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Abbey Wood: Bristol, AWE Aldermaston: Reading

Do you want to be at the heart of real Defence issues and play a key role in the United Kingdom’s (UK) national security?

Established in April 2016, the Defence Nuclear Organisation (DNO) delivers nuclear capability to deter threats and protect our nation.

The DNO oversees all defence nuclear business (excluding operations) and is responsible for providing nuclear deterrence; sponsoring the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (all the organisations, programmes and people that sustain the UK’s nuclear deterrent); and advising on UK nuclear policy, planning and international co-operation on nuclear matters.

The UK’s independent nuclear deterrent has existed for over 60 years to deter the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life, and that of our NATO Allies. To ensure that we have a credible and capable nuclear deterrent for as long as the security situation requires, we are building four new nuclear armed submarines – known as the Dreadnought Class – and replacing our nuclear warheads. These renewal programmes will utilise world-leading technology and are a showcase in science and engineering, highlighting the prowess of British industry.

Here at DNO we strongly believe that diversity and inclusion is not only the right thing to do but is also essential for a thriving and successful organisation. We know that diverse teams bring a wide range of perspectives, experiences and ideas, which lead to better decision-making, creativity and innovation. We have a culture where differences are celebrated and our people feel supported, included and empowered. Join us and be part of an organisation that truly values diversity and inclusion and makes a positive impact on the world.

The Warhead Directorate leads the UK nuclear warhead programme which provides a stockpile of reliable, safe and effective nuclear warheads to support the UK’s strategic nuclear deterrent now and in the future.

The Warhead Directorate has staff based in MOD Main Building, MOD Abbey Wood (Bristol), Aldermaston (Reading) and HM Naval Base Clyde (Scotland). This post will be based in either Bristol or Reading with the requirement to travel between sites regularly.

This post is on the MOD Civilian Nuclear Post Control List (PCL) and may attract the Nuclear Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA). This is a discretionary allowance. The post being listed on the PCL does not mean that the post holder will have an automatic entitlement to receive the RRA. The NSQEP RRA is not a contractual allowance and can be amended or withdrawn without notice in line with MOD Main and Submarine Delivery Agency policy..

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

This is a key position within the Nuclear Transport team, responsible for the safety, security and environmental management of the next generation nuclear transport capability, related infrastructure and equipment programmes. With a growing programme and increasing capability requirements this post will provide essential skills and expertise to enable effective delivery and approval of this capability in support of the Nuclear Enterprise.

This is an interesting post in a strong and supportive team, with a variety of opportunities to grow professional skills, get involved in nuclear operations and contribute to the development of the new generation of transport and logistics.

The DNO Transport team sit within the Warhead Directorate and are responsible for the movement of all Defence Nuclear Material across the Defence Enterprise. The team therefore provide services to several areas; supporting transport operations, emergency planning, managing a fleet of specialist vehicles as well as planning for future requirements.

The Future Transport team, within DNO Transport, are responsible for the development and delivery of new, safe and secure, transport capabilities for the movement of Defence Nuclear Material. The project team responsible for this large-scale procurement activity now seek a Safety and Security Manager to oversee the safety, environmental and security aspects of this procurement and through life capability.

A full driving licence will be required to enable travel between sites.

The team are supportive of hybrid working however the role will require routine site access to attend meetings and access to IT systems.

It is also important to note that due to the highly secure work of the directorate, you will need to be a UK national and achieve Developed Vetting security level before you would be able to start in the role.

Role Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the delivery and implementation of all safety, environmental and security aspects of the future transport capability. This will include:

• Maintenance and execution of associated Safety and Environmental Management Plans, Security Management Plans and Approval Demonstration Plans.
• Setting requirements and acting as an intelligent customer for contracts and tasking with suppliers and subject matter experts.
• Generation and management of system safety, environmental and security justifications, cases and approval submissions.
• Lead regulatory engagement with Defence Regulators.
• Stakeholder engagement with safety and security leads from across the Defence Nuclear Programme to ensure alignment and integration for future transport and container capabilities.

The role will also have line management responsibilities for staff to support these responsibilities.

Qualifications & Skills

This role requires that the candidate has a strong technical background with several years’ experience managing safety or security in a complex high hazard enterprise. The ideal candidate would have degree level qualifications in science, technology or engineering with specialist training in safety or security management. It is appreciated that candidates may not have skills and experience in both safety and security but training and on the job development can be provided. Experience working within a highly regulated environment and working with regulators would be desirable.

