiness to manage them if they occur. You’ll collect and analyse security event data to identify potential malicious activity and support speedy resolution. You’ll work with colleagues to design and implement automated monitoring processes, making use of the latest Security Information and Event Management and network analysis tools, techniques and procedures.  
 
We expect you will have experience in a Security Operations environment, where you’ve been responsible for analysing incidents across a complex environment. This includes experience in intrusion detection and analysis and you’ll be accustomed to working with network security and technologies alongside system, security, and network monitoring tools. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who already has some experience in Cyber Security to take the next step in their career. You’ll be part of a developing and expanding team, during a formative time, so there is real scope to make your mark and influence how the team works, making a personal contribution to shaping Ofgem’s security strategy.

Ofgem is a non-ministerial government department and an independent National Regulatory Authority. Our principal objective is to protect the interests of existing and future electricity and gas consumers. We do this by promoting value for money, promoting security of supply and sustainability, for present and future generations of consumers, domestic and industrial users, the supervision and development of markets and competition, regulation and the delivery of government schemes. We work effectively with, but are independent of, government, the energy industry and other stakeholders within a legal framework determined by the UK government and the European Union. 

This role will be part of the Security, Privacy and Resilience function within the Corporate Services Directorate at Ofgem, ensuring that Ofgem maintains appropriate levels of security, privacy and resilience to protect; our people, data, operations, and facilities from harm. 

Ofgem is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of open and fair competition, merit and business need.

Key Responsibilities 

The Cyber Security Analyst plays a critical part in ensuring the security of Ofgem, heavily involved in the monitoring of and investigation of security events and incidents. 

You will identify, contain and assist in remediating incidents, identify potential process improvements, and maintain organisational readiness through preparedness exercises, advising product and service owners of potential mitigations. 

• You will collect and analyse security event data arising from activity across the organisation, tune and improve generating security alerts, and follow up by investigating indicators of potentially malicious activity, escalating incidents or initiating responses as required.

• Monitor, triage and investigate security alerts across various monitoring platforms to identify security incidents and perform analysis of event data to support the response, reporting and resolution of security incidents.

• Support implementation of the monitoring roadmap to enhance monitoring in line with requirements, policies and standards to govern all activities and outputs.

• Operate as a key member of the security incident response team, providing log analysis and investigation as required. 

• Assist project teams in the design, development and enablement of automated monitoring processes, recommending and implementing the latest SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and network analysis tools, techniques and procedures to detect malicious activity. 

Key Outputs and Deliverables 

• Monitoring and response to various security alerting channels, including SIEM tools

• Daily investigations based on cyber threat intelligence from open sources and HMG partners

• Development of incident response playbooks

• Ongoing tuning of SIEM alerts and automation of regular tasks

• Assisting with remediation activities

• Undertake research and produce reports to improve knowledge of Ofgem cyber threat landscape

• Input into regular security control dashboard reporting

Key Stakeholder Relationships 

External

• Other Government Departments’ Security Operations teams
• The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
• Key vendor support personnel

Internal

• Security Operations Manager
• SecOps Team (Analysts / Engineers / Specialists)
• DDaT Operational Teams

Essential Criteria

• Experience in a Security Operations environment (lead criteria) 
• Demonstrable experience in analysing incidents across a complex environment 
• Experience in intrusion detection and analysis 
• Previous exposure to IT and network security and networking technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools
• Either holds, or has the ability to achieve, SC clearance.

Desirable Criteria

• Sound awareness of the threat environment faced by government, regulatory departments and the energy industry. 
• Experience with M365 and Azure-related Security tooling 

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

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

• Please refer to the Candidate Pack attached for full details

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

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

Darlington, Leeds, Manchester

This is an exciting time to join the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). We are the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. 

The English Regions (ER) directorate leads the delivery of DBT’s export and investment support across the English Regions. You will be part of the Northern Powerhouse (NPH) team which is tasked with growing the North of England’s economy through trade and investment. This team plays an important role Government’s Levelling Up agenda. We also work proactively to deliver and support HMG’s Exports Strategy, which sets out the UK’s ambition to grow exports as a share of GDP and the framework to deliver this. 

