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

Could you help us keep the Department’s systems, data, people, processes, places, and supply chains secure? Do you want to be part of a diverse and expanding area of work? Are you self-motivated, willing to learn, develop and work towards qualifications while delivering in a vital role?

Join the Department’s Security Policy & Standards Team and help us protect and secure some of the most critical parts of the UK Government.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the delivery of welfare, pensions and child maintenance across the UK. Most people in Britain encounter DWP at some point in their lives, and it is the UK’s biggest public service department and data controller, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe.

To support the important work that DWP delivers, we are looking for new security professionals to help us keep the Department secure by ensuring we have the right security policies and standards in place.

The Security Policy and Standards Team are responsible for managing the creation, development, and evaluation of DWP Security Policies and Standards which set the security parameters for the Department to operate securely and effectively. They define the measures that help to protect DWP, its infrastructure and its staff from physical, personnel and cyber threats.

In addition to ensuring DWP’s security policies and standards are regularly reviewed and updated, keeping pace with the everchanging risk landscape, the team works closely with a range of projects and initiatives across DWP, ensuring our security policies and standards are embedded within new technologies and processes by design.

The post holder will be part of an experienced and passionate team which is spread across the country. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your capability in security policy, and to play an active role in ensuring DWP’s security policies and standards are fit for purpose and remain effective in supporting the Department deliver its strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

In the Security Policy & Standards Manager role you will:

• Support the development of Security Policy & Standards, ensuring that the portfolio continues to meet current and emerging business needs, priorities and necessary updates as threats evolve.
• Managing the existing Policy and Standards portfolio, ensuring updates are made in a timely manner and providing consistency in language and framework used amongst all of our products.
• Support the departmental business objectives by providing accurate and timely responses to queries relating to security policies and standards.
• Build collaborative relationships with key stakeholders within the security directorate such as Cyber, Data Protection and Risk Management.
• Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders across the wider department-including areas such as Service Delivery and HR.
• Manage review schedules, provide appropriate updates on progression of work and highlight areas at risk of progression.
• Manage and develop secretariat functions relating to governance of security policy and standards-ensuring relevant stakeholders are included, actions addressed and chasing up outstanding queries.
• Play a part in developing an inclusive and supporting workplace by being an engaging and enthusiastic member of the team.

In addition, you will be encouraged and supported to work towards professional certifications that will be relevant to your role, continuously learn new skills and knowledge and to develop your management capability.

This role would suit individuals with a strong background and interest in security, IT or digital roles, with a passion for making a difference across DWP. 

Essential criteria:

• Good writing/drafting skills, being able to explain complex issues in clear, easy to understand language.
• Strong project management skills including keeping key stakeholders updated, and ensuring actions are assigned to relevant subject matter experts.
• Being able to provide clear, pragmatic advice that supports business objectives and enables the delivery of the department’s services.
• Effective communication skills, with experience of building strong working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve progress on shared objectives and delivery.
• The ability to manage multiple workstreams and prioritise time/resources depending on criticality of work.

Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of security principles and governance, and how they work within the public sector.
• Practical experience of preparing communications, responding to stakeholder interest and enquiries to ensure requirements are met in a professional and enabling manner.
• Well-developed communication skills, with the ability to articulate, to a professional standard, complex ideas in clear, business focused language which is tailored for a target audience.
• Knowledge of digital security risks and the current threat landscape.
• The ability to seek out and analyse data/MI, and present findings back in a clear and concise manner.
• Good technical skills and capability relating to Microsoft Suite of products-e.g. Word, Excel, Sharepoint.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• 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%

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.

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

Could you help us keep the Department’s systems, data, people, processes, places, and supply chains secure? Do you want to be part of a diverse and expanding area of work? Are you self-motivated, willing to learn, develop and work towards qualifications while delivering in a vital role?

Join the Department’s Security Policy & Standards Team and help us protect and secure some of the most critical parts of the UK Government.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the delivery of welfare, pensions and child maintenance across the UK. Most people in Britain encounter DWP at some point in their lives, and it is the UK’s biggest public service department and data controller, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe.

To support the important work that DWP delivers, we are looking for new security professionals to help us keep the Department secure by ensuring we have the right security policies and standards in place.

The Security Policy and Standards Team are responsible for managing the creation, development, and evaluation of DWP Security Policies and Standards which set the security parameters for the Department to operate securely and effectively. They define the measures that help to protect DWP, its infrastructure and its staff from physical, personnel and cyber threats.

In addition to ensuring DWP’s security policies and standards are regularly reviewed and updated, keeping pace with the everchanging risk landscape, the team works closely with a range of projects and initiatives across DWP, ensuring our security policies and standards are embedded within new technologies and processes by design.