Organisation and communication skills are essential to succeeding in this position, alongside management of relationships with stakeholders and suppliers.

In addition to learning and skill development opportunities relevant to this role, there are opportunities to be involved in emergency planning and transport convoy operations in support of the wider DNO Transport Team.

Skills

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in safety or security management roles within a high hazard or security sensitive environment.

Desirable Qualifications

• Safety Case Development
• Security Management in Defence
• System Safety Process Management
• Nuclear Introductory Course
• Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Intermediate Course
• Membership with an appropriate science, technology or engineering institute

Desirable Skills

• 2 years’ experience of working in the Defence Nuclear Programme with knowledge of regulations and procedures across all life cycle phases.
• 3 years’ experience in safety or security management roles within complex, high hazard enterprises.
• Experience generating and/or managing safety cases.
• Experience generating and/or management security statements.
• Experience generating or contributing to Threat Assessments.
• Experience in developing safety and/or security requirements for systems/Defence procurements.

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

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

• Nuc 1.1 – Nuclear Safety & Security Culture
• Nuc 1.2 – Nuclear Safety Management Systems

We truly believe that the MOD is a great place to work, and we offer a unique employee experience. We want to ensure that every single employee feels appreciated & fairly rewarded and offer the following additional benefits:

• Learning and development tailored to your role and broader skill development, enabling you to build a long-term career in your chosen area. Where appropriate there will be offers of training under our apprenticeship schemes.
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• 25 days annual leave, raising to 30 days following 5 years’ service (+ 8 days bank and public holidays), with family friendly benefits including improved maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Cycle Loan (Advance on Salary)
• Thank You Scheme
• Defence Sports & Recreational Association (DSRA)
• Defence Discount Service
• Some of our sites have on-site gyms, restaurants, cafes, nurseries and more

MOD Main Building, London

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Defence Intelligence (DI) Counter Proliferation (CP) Biological Weapons (BW) team as an all-source intelligence analyst.

DI is a world-class organisation that supports policy and decision-making at the heart of the Ministry of Defence and the national security community. DI is the MoD’s central provider of strategic level intelligence. In DI, our people solve problems, create understanding and give perspective to the diverse and complex Defence threats and challenges in a rapidly changing world. Together our civilians and military personnel inform decision making in Defence, manage complex finance programmes and develop new technology.

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

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week and is based in MOD Main Building.

The role will involve working in a busy team assessing adversary biological weapons capabilities to support and inform decision-making within Defence and across wider government. The DI CP-BW team assesses information related to biological weapons from a range of sources, including open, technical, and classified. The team works closely with the DI CP Chemical Weapons (CW) team, as well as the wider CP Centre (and others across DI), to provide important advice to the Arms Control and Counter Proliferation communities right across Government to support the implementation of international arms control treaties. The assessments we produce have real impact and provide policy and decision makers with insight, foresight, and decision advantage to a broad range of government departments and agencies. These include: the MOD, FCDO, and the Cabinet Office Assessment Staff. Our work also informs MOD chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) policy, Joint Capability and Defence Medical Services to develop protective equipment and medical countermeasures for the UK’s Armed Forces.

Responsibilities

This is a highly varied role, the post holder will:

• Lead on producing all source assessment of biological and chemical warfare capabilities of hostile actors, in accordance with the PHIA analytic standards and DI guidance.
• Develop subject matter expertise, acting as an expert across the DI CP community, using all resources available to you and keeping abreast of all source information on specific geographic and technical areas.
• Fuse information across the biological and chemical teams, developing collaborative work spaces, both within DI and across the wider counter proliferation community.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with customers and stakeholders, ensuring intelligence output is aligned to their requirements, decision-making processes and timelines.
• Communicate assessments, including briefing to customers such as ministers, senior civil servants, and military capability, policy and decision-makers, routinely and in a timely manner.
• Participate fully in national and international intelligence community collaboration processes and activities.
• Work closely with international partners with potential opportunities to attend overseas meetings.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidates must have a STEM degree (or equivalent experience) providing technical and/or analytical skills and the ability to demonstrate:

• Experience in collating, structuring, and evaluating large diverse data sets.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, enabling the post holder to succinctly convey complex information to a wide audience.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Strong IT skills, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Aptitude to prioritise, work under pressure and to meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others.