The Data Insights team within the Northern Powerhouse analyse data and produce insights for operational and strategic decision making, operating at the forefront of business and customer data analysis within government. The team develop a data-led approach to understanding the export opportunity in the North using aggregated microdata, deploying a blend of internal and external data products. 

The effective use of data and insight is a key departmental priority, and we are looking for a Deputy Head – Data and Strategic Insights to join our team. 

Based in one of our DBT Northern offices (Leeds, Manchester, Darlington), the role will be centred on establishing a systematic and methodological approach to the production of internal and external data-led customer insights to enable effective data-led decisions.   

You will lead, manage, and develop a small team of analysts, ensuring data and insight projects are properly resourced, delivered on time and to a high standard. You will be able to understand stakeholder data requirements, formulate briefs and deliver insightful, impactful messaging to non-analytical colleagues – bringing data to life.

You will; 

• Develop high quality internal data products to proactively provide the NPH Senior Leadership Team and others with the evidence to drive operational, strategic and policy decisions. 
• Empower, motivate and inspire the data and insight team to deliver great work, taking responsibility for performance and development. 
• Develop and communicate a data strategy and product roadmap for the NPH, identifying key areas where data and insight should be better harnessed. 
• Engage enthusiastically with boards, senior data users and data service owners from across the department, supporting them to adopt our data strategy and ensuring that our data strategy represents their needs. 
• Identify areas for improvement; creating concepts for dashboards, visualisations or similar; seeing them through to delivery. 
• Understand where there are gaps in data and insight provision, scoping, research and managing implementation of solutions. 
• Enhance the strategic usage of Business Intelligence assets in the NPH. 
• Represent DBT in the North with internal and external Stakeholders in relation to all Data and Insight issues; leading on the potential for collaboration where appropriate. 

Hybrid Working

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The role will be based in either Leeds, Manchester or Darlington. You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process.

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

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

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

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

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

Essential Criteria 

• Experience of leading teams to deliver high quality data products.  
• Experience of managing the production of blended business microdata sets in a government context. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a demonstrable track record of convincing a range of stakeholders to buy into the use and application of strategic data and insight. 
• Strong written, story telling and data visualisation skills with the ability to present analysis and recommendations at senior level.  
• Experience in tracking conversions, impact, value for money and customer journeys. 
• Ability to support a diverse range of users to adopt a data-led approach. 

Desirable Criteria  

• experience of Amazon Quicksight or Power BI.  
• experience of turning data into insight to support local partnership and marketing messages.
• experience of creating data and insight products and dashboards.

Personal Attributes & Skills 

We are looking for an individual who:  

• Is good at working and credibly communicating with others including external partners and senior individuals. 
• Has experience and enthusiasm for leading a team, including coaching and developing others, to ensure a high performing, highly engaged and happy team. 
• Can identify opportunities for new and innovative data and insight products. 
• Promotes good data visualisation and communication practices. 
• Demonstrates experience of ensuring business priorities are met through the deployment of human and financial resources. 
• Has an ability to translate complex and broad material – both qualitative and quantitative – into clear written or oral analysis and communications, including briefings and presentations. 
• Demonstrates a strong results driven approach, recognising the need for accuracy, prioritising multiple demands and meeting deadlines. 

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

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

Alongside your salary of £52,000, Department for Business and Trade contributes £14,040 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%

Belfast, Gartcosh, Sunderland, Wakefield, Warrington

Become an accredited NCA Officer. Lead the fight against Serious and Organised crime and protect the public from the most dangerous criminals. Enable us to develop your learning, knowledge and capability equipping you with the skills and support to target and pursue those who pose greatest risk to the UK. Gain specialist skills and progress to experience a world of roles in one team, one NCA.