The post holder will be part of an experienced and passionate team which is spread across the country. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your capability in security policy, and to play an active role in ensuring DWP’s security policies and standards are fit for purpose and remain effective in supporting the Department deliver its strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

In the Security Policy & Standards Manager role you will:

• Develop and manage the Security Policy & Standards review process, ensuring that the portfolio continues to meet current and emerging business needs, priorities and necessary updates as threats evolve.
• Ensure the Security Policy & Standards Portfolio complies with National and International Standards (e.g. Government Security Standard 007; NIST Cybersecurity Framework), and legal obligations including the Data Protection Act, GDPR and Computer Misuse Act.
• Support the development of new security policies and standards, and maintenance of our current portfolio of security policies and standards to address all aspects of DWP’s security requirements.
• Build and nurture collaborative relationships with key stakeholders within the security directorate such as Cyber, Data Protection and Risk Management.
• Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders across the wider department-including areas such as Service Delivery and HR and look to expand relationships across government in relevant areas of interest and/or alignment.
• Liaise with subject matter experts in the technical and digital arenas, ensuring that security policies and standards are embedded in digital projects where possible.
• Manage the team and individual Policy/Standards review schedule and stakeholder relationships, providing appropriate updates on progression and presenting draft proposal through the Policy & Standards Governance and approval processes.
• Provide advice and support to the business on security policy matters.
• Foster an inclusive and supporting workplace culture within the team, building morale, encouraging collaboration and developing capability for all.

In addition, you will be encouraged and supported to work towards professional certifications that will be relevant to your role, continuously learn new skills and knowledge and to develop your management capability.

This role would suit individuals with a strong background and interest in security, IT or digital roles, with a passion for making a difference across DWP.

 Essential criteria:

• Strong proven written skills with experience of drafting and implementing security policies, standards, or frameworks. (lead criteria)
• Understanding the concepts and application of digital security and resilience measures, including security controls, risk management principles
• Being able to provide clear, pragmatic advice that supports business objectives and enables the delivery of the department’s services.
• Experience of project management, with the ability to manage and maintain a suite of products, and provide clear timescales, actions and objectives for the team.
• Effective and proven communication skills, with experience of building strong working relationships with colleagues and senior stakeholders to achieve progress on shared objectives and delivery.
• Strong track record in managing competing priorities and deadlines, according to business demands.

Desirable Experience

• Practical experience and demonstration of managing stakeholder engagement and preparing communications, responding to stakeholder interest and enquiries to ensure requirements are met.
• Well-developed communication skills, with the ability to articulate, to a professional standard, complex ideas in clear, business focused language which is tailored for a target audience.
• Experience of the legal and regulatory frameworks in which government security and resilience policies operate.
• The ability to seek out and use data/MI to demonstrate effectiveness of policies and/or standards, to identify gaps in assurance and to draw meaningful conclusions from which to inform future policy development.

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• 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%

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.

National

Ofgem works on behalf of energy consumers to ensure that every household and business in GB can rely on a safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable 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. Whatever your role, 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. And it’s important to us that we recruit from a wide range of professional and personal backgrounds – bringing different perspectives and experiences to our work.

This is an ideal role for someone with experience of working in cyber security to play their part in protecting the UK National Infrastructure (implementing cyber security regulations to improve security and resilience in the energy supply) and protecting Ofgem (ensuring that appropriate levels of security, privacy and resilience protect our people, data, operations and facilities from harm). You’ll establish a close working relationship with Operators of Essential Services promoting a partnership approach to mitigating against cyber and related security threats. You’ll offer expert advice to Operators on how they can best interpret and apply the regulatory framework, and ensure that they have appropriately robust assessment and evaluation tools in place. And you’ll be well placed to draw out sector-wide intelligence on potential cyber security threats, vulnerabilities, controls and incidents.

Your cyber security expertise should be supported by client facing experience, enabling you to negotiate, persuade and coach effectively – establishing credibility and trust with senior stakeholders. Specifically, your technical experience and knowledge should include:

• Operating or architecting in an Operational Technology (OT, ICS, IACS) environment, related to managing the security of critical systems;
• Understanding of cyber security risks affecting Industrial Control Systems, and duly considering appropriate and proportionate security controls to mitigate such risks;
• Managing security and risks associate with Operational Technology and/or Control Systems; and
• Working knowledge of IEC62443 series in critical infrastructure and challenges faced with introducing security controls.

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. #LI-Remote

Purpose

Ofgem works on behalf of energy consumers to ensure that every household and business in the UK can rely on a safe, affordable, and environmentally sustainable 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. Whatever your role, you’ll be playing your part in creating new energy solutions that are great for customers, and great for the environment.