The following are desirable but not essential and can be developed within role:

• Knowledge and/or experience of biological and/or chemical warfare issues (and/or related capabilities, policies, and treaties).
• Experience or awareness of the UK intelligence community and the role it plays in national security.

A STEM degree (or equivalent experience) providing technical and/or analytical skills.

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

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

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• PHIA – Analysis, tradecraft and assessment (Highly Proficient)

There are a wide variety of employee benefits for civil service staff in DI, including (this list is not exhaustive):

• Salary Payroll Giving
• Financial Education Resources
• Bicycle Purchase Advance & Cycle to Work Scheme
• Holiday, Season Ticket, Tenancy Deposit & Work Space Salary Advance Loans
• Free Parking (not available at Main Building)
• Generous Pension Scheme with employer contribution between 26.6% & 30.3%
• Death in Service Benefit
• Up to 30 days’ Annual Leave, and one Privilege Day
• Special Leave (including Study Leave and Volunteering Leave)
• Adoption, Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave
• Childcare Vouchers
• On-Site Nursery & Childcare at some MOD sites
• Flexible Working Hours
• Discounted Healthcare Packages
• Eyesight Tests and Spectacles
• Free On-Site Gyms at many sites
• Employee Assistance Programme
• In-Year Reward and Thank You Schemes
• Talent Schemes
• Defence Discounts
• Microsoft & Vodafone Employee Discount Schemes
• Boundless and Civil Service Sports Council Memberships available
• On-site shops, restaurants & cafes at most sites

Blackpool, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield

The post holder will play a key role in influencing and providing strategic direction for the Security Education and Awareness Centre (SEAC) activity as part of the wider Government Security agenda.

The post-holder will provide a business partnering role, building and maintaining a stakeholder network, working with SEAC partners, including Government Security Group (GSG), National Technical Authorities (NTAs), and partner Government Security Centres, to generate and develop Security Education and Awareness (SEA) commissions, providing SEA advice and guidance and leading the development of cross government campaigns.

To do so, the post-holder will need to demonstrate strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate within a complex and multi-partner environment.

The post-holder will also fulfil a role in the wider promotion of SEAC and SEA across Government, briefing senior leaders, as to the importance of SEA, outlining department requirements – as outlined in the Security Functional Standard. The post-holder will achieve this by working alongside departments, to assist in the development of internal and bespoke SEA programmes and provide guidance on the need to effectively evaluate the impact SEA campaigns have on changing the security culture and behaviours.

To do so, it would be beneficial if the post-holder has some experience and knowledge of organisational SEA. The post-holder will have the ability to develop and craft security related messages in an accessible, creative and impactful manner, that will influence individual and organisational behaviours and security culture, which will resonate across Government and partners.

The Security Education and Awareness Centre  (SEAC), is hosted and led by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). As one of 5 Government Security Centres (GSeCs), SEAC is responsible for providing a centrally coordinated, streamlined approach to Government security education and awareness, providing high quality, high impact Pan-Government SEA campaign material and best practice products, raising standards and performance across Government, and within individual Departments, working with the Security Advisor community, Government Security Group (GSG), and the National Technical Authorities (NTAs).

Our high level objectives are to improve security behaviours and culture across government by:

• Developing a collaborative community of SEA practitioners across government.
• Developing SEA skills, knowledge and capability across government to help SEA practitioners deliver SEA programmes.
• Producing value-adding pan-government SEA campaigns, products and best practice material to improve SEA standards across government.
• Promoting & supporting the development of SEA programmes across government organisations.
• Enabling/establishing mechanisms for departments to track SEA performance evaluation.

The Security team is delivering an event on Tuesday 13th June 2023 at 11am to talk to potential candidates about the roles.

To join the event please click here:  Security Education and Awareness Centre Delivery Lead – Tickets, Tue 13 Jun 2023 at 11:00 , Eventbrite