To learn more about this role, please register your interest for the following event:
On 2nd August 2023 at 18:00-19:00 we will be hosting a MS Teams event where you can hear from NCA Officers working and be given the opportunity to ask questions about the role and what it’s like to work for the NCA.
Attendance for this event is by invitation only. To register your interest, please contact [email protected] ASAP with the subject NCA – ODP Investigations Event 2nd August 2023.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) leads the UK’S fight against Serious and Organised Crime, protecting the public from the most dangerous criminals. We are committed to attracting new talent to our Team by recruiting trainees into the Agency and developing them into capable accredited investigators (the operational pathway), Intelligence officers (the intelligence pathway) or Analysts (the analyst pathway).

The role of an NCA Investigator, Intelligence officer or Analyst requires no prior law enforcement experience, with all successful trainees enrolled onto the bespoke Officer Development Programme (ODP). This is a two year structured training programme, in which officers are required to evidence competence across a range of investigational, intelligence or analytical competencies.

***All NCA officers must hold SC Enhanced upon entry as a minimum. To meet the National Security Vetting requirements for this role you will need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 out of the past 5 years. For more information please see the Candidate information Pack***

During this process, by identifying and valuing the aptitudes of each individual and developing their learning, knowledge and acquired ability, the Agency will seek to place each person in an appropriate, challenging and rewarding role, on the appropriate pathway.

By successfully completing this comprehensive training programme and achieving accreditation as an NCA investigator, NCA Intelligence officer, or NCA Analyst you will be trained to partake in serious and organised crime investigations to a national standard.

These roles are integral to the Agency’s ability to lead the UK’S fight to cut Serious and Organised crime, and offer opportunity to specialise in both overt and covert investigations and progress to a world of varied careers in one NCA.

Full DVLA Licence (Includes Full EU Licences) or the ability to obtain a Full Driving Licence within one year in post (this will be required for investigation pathways only)

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

Confirmation of holding a minimum of Grade 4 / C GCSE including Mathematics and English or equivalent at the time of application

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

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

• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Describe a personal achievement of which you are proud and explain how you accomplished this.
• Describe a time where you have overcome adversity.
• Explain what inspires you. This could include:  Where you have been inspired to solve a problem.  To develop or learn something new.  To change direction in your life.

Alongside your salary of £26,370, National Crime Agency contributes £7,119 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Multi-location from one of our FSA Offices (Belfast, Cardiff or York), or home based in the UK. Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not overseas. Regular UK and international travel will be required, with overnight stays.

Are you a skilled leader with an extensive understanding of criminal intelligence and investigation? Can you build corporate and system capability and develop those around you so that they can better achieve their goals? Are you excited by the opportunity to make positive change that will impact lives across the country? The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking for a Head of National Food Crime Unit (NFCU), who can ensure we continue to prevent, disrupt and take action against those committing food crimes across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The unit plays a key role within the FSA, providing a law enforcement capability that works proactively and reactively to minimise the impact of food crime in the UK. The work we do makes a real difference to consumers and keeping the food we eat safe and ranges from producing a compelling, accurate and dynamic intelligence picture of relevant threats to delivering a comprehensive response to them. You will cover significant ground as the Head of NFCU, this will involve ensuring that the unit works effectively with Police Forces, other law enforcement agencies and the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that intelligence and investigations result in successful prosecutions.  As well as leading the delivery of our work in England and collaborating closely with colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, you’ll be responsible for over 80 geographically dispersed staff and an annual budget of £5.3m. A key part of your role will be about building resilience and capability in the food system, including helping businesses and consumers to become more aware of crime threats.