Underpinning the vision to improve the behaviour of energy sector participants and deliver greener, fairer outcomes for consumers is the Cyber Profession which provides a dynamic and flexible working environment, that enables and inspires at all levels, to protect users’ security of energy supply, citizens & business energy data, and Ofgem’s internal people and operations.

This role will be part of the Cyber Security Profession at Ofgem, which has two main objectives:

• Protecting the UK National Infrastructure – Act as Competent Authority (CA) for implementing Regulations for Operators of Essential Services (OES), to improve security and resilience in the Downstream Gas and Electricity sector (DGE).
• Protecting Ofgem – Ensure that Ofgem maintains appropriate levels of security, privacy, and resilience to protect, our people, data, operations, and facilities from harm.

This role will be working in the CA function reporting to the Head of Engagement.

The key purpose of this role is to maintain relationships with OES, for CA to deliver a model which is engaging and partnering in nature, thus ensuring operational systems and networks in the DGE sectors in Great Britain remain resilient against cyber and related security threats.

The person shall adhere to practices and processes to ensure quality of work, provide regular internal reporting, identify opportunities for cross-sharing information within the CA and escalate matters where required.

The value this provides is:

• Sector specific assessment and improvement.
• Risk based approach balancing business, consumer, and National interests.
• Confidence for OES to embrace and build energy system for the future.
• Approach receptive by Industry, reducing the likelihood of a ‘paper-based’ or ‘tick-box’ approach for regulations.
• Provide public confidence, balance accountability, and maximise investment in a pace commensurate with the risk profile and of value for consumers.

Key Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively for an assigned portfolio of Operators of Essential Services (OES).
• Provide expert and practical advice for the interpretation and applicability of the NIS regulatory framework as it applies to RIIO. This will include;
• Consulting with OES on and the interpretation of risk assessments.
• Reviewing RIIO submissions and supporting documentation.
• Consulting with OES to review its cyber resilience mitigation plans and make recommendations for improvement.
• Establishing the evidence to validate the adequacy of RIIO submissions.
• Produce custom advisory guidance.
• Drive cyber resilience maturity by engaging with subsectors to provide advisory guidance, and understand and use regulatory powers where needed.
• Be an active member of the UK security community by sharing best practice for the sector, in a consultative manner with OES, BEIS, HSE and NCSC, and contribute to wider meetings with other CAs, CEER, ACER, DCMS and BEIS.
• Assess cyber resilience investment plans for Price Control (RIIO) portfolio of OES and provide a determination based on business need, optionality, cost assessment, and appropriate and proportionate cyber capabilities.
• Monitor delivery of cyber resilience price control deliverables.
• Provide oversight to the RIIO process, ensuring production of quality documents, methodology, and consulting on licence conditions.
• Provide recommendation into the inspection programme and ensure outputs are managed effectively.
• Provide recommendations to the Enforcement team with regards to NIS compliance.
• Manage the development and maintenance of organisational policies, products and methodologies to drive continuous improvement.
• Create and maintain analysis of the sector and subsectors performance in relation to the NIS regulations and RIIO price control deliverables, socialise analysis with OES, other Government departments, and Competent Authorities and make recommendations to drive increased cyber resilience maturity across the DGE sector.
• Leverage cyber intelligence relating to the sector (threats, vulnerabilities, controls, and incidents) to maintain an understanding of threats to the sector and utilise lessons learnt in engagements with OES and to drive process improvements.

Key Outputs and Deliverables

• Value for money for consumers from Ofgem, by guiding, reviewing, challenging, and monitoring OES cyber resilience investment plans for the RIIO price control.
• Engage with the OES community in an advisory capacity to support the implementation and continual improvements for the NIS regulations.
• Timely advise on sector related threats, vulnerabilities, controls, and incidents to OES.

Key Stakeholder Relationships

• Network companies, Large Generators and Energy Distributors.
• Government and public sector bodies, e.g., Department for Business, Energy, and Industry Strategy (BEIS), NCSC and Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS)
• Ofgem leadership team
• Ofgem Enforcement team
• Ofgem CA
• CEER, Research institutions, Academia, etc

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your personal statement,  how you meet each of the criteria below (not more than 1250 words): In the event of receiving a large number of applications, an initial sift may take place on just the lead criteria indicated below:

Essential

• Proven client-facing experience with strong negotiation, advising and coaching skills. An effective and engaging communicator, with experience working effectively with key external stakeholders (LEAD)

• Demonstratable experience of working in operational technology cyber security in Critical National Infrastructure either in a Regulator or Energy sector capacity. (LEAD)

• Experience in conducting cyber risk assessments within an operational technology or Critical National Infrastructure environment and development of mitigation plans.