• Fulfil a business partnering role, effectively building and maintaining intelligent networks across multiple stakeholders, including engaging at a senior level (e.g. Chief Security Officers and Security Advisors).
• Advocate and champion the importance of SEA as part of a holistic approach to improving security standards across Government and within individual departments, highlighting organisational requirements and accountabilities, benefits realisation, and return on investment.
• Work alongside key Government agencies and individual Government departments, providing bespoke and targeted SEA advice and guidance, helping to identify and deliver SEA needs, assisting in the development of SEA strategy, programme(s) and campaigns.
• Provide design expertise, advising and operating across multiple channels and media, to help shape and develop impactful SEA campaign materials and best practice collateral, both for deployment across Government, and for use within individual departments where needed.
• Lead, deliver and assure SEAC activity, ensuring that the overall work programme is achieved to appropriate professional standards, adopting project management methodologies and best practice, delivering within budget and to timescales.
• Develop an evidence/risk based approach to SEA, seeking out and utilising metrics to demonstrate the need for specific awareness and evaluating the impact of any deliverables.
• Identify instances of best practice both within and outside government, seeking engagement opportunities in local government, public sector agencies, academia, health sector and industry.
• Lead and develop individual capabilities, that of a multi-location and diverse internal team and evolve and mature cross-government working groups.

 Essential Criteria:

• Experience of stakeholder management, and the ability to engage effectively across multiple organisations operating, within a complex multi-partner environment.
• Have demonstrable experience of providing strong leadership, direction, and decision making, with the proven ability to steer senior conversations.
• An understanding of SEA programmes, strategies and campaigns, employing various techniques and a variety of channels such as online/digital and/or physical media to a diverse range of audiences.
• Experience of identifying, collating, interpreting and explaining insights, using these to inform the development of SEA activity.
• An appreciation and understanding of positive security behaviours, and security culture change.

 Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of communicating/designing and delivering SEA campaigns using a variety of channels such as visual, online/digital and/or physical media, with practical experience employing various techniques to target different, and a diverse range of, target audiences.

Qualifications are desirable – not essential – because DWP has a comprehensive Security Profession learning and accreditation offer and prioritises investment in building skills and experience as part of our wider employee value proposition.

• Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
• SANS MGT433

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

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

• 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%

Hybrid working 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.

Darlington, London

This recruitment is continuing as usual, but candidates should be aware that following the Government’s announcement on the changes to some civil service departments, roles will be located in the new Department for Business and Trade. We will provide more information if you are selected for a role. This work remains of high importance to the civil service, and we thank you for your continued interest.

The newly created Department for Business and Trade (DBT) brings together the business focused functions of the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for International Trade (DIT). Our joint expertise in trade and business provides us with a unique opportunity to unleash the power of UK businesses, reform regulation to reduce burdens and unlock post-Brexit freedoms.  

 The Security function’s role is to protect the Department’s people, assets, and information from those who wish to damage it. We do this by building a diverse team with expert, generalist, and entry level roles to work together to solve the challenges we face. This mix allows us to develop talent and to benefit from a wide range of life experiences. The security function has two separate elements, the Core Security Team and the Trade Negotiations Security Team. This role sits within the Core Security Teams Information Assurance (IA) Hub.

 The IA Hub is a function tasked with providing the Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) with a data-led view of DBT’s information risk exposure. It achieves this through securing the relevant data points from key control processes across DBT and then provides consumable reporting products to the SIRO and other key stakeholders. The role will primarily focus on helping to support in risk data analysis within information assurance and supplier assurance.

This role will support the Deputy Head of the IA Hub with Key Risk Indicators (KRI) management. You will be a key link between the Team, colleagues in the wider department and external stakeholders. You will get the opportunity to work on risk analysis of information assurance and supplier assurance, which will include (but aren’t limited to):

•  Supporting the deputy head of the function in identifying, securing and standardising all information assurance data points that are salient to SIRO reporting.

• Supporting the IA Hub in producing the functions reporting products. This involves analysing risk data, which is pulled in from functional teams across DBT, performing quality assurance on the data, identify gaps and deriving insights.

• Undertaking key operational activities/tasks to ensure the functions operates as intended and that its products and outputs are timely, accurate and trustworthy. 

 

• Supporting the deputy head of the function in ensuring stakeholders are engaged and managed and that reporting metrics are agreed and implemented to enable an accurate view of information risk exposure for the SIRO. 

• Preparation of internal reporting on key performance metrics which includes identifying trends to inform future plans of the IA Hub and stakeholders. 

• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Providing ad hoc support to areas of the wider security team as and when required.

Hybrid working

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

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

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

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

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

Vetting Requirements

All security clearances require you to provide evidence of your UK footprint where you have been physically present in the UK. The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.

 If you require SC clearance you will need to provide evidence of the below requirements.

 Checks will be made against:

•  Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records).
•  UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records.
•  Our credit and financial history with a credit reference agency.
•  Security Services records.