Your leadership skills and experience will form a significant part of the role. Your commitment to public safety will be a key feature in how you inspire, motivate and support a diverse, geographically dispersed unit – creating an environment where colleagues have access to the development they need personally and professionally.  You will also ensure that we have the right people, systems, and knowledge to get the job done, providing strategic direction and personal expertise that will enable us to better deliver our work.  This will also involve overseeing a programme of transformation in response to a recent Strategic review that will see us better adapt to the ever-changing food crime landscape. As the public face of the NFCU you will be an excellent communicator, working collaboratively with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders, and acting as an ambassador for the NFCU, FSA and wider Civil Service both at home and abroad including representing the FSA in court proceedings and during media interviews. You’ll have professional and personal credibility as a senior leader, be adept at building effective relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders; and exert influence in a multi-agency working environment that is complex and interconnected. As a Senior Civil Servant, you’ll also play an important role in the ongoing corporate leadership, management and development of the organisation. You’ll work closely with the FSA Board and Executive Management Team, offering expert advice and guidance, and working to empower colleagues across the FSA to deliver. If you are committed to public safety, a resilient professional, keen to bring your expertise to this important area of the FSA’s work, and can manage a complex portfolio in a fast-paced and challenging environment, then this role offers a fantastic opportunity. Apply to join us as Head of NFCU today, and help us deliver safe food for consumers everywhere. To find out more: Please follow this link to hear the FSA’s Director of Operations share more about the role, the FSA and what we’re looking for in a successful candidate FSA Director of Operations Junior Johnson on the Head of NFCU position – YouTube Please note: As this is an investigatory / intelligence role we need to be aware if any of our employees have any of the following: any misconduct or gross misconduct findings or where proceedings are not complete. You will be asked to complete a declaration form covering the above if offered a role with the FSA. You must declare to the best of your knowledge: ·         Any disciplinary finding of guilt / failure to meet the appropriate standard of conduct relating to your employment you have ever had ·         Any charge of a disciplinary offence / notification of a failure to meet the appropriate standards you have ever had where the case has not yet been concluded The disclosure of this information will not automatically disbar you from this role but we need to be aware of any event or issue which could impinge on your credibility if questioned in court.

Please read the attached Candidate Pack to discover further details about the role, our organisation, who we are looking for and the criteria we will assess against during the selection process. We look forward to receiving your application and wish you every success.

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Our candidate pack details the benefits that the FSA has to offer. Please also refer to the attached Terms and Conditions statement.

Bangor (Gwynedd), Blackpool, Bridgend, Glasgow, Kilmarnock, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

We are looking to fill a key role within the Business Continuity and Resilience Team (BCR) which is part of the Security, Continuity, Resilience and Response Directorate within the Change and Resilience Group. This is a busy Directorate at the centre of DWP, within the Change & Resilience Group.

In the past few years we have led the department’s response to COVID, EU exit, accidents and natural hazards, London Bridge and multiple business continuity, security and cyber incidents while delivering programmes to build operational and organisational resilience across the department as a whole. We also play a full part in cross-government resilience policy and capability development. If you are looking for a challenge where you can see the impact of your work on a daily as well as a lasting basis, then this is the place for you.  The BCR team is located across multiple locations in England, Scotland and Wales. DWP is both large and complex, with dependencies and delivery relationships across UK Government, the Devolved Administrations and private sector partners.

As part of this recruitment campaign, we are looking to establish a reserve list which will be valid for 12 months in the event of any future vacancies.  As such, we are providing a broad range of our activity covered by our HEO team. Specific roles will be discussed when posting candidates.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in the delivery of elements of team activity which spans:

• The ongoing development of a Business Continuity Management System for an organisation of approx. 85,000 staff, over 800 sites and with around 500 supplier contracts.
• The management of incidents with the potential to disrupt high-volume and critical financial, employment and welfare services.
• Departmental preparedness for the full range of risks in the National Security Risk Assessment and a role in the COBR-coordinated cross-government response to high-consequence events.
• Development of a programme to professionalise business continuity and resilience activity across government through the development of policy, capability standards and competence frameworks.

Whilst individual roles have specific responsibilities, it is essential to us that our team work together to ensure that DWP builds, develops and embeds business continuity arrangements.  This guarantees we have assured and rehearsed contingency plans and can demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement whilst being flexible and effective in our approach to incident and crisis response.