• Understanding of cyber security risks affecting industrial control systems, and consideration of appropriate and proportionate security controls to mitigate such risks.

• Working knowledge of IEC62443 series in critical infrastructure.

Familiarity of the NIS Directive and NCSC CAF Framework

Desirable

• Certification or experience to one or more of the following: GICSP, SABSA, TOGAF, CEH, T2/ED2 License Conditions.
• Knowledge or awareness of of NIST 800-53 and/or NIST 800-82 in CNI.

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

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Please see candidate pack for details.

Alongside your salary of £43,650, OFGEM contributes £11,786 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.

Glasgow

This role will provide you with an opportunity to be at the forefront in shaping national security policy and responding to a growing threat. You will be a part of a tight-knit task force setting up a unit to investigate national security risk amongst companies operating in the UK. You’ll need to be high-energy, creative and a problem-solver, willing to work across the security community to help set up a unit from scratch. This will be exciting and fast-paced, with significant parliamentary and ministerial interest.  

Economic Security is an increasingly important issue within the national security landscape. The growth in the threat has necessitated levers and mitigations to prevent the UK Government from being compromised through commercial channels. The Procurement Bill will provide us with unprecedented levers to intervene where companies pose a national security threat. In order to use these levers, the national security community will need to assess the risk associated with certain companies in order to arrive at decisions about whether this risk is intolerable and requires intervention. 

The Government Security Group is creating a unit to coordinate the cross-government response to this national security risk, starting with a small number of planning and policy professionals, and building to a unit handling caseload.

This is a multi-faceted and stretching Grade 7 role, working on complex policy issues and partner relationships and offers insight into the UK’s prosperity and security objectives.

• The postholder is responsible for leading a team of key policy colleagues. They will work with their new sister team in London to set up the policy side of the new National Security Procurement Unit.
• You’ll be responsible for leading on the key policy elements of responding to the national security aspects of the Procurement Bill, and the Deputy Prime Minister’s priority objective to provide commercial and procurement expertise across government and the wider public sector. 
• The postholder will set the security policy direction for the unit. This includes identifying how the function will arrive at decisions to exclude and debar on national security grounds. This is important and high-profile work requiring close engagement with policy, strategy and legal colleagues. 
• The postholder will work with the Team Lead and sister team in London to build a community of assessment bodies and experts able to contribute evidence in support of procurement decisions. You’ll be responsible for corralling departments and security colleagues to contribute to evidence-based policy.  
• The postholder will be responsible for building an impactful, high-performing, inclusive, and welcoming team, able to urgently respond to new Ministerial priorities.

Essential skills and experience:

• Excellent ability to corral stakeholders, managing competing priorities across colleagues’ areas, and arriving at practical and implementable policy solutions. 
• Strong ability to understand the parliamentary backdrop and ministerial interest in this work.
• A strong interest in government and national security policy and a curiosity about the economic influences on security policy. 
• Familiarity with vendors of concern, supply chains, and commercial transactions within the public sector. 
• Proven ability to work across multiple industry segments, and quickly understand wide-ranging markets and business models.
• Excellent judgement and be capable of developing strong working relationships with stakeholders quickly; Strong communication skills (both written and oral), personal resilience and the ability to deliver at pace on competing priorities in a challenging and complex policy area.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience of working in a role across different industry segments (such as consulting or professional services) and/or Previous experience of working in a security environment and/or an understanding of the current threats facing HMG.
• Familiarity with the structures of the national security and/or intelligence community and assessment bodies.
• Knowledge of commercial practice, procurement or finance, particularly across the Public Sector or in regulated sectors.  

In line with current Cabinet Office policy, the postholder will be expected to be in the office at least one day a week. However, the postholder should be prepared to be in the office as business needs require.

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

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

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

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

Alongside your salary of £53,400, Cabinet Office contributes £14,418 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 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.

SSG-Tasked From Home: area HQ based at MOD Sealand

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

About DIO

View our YouTube video to see more about our work

https://www.youtube.com/embed/I9tLu3UdiGY  How the Defence Infrastructure Organisation Supports Defence

This is a Fixed-term Appointment for 36 Months and the reason why it’s for a fixed period is because an apprenticeship role is not guaranteed a permanent role. This post will therefore begin from 01/04/2024 and end on 31/03/2027.

Therefore, you should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, you may (if you are an existing civil servant) become at Risk of Redundancy and be given Priority Mover Status, unless:

• the contract end date is met and honoured, for external employees who are not existing civil servants.
• an extension to your Fixed-term Appointment has been agreed.
• a conversion of the Fixed-term Appointment to a permanent role has been agreed.
• you return to your home department
• you are successfully redeployed into a suitable alternative post.
• you secure another Civil Service post through a recruitment process.