 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

• A background and experience in risk data analysis. 
• A good attention to detail, particularly in analysing and presenting information for internal and external audiences. 
• The ability to work as part of a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.
• The ability to prioritise between multiple work streams to ensure that deadlines are met.

Desirable Criteria 

•  Familiar with data management best practice. 
• A certain level of technical security understanding would be useful.
• Basic knowledge of programming languages, such as SQL.
• Good stakeholder engagement skills, with evidence of building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience of working within or with government security.

Personal Attributes & Skills 

• Able to work independently, prioritise and take initiative to effectively manage varied work strands and projects.
• Someone who is willing to make suggestions about how things can be improved when they see problems.
• Someone who can manage tight deadlines but is also able to push back when something is unrealistic.

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

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving

• 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%.

East Kilbride

Calling all graduates looking for their first job in Cyber Security or candidates with a passion for Cyber Security…

Would you be interested in making a meaningful contribution to the UK’s national security, whilst enjoying an enviable work-life balance, 25 days holiday (rising to 30), all with the added benefits of a civil service pension scheme?

You’re home.

Whilst we sit in an established government department, the team structure and ethos is dynamic and agile, more akin to a modern tech start-up. We are pioneering new ways of delivering classified technology services across government, and we’re having fun doing it.

Joining the team within our Security Operations Centre you will play a critical role in protecting our people, information and technology. You will play an important role that is operationally focused to incoming incident triage, investigation and response. Key to our success is the ability to continually improve, tune and develop our security toolset and analysts are empowered to own and participate in the development of the security monitoring capabilities. We foster an environment where continual personal development of our staff is fully supported, and we commit time to analysts to meet their learning objectives.

• Complete analysis/correlation of ‘Events of Interest’ to identify incidents
• Ensure that all events, events of interest, exceptions & incidents are responded to in accordance with established SOC work instructions, including remedial action/recommendations.
• Create and follow Playbooks
• Complete post incident reporting
• Provide log analysis to support SOC services (including threat hunting)
• Review and amend SOC work instructions
• Complete tooling configuration changes including but not limited to filters/tuning/dashboards as authorised
• Analyse various information feeds, systems information and threat intelligence to ensure we can respond to threats, wherever they come from

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

• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

We understand that people are at the heart of our success. We promote and encourage all our staff to follow continued professional development, offering our staff access to a range of learning and development opportunities.

• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension

Glasgow, York

Business Unit Information 

The Government Security Function (GSF) oversees the delivery of protective security across Government. Our Mission is to enable Government to protect citizens and provide vital public services by understanding and managing security risks. We set the strategy and standards for Government Security, monitor departmental security performance, manage pan-government security incidents, support the delivery of key security capabilities and lead the Government Security Profession.

The Government Security Group (GSG) is the centre of the Security Function, based within the Cabinet Office. GSG is transforming the Government’s approach to protective security to ensure it is fit to meet the challenges of the digital age. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team, with a breadth of stakeholders including in other Government departments, the National Technical Authorities and the Agencies, and to contribute to delivering improved security across Government.

To support the mission of the Government Security Function, in January 2022 we published the Government Cyber Security Strategy. This sets out how we will improve the cyber security of the Government up to 2030. To support the implementation of this strategy, the Cyber Directorate has established a Programme Management Office responsible for overseeing, coordinating and supporting all of the ongoing work across Government.

These roles will support the Programme Manager and lead the two branches of the PMO. The first branch of the PMO is the reporting team. This team is the eye and ears of the PMO and is responsible for maintaining an overview of the current progress and risks within the programme. This role focuses on maintaining a clear picture of our delivery partners progress on delivering the strategy and clearly communicating this to seniors when required. You should be the first person to notice when something is going wrong, triage the problem and work with teams to ensure they are being resolved. 

The second branch of the PMO is the enabling function of the team. The role of managing this team is all about making our Programme more effective and runs in two main parts. Primarily this is a hub for specialist project management resources that projects can’t have locally.This means specialist skills that projects don’t need full time, such as business case development, can be provided to projects while functions like stakeholder management can be managed at programme level on behalf of the project team. Secondly, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing any thematic risks that are identified through reporting and fall within the remit of the PMO. 

For both roles we are looking for candidates with a solid foundation in project management. We expect that the successful candidates will be able to provide support and cross cover between the two roles when it is required. 