Responsibilities will include some of, but will not be restricted to, the following:

• Support the development of Business Continuity capability across DWP through the production and maintenance of effective Business Continuity policies, plans and guidance through utilising our software solution.
• Maintain high levels of engagement with stakeholders to ensure the completion of a comprehensive assurance programme, exercising and business impact analysis across all our sites and corporate areas
• Conduct proactive horizon scanning both internally and externally to identify threats, risks and proposed business changes affecting Business Continuity delivery. Develop mitigation strategies to build resilience to any threats identified.
• Provide a focal point of contact for the incident management process for all disruptions across DWP during the normal working day and outside of business hours. Offer support, communications and escalation to all relevant stakeholders during the disruption until the incident is resolved. Facilitate post-disruption activities to ensure that events are fully understood and lessons are learnt effectively. Identify and deliver improvements and updated guidance products, including MI analysis as necessary to build resilience.
• Lead the management and coordination of an enhanced Crisis and Incident Response function by leveraging specialist expertise from across DWP (via virtual team arrangements) to support wider Government priorities in response to civil contingencies risks and issues.
• Have responsibility for consistent messaging regarding all departmental responsibilities and provide updates for senior officials, Directors and Ministers. Provide professional, accurate and factual communications and briefings for Ministers and senior officials, many of which will appear in the public domain.
• Drive and develop an exercising agenda to validate Business Continuity arrangements and build knowledge across DWP. Steering and guiding senior managers to act on the outcomes and lessons learnt from exercises to improve the robustness of Business Continuity planning and ensuring that exercises support the improved resilience of DWP business delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders internally and across government to promote closer working, improve Business Continuity policies, explore and exploit opportunities for joined up working and sharing of best practice across Government to ensure standards are consistent and focussed on continual improvement.
• Drive resilience improvements across Government leading, supporting, influencing and directing the resilience community through organisation and delivery of the Business Continuity Forum, maintenance of Resilience Direct and exercising and reviewing Cross-Government Business Continuity Plans.

Additional Information: 

• The role requires someone who is willing to work towards attaining Membership of the Business Continuity Institute (MBCI) certification within 3 years.
• This post will require some travel nationally and this may involve occasional overnight stays.
• Please note the post includes a requirement to provide incident management support outside of normal business hours through on call arrangements and an out of hours rota. On call allowances are paid.
• This is a national team dispersed over multiple locations. The post holder may be working on their own, remotely from other team members.
• The role can be based out of the locations advertised but please note that depending on business need and estates capacity, other locations may be available but cannot be guaranteed.
• For jobs located in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
• We are looking to increase our representation; we encourage applications from Minority Ethnic backgrounds and other protected characteristics.

Essential Criteria:

1. Leadership – demonstrate the ability to lead and support people through cultural change/transformation, highly driven and capable self-motivated professional, who has the ability to motivate others and drive forward change and large projects.
   
2. Stakeholder engagement – evidence of identifying key stakeholders and forging strong relationships to deliver business objectives and outcomes, bringing together diverse groups of people with a range of skills and capabilities to deliver ‘best in class’ results whilst providing team members with opportunities to progress and develop.
3. Effective Planning – showing the ability to define the fundamental components of a project in terms of its scope, deliverables, time scales, resource requirements and budget. Plus, the ability to manage risks and issues including those that are strategic and politically sensitive, ensuring regular reporting and escalation as appropriate providing a consolidated overview of a project.
4. Quality Service – showing the ability to plan, develop, maintain and apply quality management processes including Governance and risks to ensure the adherence to those standards throughout the project delivery lifecycle ensuring and monitoring the long-term delivery of benefits against the Business Case.

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

• Leadership
• 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%

Bristol, South West England, BS2 0ES : Cardiff, Wales, CF10 1EP : London, London (region), E20 1HZ : Salford, North West England, M3 5BS : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE98 1ZZ : Telford, West Midlands (England), TF3 4NT

This is an exciting time to join the HMRC Security community. 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. 
 