Permanent Civil Servants joining the Ministry of Defence (MOD) on a Fixed-term Appointment:

If you accept a Fixed-term Appointment with MOD, the preferred option is for you to transfer from your home department on a loan basis to ensure you can return to your home department at the end of the Fixed-term Appointment. Exceptionally, if a transfer on a loan basis cannot be agreed by your home department, you would transfer and become a permanent employee at MOD but on a Fixed-term basis. This will not affect your continuity of employment. If you face a redundancy situation at the end of the Fixed-term Appointment you will be treated as a permanent civil servant for redundancy and priority mover purposes only. You must have two years’ service to be eligible for redundancy benefits under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.

Security Services Group (SSG) provides specialist security advice, compliance and assurance to areas of the public sector that require the highest levels of security protection. SSG is the Government’s expert provider specialising in design, installation and maintenance of both custom in-house security systems and highly accredited commercial products on the government estate.

Working as part of a 230-person team, we provide full life support services to UK Defence and Government sites throughout the UK and overseas.

The DIO Apprenticeship Academy offers a wide range of apprenticeships that combine practical work and training to gain valuable experience. SSG sits within the DIO, and through our apprenticeship you will gain professional knowledge, a recognised qualification and the wider skills required to upskill you and pave the way for your future career.

During your time in our Apprenticeship Academy, you will 
•    Work towards achieving the Fire, Emergency and Security Technician Level Three standard
•    Attain your professional membership by the Engineering Council successful completion will equip you with the requirements for registration as EngTech.
•    Be supported by your SSG Line Manager, dedicated Apprenticeship Manager, and mentor. In addition to your tutors.
•    Opportunity to gain a breadth of experience across multiple teams in SSG / DIO
•    Potential opportunity to visit overseas DIO estates
•    Gain real world experience with external contractors/consultants

We will support your technical development through a range of on-the-job experiences, putting what you’re learning in the classroom into practice in your day job. We’ll also support your professional development through a combination of training courses, mentoring, and networking opportunities.

On this 36-month Fire, Emergency and Security Systems Technician standard, you’ll be immersed in DIO and SSG from day one. Fast paced and rewarding, this Apprenticeship will allow you to make your mark on a global organisation, while building connections with talented people across our business. 
 
You will be required to attend college, on a block release basis, each unit will be a 3-day attendance usually running from Wednesday to Friday. College attendance is mandatory for the qualification to be achieved, with cost of any overnight accommodation required for the college attendance funded by the employer.

From the beginning, you’ll be given a mentor to provide useful tips and guidance on your work and career whenever you need it. You will also be given a full induction on how SSG functions as a business, and the wider DIO, becoming an integral part of our Apprenticeship Academy, and of course, discover how your role plays a crucial part in driving a culture and community of advancement and continuous improvement.

We will link you up with other Apprentices who you can meet and connect with, give you the opportunity to participate in bi-annual apprenticeship events and get involved with our many networks such as Race, Gender, LBGT+, Faith and Mental Health to really give you that all-round feeling of the culture in our business.

Your tasks will include learning about and gaining experience whilst supervised in the following areas:
•    Control Room IAS, CCTV & AACS Standard Monitoring Systems
•    Automatic Access Control Systems
•    CCTV Systems
•    External & Perimeter Intruder Detection Systems
•    Intruder Alarm Systems

You will be required to attend college periodically, and complete mandatory training activities in line with your job role.

Please note that due to the nature of the role, it is an essential requirement that you undertake and obtain Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance by the end of your 3-year Apprenticeship Programme.

You will be provided with a non-liveried company vehicle to work in the field travelling between various governmental and military sites alongside your experienced SSG mentors.

Other benefits include:
•    Access to Defence Discount Service 
•    Specsavers eye test vouchers  
•    Access to the Civil Service Sports Club (CSSC) (fees apply)  
•    Access to the Civil Service Club in London (fees apply)
•    Continuous professional development within the security field
•    Laptop, tablet, and mobile phone 
•    Tool kit and uniform

Further information can be obtained on enquiry.

Environmental Factors:

The applicant may be required to undertake occasional work within Radiological and Explosive Storage areas.

Minimum Provisional Driving Licence
Driving a vehicle is a requirement of the job; field technicians are tasked from home and are provided with a vehicle to carry their tools and equipment to/from sites which are remote and not accessible by public transport and in response to SSG’s 24/7 On Call Rota.