Key areas of responsibility

The post holders will be responsible for:

• Team Leadership – Coordinating the activities of the team, including ensuring that the work is appropriately prioritised.
• Communications and stakeholder management – Identifying and managing stakeholder relationships. Managing internal and external relationships as appropriate by developing the communications strategy for the programme.
• Business case support – To provide expert advice on developing business cases to project leads and SMEs.
• Guidance – To provide direction and guidance on development to the PMO and more broadly across the program.
• Risks and issues – Ensuring mitigation’s for cross cutting risks are in place and resolved through negotiated agreement.
• Dependency management – Working with project leads and business as usual to ensure dependencies are actively managed, act as an arbiter and enforcer and resolve issues between the various elements of the programme. 
• Programme performance and controls – Maintaining overall integrity and coherence of programme and governance framework to support each project. Plan programme assurance activities.

Essential skills and experience:

• This role is aligned to the G7 Programme manager role in the IPA’s project delivery capability framework. The definition of Working level and Practitioner are contained in that framework along with more detailed definitions of the requirements below below. 
• Planning – Practitioner level.
• Stakeholder engagement – Practitioner level. 
• Risk and issue management – Practitioner level. 
• Influencing – Practitioner level. 
• An appropriate project management qualification such as: Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner, APM Project Management Qualification, APM Chartered Project Professional, Project Leadership Programme, Leading and Managing Project Workstreams or equivalent. 

Desirable skills and experience:

• Collaboration – Practitioner level. 
• Conflict resolution – Working level.
• Inspiring others – Working level.
• Commercial and procurement skills – Working level.
• Working with ambiguity – Working level.
• Business case development – Working level.

Must hold a valid SC or be willing and eligible to undergo one.

An appropriate project management qualification such as: Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes Advanced Practitioner, APM Project Management Qualification, APM Chartered Project Professional, Project Leadership Programme, Leading and Managing Project Workstreams or equivalent.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving

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

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. Frequent travel to other FSA offices where operationally required and potential overnight stays within the UK and abroad.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking for an Intelligence Analyst to join the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU). This team carries out vital work to disrupt and take action against those committing food crimes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The FSA is a non-ministerial department of over 1300 people. Having left the EU, we play a critical role in protecting public health and consumers’ wider interests in food across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our vision is an important one – to drive change, delivering “food we can trust” and working towards a healthier and more sustainable food system. If you’re a skilled Intelligence Analyst looking to use their expertise to make a real difference, this could be the role for you!

Our Intelligence Analyst will support our efforts to identify, disrupt and deter by conducting strategic and tactical analysis of the highest level. Producing detailed reports and presenting findings to colleagues, you’ll be adept at supporting your conclusions with evidence-led reasoning. With your work subject to use as evidence in criminal prosecutions, you’ll play a key role in our efforts to stop food crimes and bring perpetrators to justice. Your experience will be invaluable to supporting the team’s efforts, using a background in analysis within intelligence or law enforcement environments to offer insight to colleagues and stakeholders across the FSA. You’ll have a keen attention to detail, and will offer up key information in accessible and relevant reports. The NFCU has a distinct and vital role within the FSA, and you will act as its representative in numerous settings, from conferences and meetings to court cases. A talent for effective communication will enable you to help others get the information they need to disrupt food crimes in any setting necessary. If you are adept at working in team environments and can deliver a quality service at pace to ensure that we can better protect food in the UK, apply today for this important and exciting position in the FSA. 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.

Already hold, or willing to attain, College of Policing Intelligence Professionalisation Programme certification.

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

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

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

Wyton, Huntingdon, PE28 2EA

As an important part of the Ministry of Defence, Defence Intelligence (DI) provides intelligence analysis, specialist outputs and advice that supports decision making across government. At the heart of DI is the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI).

Everything happens somewhere. NCGI produces intelligence that is referenced in time and space to help decision makers to understand, plan, navigate, and target; to understand what is going on.

We are the primary provider of geospatial intelligence advice and expertise, comprising imagery intelligence, geospatial analysis, geospatial services, foundation data, military mapping and, in partnership with the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and the Meteorological Office, assured data for safety of navigation. We are a national capability, recognisably operating alongside other national intelligence agencies and is the primary interface between the UK and international geospatial intelligence partners.

You may think you need to be an analyst or have an intelligence background to work for NCGI; this is not true. There is a wide range of exciting roles available. Without our highly dedicated teams of enabling staff, such as IT support, finance, security, and facilities management, our critical outputs would just not be possible. We employ many Civil Servants who play a pivotal role in Defence, nationally and internationally, and we are proud to be part of a diverse, forward thinking, broad organisation.