HMRC Security’s primary purpose is to work in partnership with the business as the security experts, operating within an agreed departmental risk tolerance. 
 
Working within the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) function, as a specialist in security risk management, you will support the Chief Security Officer’s vision of establishing Security as a Board-driven concern that aligns to HMRC’s enterprise Security risks.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Government Security Function, working at the heart of security risk management in HMRC – one of the largest Government Departments and one of the UK’s biggest organisations.

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. This role is aligned to the Government Security Profession Career Framework: Risk Management at Lead level, part of the Corporate Enablers security specialism.

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.

You will be part of a small team of security risk specialists who lead the identification, analysis, assurance and reporting of Personnel, Physical and Supplier Security risks at the highest level in HMRCs 2nd line of defence. This team sits within the Governance, Risk and Compliance team in HMRC Security. GRC are responsible for owning and managing the enterprise level security risks at tier 1 and tier 2, setting and assessing the departmental security risk appetite and tolerance and defining the associated security controls, including the security policies and standards.

The Personnel, Physical and Supplier Security Risks are Tier 2 risks that support the HMRC Security Risk held by ExCom. They aim to mitigate the threats to our people and locations, while also ensuring appropriate layers of security to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of HMRC assets.

The post-holder will assist the Grade 7 Security Risk Leads in the analysis and risk reporting of one of these key security disciplines – seeking to improve risk management and risk mitigation in HMRC and Government. The primary focus of this post will be on Personnel Security (Insider Threat), working to the Personnel Security Risk Lead.

Responsibilities:

Support the management of the Tier 2 Security Risks for HMRC by:

Conducting research and analysis to produce data driven evidence and reports in support of security risk management.

Ensuring the timely delivery, coordination and reporting of risk mitigation through Governance Boards.

Developing and maintaining the security threat landscape.

Assisting in the development of solutions to security-based issues and problems through evidence-based recommendations.

Undertaking assurance that HMRC’s security risk identification and management is effective and efficient – carrying out programmes of activity to assess whether the department’s security controls are sufficient and operating as intended.

Commissioning evidence to inform risk-based decisions on policy & process improvements and drive the commissioning of HMRC education and awareness pieces addressing security concerns.

Building, maintaining and leveraging strong relationships with HMRC colleagues in our security teams, business areas, as well as across-government in order to influence policy and share experience and solutions.

Driving engagement on security concerns; Report to HMRC Security, CDIO and HMRC Executive Committee to inform and steer understanding of risk and responses.

Working collaboratively with HMRC business areas and Security & Information Business Partners to improve capabilities and security practices.

Contributing to the wider HMRC Security objectives, supporting the Governance Risk and Compliance function in the business as usual of Security Risk Management and the Government Security Profession.

Person Specification:

A self-starter, with a strong completer / finisher mindset, strong engagement and analytical skills, role-model HMRC behaviours, working in a flexible and proactive way to assist in the management of HMRC’s Security Risks.

You will be a strong communicator, both written and verbal. Confident in managing communication and stakeholders at all levels, collaborating across teams, organisational boundaries and Government departments to deliver security risk information clearly and succinctly.

You should be able to bring together and analyse the views and perspectives of internal and external stakeholders to gain a wider picture of the landscape surrounding activities and policies. Able to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on your analysis of the security landscape.

You must be able to build and maintain a network of colleagues and contacts to achieve progress on business objectives and shared interests.

You must be able to work under pressure, independently and as part of a team.

Essential Criteria:

You must be willing to quickly build up a knowledge of risk management principles, specifically security risk management – with a strong interest and willingness to learn.

You must be willing to attain industry recognised qualifications in security and risk management e.g. CISMP, CISSP, PCIRM, CMIIA.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £41,782, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £11,281 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%

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 : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS1 4AP : Salford, North West England, M3 5BS : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE98 1ZZ : Telford, West Midlands (England), TF3 4NT

The Team.