5 x GCSE A*- C Grades (or equivalent)

Alongside your salary of £23,310, Ministry of Defence contributes £6,293 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Highly competitive Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Alternative working practices such as working from home.
• Opportunity to join one of our several D&I Networks. We value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
• 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Most sites have free car parking, Sports & Social Clubs, Gym, on site shops and subsidised canteens.
• Alternative working practices such as working from home.

Allowances:

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Employment Hours:

• The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees.

MOD Sealand CH5 2LS

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

About DIO

View our YouTube video to see more about our work

https://www.youtube.com/embed/I9tLu3UdiGY  How the Defence Infrastructure Organisation Supports Defence

This is a Fixed-term Appointment for 36 Months and the reason why it’s for a fixed period is because an apprenticeship role is not guaranteed a permanent role. This post will therefore begin from 01/04/2024 and end on 31/03/2027.

Therefore, you should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, you may (if you are an existing civil servant) become at Risk of Redundancy and be given Priority Mover Status, unless:

• the contract end date is met and honoured, for external employees who are not existing civil servants.
• an extension to your Fixed-term Appointment has been agreed.
• a conversion of the Fixed-term Appointment to a permanent role has been agreed.
• you return to your home department
• you are successfully redeployed into a suitable alternative post.
• you secure another Civil Service post through a recruitment process.

Permanent Civil Servants joining the Ministry of Defence (MOD) on a Fixed-term Appointment:

If you accept a Fixed-term Appointment with MOD, the preferred option is for you to transfer from your home department on a loan basis to ensure you can return to your home department at the end of the Fixed-term Appointment. Exceptionally, if a transfer on a loan basis cannot be agreed by your home department, you would transfer and become a permanent employee at MOD but on a Fixed-term basis. This will not affect your continuity of employment. If you face a redundancy situation at the end of the Fixed-term Appointment you will be treated as a permanent civil servant for redundancy and priority mover purposes only. You must have two years’ service to be eligible for redundancy benefits under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.

Security Services Group (SSG) provides specialist security advice, compliance and assurance to areas of the public sector that require the highest levels of security protection. SSG is the Government’s expert provider specialising in design, installation and maintenance of both custom in-house security systems and highly accredited commercial products on the government estate.

Working as part of a 230-person team, we provide full life support services to UK Defence and Government sites throughout the UK and overseas.

The DIO Apprenticeship Academy offers a wide range of apprenticeships that combine practical work and training to gain valuable experience. SSG sits within the DIO, and through our apprenticeship you will gain professional knowledge, a recognised qualification and the wider skills required to upskill you and pave the way for your future career.

The role of SSG Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Apprentice is to build, develop and apply their knowledge of electronics and embedded software to design circuits or devices that provide a useful function, that are capable of being manufactured at a competitive cost, and that are reliable and safe in use. This involves enhancing your knowledge of electronics and electronic principles whilst gaining an in-depth understanding around SSG’s electronic security products.

Tasks include:

• Software Development, i.e. Embedded C, Javascript and HTML
• Circuit schematic and PCB layout design.
• Technical writing.
• Agile project delivery.
• Building technical knowledge.
• Collaboration.

The work in the development team is hugely varied, and our project time scales range from a couple of weeks to a few years. You’ll be working across a variety of technology stacks, so we need adaptable and passionate people with problem-solving skills to tackle challenges as we continue to push technology forward.

You will work with all areas of the team, including hardware engineers, firmware and embedded developers, system developers, production staff and support engineers.

You will complete a degree that will support the fundamental technical, scientific, and mathematical principles to equip you with the understanding required to operate effectively and efficiently at a high level within the embedded development world.

You will undertake placements across our production, development and support teams experiencing everything from design and test of simple circuits right the way through to the development of software defined security systems.

You will write documents that describe how the systems you have designed work and develop training material for SSG engineers implement the products in the field.

At SSG you’ll see how your work can really make a difference.

SSG will invest in your career development through mentoring and on-the-job training, formal technical training, and support to professional accreditation.

We will link you up with other Apprentices who you can meet and connect with, give you the opportunity to participate in bi-annual apprenticeship events and get involved with our many networks such as Race, Gender, LBGT+, Faith and Mental Health to really give you that all-round feeling of the culture in our business.

Other benefits include:
•    Access to Defence Discount Service 
•    Specsavers eye test vouchers  
•    Access to the Civil Service Sports Club (CSSC) (fees apply)  
•    Access to the Civil Service Club in London (fees apply)
•    Continuous professional development within the embedded development field
•    Laptop and mobile phone

You will be required to attend university periodically, and complete mandatory training activities in line with your job role.

Further information can be obtained on enquiry.

You are encouraged to apply with your predicted grades. Evidence of the below qualifications will be required as part of your pre-employment checks before a formal offer can be made.