We have an exciting role for a motivated individual to join our small, friendly and hardworking security team at Wyton.

As IT Security Advisor you will be responsible for; supervising the implementation of all Communication Information System (CIS) security on site, providing IT advice and assistance to customers investigating IT security incidents and breaches. For larger systems be the liaison working with the Network Security Officer for that dedicated system.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The role also includes being the System Security Auditor and the responsibilities for this includes:

• Ensuring you remain conversant with policy, regulations and any such amendments in regard to Physical Security, IT security matters.
• Assisting the Information Technology Security Advisor (ITSO) with the timely dissemination of all system alerts.
• Drafting of IT Security Operating Procedures, Accreditation and other compliance paperwork.
• Oversight of the implementation of hardware and software system changes in order to assure that security is not breached and that the security implications are considered.
• Collaborating with contractors to ensure system maintenance is caried out without impacting on security.
• Analysing security event logs to identify trends and drive secure behaviours throughout the business
• Handling of all security breaches, loopholes, vulnerabilities, and infringements uncovered including identification, categorisation, reporting and escalation.
• Assisting in the reporting processes for IT security incidents in accordance with policy.
• Providing auditing evidence to the ITSO and other relevant staff in the event of a detection of viruses within the systems.
• Delivering Security Education briefings

There is also a requirement to be on the Duty Security Staff Roster.

In Defence Intelligence (DI) our people solve problems, create understanding and give perspective to the diverse and complex Defence threats and challenges in a rapidly changing world. Together our civilians and military personnel inform decision making in Defence, manage complex finance programmes and develop new technology.

In DI we believe your unique experiences, view and understanding of the world could provide a vital perspective and contribution to our work. We recognise that great minds do not think alike and are striving to increase our diversity representation at all levels. As an equal opportunities employer we hire, train and promote people based on merit and inspire to create an inclusive workplace free of discrimination. We also offer flexible working arrangements such as flexi-time, job share and compressed hours.

All jobs advertised in DI are subject to fair and open competition.

The ideal candidate for this role will have excellent presentation and communication skills, both verbal and written as well as strong organisational skills and excellent IT skills, including word-processing, PowerPoint, and spreadsheets.

Having the ability to use web authoring packages, or willingness to learn is also essential as is being able to prioritise work, adhering to specific targets and timeframes.

• Desirable criteria:

Experience of LogRhythm or other similar tools and systems to read and interpreting data logs.

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

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions

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

• Security Specialisation Functional Competencies – Generalist Awareness level

We offer a range of excellent benefits including but not limited to the following:  
• All successful candidates will be eligible to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Leave entitlement – 25-day annual leave allowance per year increasing by 1 day per year (maximum 30 days per year). In addition, 8 statutory Bank Holidays and 1 privilege day per year.  
• Complementing our generous annual leave allowance, we also have a flexible working scheme.  
• Additional working pattern options – we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours. These need to be balanced with business needs so they will vary from job to job. If you would like to know more, please speak to the Recruiting Line Manager.  
• Professional Development – We are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values.  
• Health and Wellbeing – for a small fee we offer the staff the use of the exceptional site gymnasium facilities.
• We also offer an excellent range of family-friendly benefits, for example, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.  
• Special Paid Leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year  
• RAF Wyton has free car parking; and other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club and on site shops.

Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB

The successful candidate will support the Ministry of Defence Head Office in the delivery of security services within the Main Building in Whitehall. A key deliverable will be the improvement of security services within Head Office in support of the Security Advice Centre, Establishment Security Officer and the wider security team headed by the Principal Security Advisor. The post holder will need to develop strong working relationships  with key stakeholders to ensure that processes remain relevant and accord with current security policy. The post holder will therefore require good written and verbal communication skills as they will be required to deliver security briefings and produce weekly reports for senior management on the delivery of security advice and services within MOD Head Office.

This position is advertised at 36/37 hours per week Tacos Dependant.

Responsibilities include:

• The management of the Security Advice Centre (SAC) which processes building pass applications, issue passes and delivers security advice.
• Gaining a working knowledge of all tasks performed by the Security Advice Centre to enable oversight and deal with queries.
• Delivering security induction briefings having carried out checks and providing advice and education briefings having carried out checks and providing advice and education to those accessing sensitive material, areas and systems in order to protect information.
• Maintaining a record of all individuals at Head Office who are security inducted and acting as a point of contact for confirming security clearances with the assistance of an Administrative Officer.
• Line management responsibility for one or more Administrative Officers.
• Supporting the wider business area in other key security work as directed by the Deputy or Principal Security Advisor.