Cyber Security Technical Services (CSTS) is part of the HMRC Security area of Chief Digital and Information Office (CDIO). The team is responsible for delivering a holistic set of technical security services to HMRC projects and programmes (enterprise/solutions security architecture, technical security risk and security Testing).

You will be working in a modern, digital organisation leading the activity of the Cyber Security Technical Services’ Operations Management Team (OMT).

Our team is dedicated to delivering an exemplar service to its customers, working collaboratively and being innovative and creative in its approach to new processes and business demands.

You will be expected to develop and manage strong networks and relationships with key stakeholders at all levels both within CSTS,and externally across HMRC and external third parties.

You will also be expected to;

• lead the delivery of an effective workflow function for cyber security technical services.
• lead the fast-paced operational team, facilitating the delivery of our services across HMRC programmes and live services.
• lead and deliver a range of customer-focused performance outcomes, ensuring customer relationships are effectively managed.
• lead on customer engagement, guidance and manage complaints and escalations.
• maintain a network of key relationships including links with the Chief Operating Office and other senior partners in the organisation in relation to demand and delivery.
• collaborate with a range of CSTS technical security professionals, directing these resources to deliver CSTS objectives.
• drive continuous improvement, having input and influence to realise efficiencies.

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 Role.

You will ensure successful delivery of a highly efficient security customer-facing engagement and workflow process, providing technical cyber security resources and the capability to lead high profile projects and programmes.

You will work closely with the CSTS technical security professionals, directing their tasks and managing their workflow, You will also support the delivery of our KPIs, our business plan, communications strategy, capability building and performance reporting.

You will enjoy working in a creative, engaging and fast-paced team, and be able to deliver with impact.

Responsibilities;

•    Oversight of key deliverables, working with technical and operational colleagues to create, maintain and deliver effective processes and successful business delivery.
•    Lead on a range of Operations Management Team activity, including the delivery of a demanding front door engagement process and an effective workflow function.
•    Lead a performance reporting, resource/recruitment and financial management function, which provides comprehensive information via Power BI, to enable our SLT to make informed business decisions at a senior level.
•    Lead on allocation of technical resources to high profile projects and programmes, directing their work allocation and ways of working.
•    Deliver a successful communications strategy, including operational plans for customer education and guidance.
•    Have credibility and delegated authority to represent the G7 at a range of senior forums when required.
•    Lead commercial arrangements on behalf of CSTS including supplier relationships and internal commercial stakeholder engagement.
•    Managing and motivate a team of direct reports, reviewing their performance and developing their skillsets.

Vetting clearance levels.

This post requires vetting to SC (Security Clearance) level and appointment will be conditional on successfully attaining SC.

Please be aware that if SC is not granted the offer of appointment to this role will be removed, which is likely to result in you being placed into the redeployment pool.

The Security Clearance process is extensive so please speak with the vacancy holder if you have any questions regarding the SC process before you apply.

Essential criteria.

The ideal candidate will have;

•    Proven experience of leading a customer-facing delivery team, with experience in leading  performance reporting, resource/recruitment and financial management functions
•    Strong ability in managing and prioritising a large and varied workload, taking decisions under pressure and meeting challenging deadlines. 
•    Strong understanding of workflow processes, preferably with experience in an automated workflow system such as JIRA or Clarity, or similar.
•    Experience of a range of Microsoft 365 applications and their associated automations and links.
•    Proven communications skills with an ability to articulate a range of information in response to strategic direction, and at a senior level.

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £41,782, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £11,281 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%
• Annual Leave; full-time employees have a starting paid annual leave allowance of 25 days per year pro-rata, which will increase by one day for each year’s qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days. If you’re transferring over from an Other Government Department (OGD), we will take account of your previous qualifying service, provided there is no break in your service between you working for your previous department and taking up service with HMRC. 
  If you’re transferring over from a recognised Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), you will have your previous qualifying service recognised from 1 March 2011, provided it is continuous with your service with HMRC.

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