• A-Level standard (or equivalent) in Maths
• At least one further STEM based subject such as Physics, ICT, Computing or Electronics
• English Language at GCSE (grade C or above)

Please note that students are required to be 18 years or over at the start of their Apprenticeship.

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

• Developing Self and Others
• Working Together

Alongside your salary of £23,310, Ministry of Defence contributes £6,293 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Highly competitive Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Alternative working practices such as working from home.
• Opportunity to join one of our several D&I Networks. We value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
• 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Most sites have free car parking, Sports & Social Clubs, Gym, on site shops and subsidised canteens.
• Alternative working practices such as working from home.

Allowances:

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Employment Hours:

• The post advertised is for 37 hours net, however the Ministry of Defence offers a range of flexibilities to enable a better work-life balance for employees.

Warrington

The CSERB is a critical national intelligence function supporting the Agency’s fight against online Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Acting as the gateway for online CSA reporting, referrals are  received from well-known electronic service providers (ESPs) such as TikTok, Facebook, Dropbox and YouTube via the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

The CSERB has been designated the UK reporting body under the new Online Safety Bill. CSERB will receive online CSA reports from UK companies. This new capability will be integrated with current operations to enhance the Agency’s response to tackling online CSA and coordinating UK law enforcement’s response to safeguarding victims and pursuing offenders.  The CSERB/Designated Reporting Body has been identified as a critical deliverable by the NCA Board.

As a proactive intelligence function the CSERB assesses online CSA reports to determine offences committed, identify risk factors and pursue serious child sex offenders. The CSERB works closely with the NTC, Tasking and NCA Investigations Team to identify the highest harm targets that require an Agency response. Acting as the UK’s central coordination of NCMEC reports the CSERB also works closely with Forces to help protect children from sexual abuse and bring child sex offenders to account.

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

As a Senior Officer, you will form a key part of the CSERB leadership team.  As such you will be expected to lead and develop not only officers from your team, but across the function.

The role of senior officer necessitates that on a regular basis you will view reports and assess whether the material (this includes images, media and chat) constitutes a criminal offence.  You will ensure quality and standards are maintained in the application and use of a variety of intelligence development methods, together with the appropriate use of specialist intelligence gathering processes.  You will be expected to make sure that corporate records are maintained and you complete assurance processes to validate the work that has been completed by your team members.

You must be resilient as the nature of the material viewed can be challenging.  This is why welfare and wellness is a unit priority.  You will be supported through specialist support mechanisms at individual, team and unit levels and within the team you will also play an active role in our internal wellness and wellbeing activities.  
The unit is based at Olympic House, Warrington. Due to the nature of the role and ongoing need for support, alternate locations are not available.

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Demonstrate a time where you have had to use risk management protocols to identify, assess, manage and mitigate risk.
• Experienced in effective decision making
• Thorough understanding of intelligence gathering capabilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Warrington

The CSERB is a critical national intelligence function supporting the Agency’s fight against online Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Acting as the gateway for online CSA reporting, referrals are  received from well-known electronic service providers (ESPs) such as TikTok, Facebook, Dropbox and YouTube via the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

The CSERB has been designated the UK reporting body under the new Online Safety Bill. CSERB will receive online CSA reports from UK companies. This new capability will be integrated with current operations to enhance the Agency’s response to tackling online CSA and coordinating UK law enforcement’s response to safeguarding victims and pursuing offenders.  The CSERB/Designated Reporting Body has been identified as a critical deliverable by the NCA Board.

As a proactive intelligence function the CSERB assesses online CSA reports to determine offences committed, identify risk factors and pursue serious child sex offenders. The CSERB works closely with the NTC, Tasking and NCA Investigations Team to identify the highest harm targets that require an Agency response. Acting as the UK’s central coordination of NCMEC reports the CSERB also works closely with Forces to help protect children from sexual abuse and bring child sex offenders to account.

The role of the Business Support Assistant necessitates that on a regular basis you will view reports and assess whether the material (this includes images, media and chat) constitutes a criminal offence.  Your task will be to identify the location of the child or subjects, utilising a variety of intelligence development techniques and working within relevant legislation.

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

You will need to make sure that corporate records are maintained as to the action and casework that is undertaken.

Key to the role is an enquiring mind and ability to think laterally so that the right intelligence development technique is used to identify those who exploit children.  
You must be resilient as the nature of the material viewed can be challenging.  This is why welfare and wellness is a unit priority.  You will be supported through specialist support mechanisms at individual, team and unit levels and within the team you will also play an active role in our internal wellness and wellbeing activities.

The unit is based at Olympic House, Warrington. Due to the nature of the role and ongoing need for support, alternate locations are not available.