Essential

• Experience of working in the Government Security Profession, particularly in a security contact/advice centre, guardroom or pass office, or experience of working in the private security sector.

• Knowledge/Experience of working with a range of sensitive material.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Leadership

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

• 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%
• Gym facilities
• Onsite creche
• Generous annual leave allowance

Hereford

The Defensive Cyber Analyst will work within a rapidly growing cyber security team who are responsible for designing, delivering and maintaining operational cybersecurity capabilities. You will be conducting pro-active, risk based, defensive monitoring of priority C4IS/networks identifying potential internal and external cyber threats/attacks. The position involves a broad range of skills to monitor networks/systems, and the post holder must have the ability to analyse and investigate security events, communicate effectively with other team members and articulate clearly when raising escalating to senior team members and management. Your main objective will be to proactively monitor and hunt through IT environments to detect and respond to information and cyber security threats utilising a range of technologies and processes to prevent, detect and manage cyber threats. You will contribute to the effectiveness and maturity of the Security Operations Centre (SOC) by contributing to tooling, updating and creating new play books while remaining current with the trends in the wider security industry. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Day to Day Operations:

1. Manage and maintain security of computer networks by monitoring situational awareness feeds to detect Cyber threats to users, and the wider MOD community.
2. Conduct analysis of all alerts to determine the threat to computer networks, triaging by employing a methodical and coherent response and escalating in accordance with (iaw) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
3. Create and maintain accurate case management records of all actions taken while analysing and closing incidents iaw SOPs.
4. Monitor sensor feeds and heuristic detection tools, performing initial analysis to identify process and network events that may indicate a malicious cyber incident.

Incident Response & Management:

1. Brief management regarding ongoing security incidents including status and actions to be taken.
2. Raise and perform response actions of any incidents that arise during your response time, which may include liaison with external agencies or analysis using the tools available.
3. Maintain all incident documentation using the various case management toolsets to maintain the single source of knowledge of the cyber defence task.
4. Deliver briefings where required to support the defensive cyber monitoring task.

SOC Development:

1. Develop new or improve Security Use Cases, ensure accurate supporting documentation is maintained and reports, rules, and alerts for SIEM tools developed in unison.
2. Deliver operationally focused direction, guidance, and SME (subject matter expert) advice to junior security staff and non-security staff.
3. Engage with various partners, including service providers within industry regarding the defensive monitoring.

Personal & Professional Development:

1. Maintain knowledge of current cyber issues, vulnerabilities and exploits through research, technical reports, and briefs.
2. Undertake continual knowledge development in line with NIST Work Role PR-CDA-001

Other Duties as directed by SOC TL and SOC manager/director.

As a Defensive Cyber Analyst, you will work independently and as part of a team, you will be responsible for proactive monitoring and detection of security events. You will be responsible for analysing, investigating, and communicating cyber security incidents and risk. You will be an effective team player and bring your good understanding of computer networks (LAN/WAN, network protocols and OSI model) and knowledge of computer-based network attacks (MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF) to contribute to successfully defending organisational systems. You will be responsible for seeking opportunities to improve your own knowledge and sharing knowledge with others.

The ideal candidate will have the following traits:

• A passion for cyber security and a keen interest in IT
• Adopts a creative, yet methodical mind-set when investigating and responding to cyber threats
• Persevering in the face of stressful circumstances, prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Superb attention to detail, good analytical and problem solving skills to assist in resolving Events of Interest and potential Indicators of Compromise
• A continuous desire and willingness to learn and develop your current knowledge and skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills, with particular ability to communicate technical information to non-technical collaborators.

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

• Changing and Improving
• Leadership
• Developing Self and Others
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

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

• Changing and Improving
• Leadership
• Developing Self and Others

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

• • SFIA – IT Infrastructure (ITOP) – Level 1
• • SFIA – Network Support (NTAS) – Level 2
• • SFIA – Incident management (USUP) – Level 3
• • SFIA – Security operations (SCAD) Level 3

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• 25 days’ paid annual leave rising (one day per year) to 30 days after five years’ service
• Access to onsite gymnasium and cafe