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

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi task.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Proven administrative experience to include the use of Microsoft Office and new digital technologies.

Alongside your salary of £22,950, National Crime Agency contributes £6,196 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).

Warrington

The CSERB is a critical national intelligence function supporting the Agency’s fight against online Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Acting as the gateway for online CSA reporting, referrals are  received from well-known electronic service providers (ESPs) such as TikTok, Facebook, Dropbox and YouTube via the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

The CSERB has been designated the UK reporting body under the new Online Safety Bill. CSERB will receive online CSA reports from UK companies. This new capability will be integrated with current operations to enhance the Agency’s response to tackling online CSA and coordinating UK law enforcement’s response to safeguarding victims and pursuing offenders.  The CSERB/Designated Reporting Body has been identified as a critical deliverable by the NCA Board.

As a proactive intelligence function the CSERB assesses online CSA reports to determine offences committed, identify risk factors and pursue serious child sex offenders. The CSERB works closely with the NTC, Tasking and NCA Investigations Team to identify the highest harm targets that require an Agency response. Acting as the UK’s central coordination of NCMEC reports the CSERB also works closely with Forces to help protect children from sexual abuse and bring child sex offenders to account.

The role of the Intelligence Officer necessitates that on a regular basis you will view reports and assess whether the material (this includes images, media and chat) constitutes a criminal offence.  Your task will be to identify the location of the child or subjects, utilising a variety of intelligence development techniques and working within relevant legislation.  

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

You will need to make sure that corporate records are maintained as to the action and casework that is undertaken.

Key to the role is an enquiring mind and ability to think laterally so that the right intelligence development technique is used to identify those who exploit children.  
You must be resilient as the nature of the material viewed can be challenging.  This is why welfare and wellness is a unit priority.  You will be supported through specialist support mechanisms at individual, team and unit levels and within the team you will also play an active role in our internal wellness and wellbeing activities.

The unit is based at Olympic House, Warrington. Due to the nature of the role and ongoing need for support, alternate locations are not available.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Describe a time where you have overcome obstacles to meet a deadline.
• Describe a time when you analysed information from a wide range of sources to achieve a successful outcome.
• Tell me 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).

Donnington Support Unit Telford Shropshire TF2 8JT

Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.

DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to thrive, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers.

Our staff, future and current will be guided by the 4 Cs and we encourage you to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, collaborative in an inclusive culture, ambitious and resilient and committed to Defence, empowered and able to challenge so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation.

DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience:

• Meaningful, purposeful work
• The ability to learn and grow
• The right opportunities and resources
• To care about your wellbeing
• To feel valued and included

About DIO

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure.

We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman.

Our responsibilities include:

• Plan and deliver major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment
• Provide utilities services
• Manage soft facilities management (i.e. cleaning and catering)
• Provide a safe place to train
• Allocate Service Families Accommodation
• Procure and manage routine maintenance and reactive repair
• Provide a central register of asset information to advise infrastructure planning
• Act as steward of the Defence estate
• Provide the unarmed guarding service

Do you want to join the 2021 Government Security team of the year and be part of our Gold Standard security service?

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) provides high quality security services at approximately 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. We provide access control, military working dogs, control room operations and other security services. We play a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and work to protect the defence estate and personnel from crime, terrorism, espionage and sabotage threats.

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and employs over 2,500 staff. MGS Officers are often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on our professional, customer-focused culture.

All our Security Officers are required to have excellent customer service skills and must be willing to go above and beyond to support security operations across the defence estate. Due to the high profile and strategic locations of the sites we guard, it is essential our Security Officers have a strong work ethic, are able to work as part of a team, are observant to threats and are capable to challenge and de-escalate difficult situations if required. We also require our Security Officers to have good written and verbal communication skills. Our Officers must have resilience and remain positive and friendly in all weather conditions and on all occasions.

We provide our staff with a market leading salary, excellent sickness benefits, together with a defined benefit civil service pension. Free full uniform will be provided.

We are a growing organisation with opportunities for good quality staff to progress their security careers.

The MGS holds the Committed to Equality Gold Standard and we positively encourage applications from all under-represented communities and from all types of working backgrounds.

See more information about the MGS, please read the candidate pack and watch our Security Officer YouTube video https://youtu.be/nzSK9OPOoDI  

About MGS:

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) is a professionally qualified body of Civil Servants who provide unarmed guarding services at approximately 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. The MGS plays a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and works closely with its security partners

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and  employs over 2,500 operational and support staff. The MGS is managed by a Head Office team, dispersed strategically around the country.

MGS officers are very often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on a customer-focused culture, working to DIO’s Values as well as our own core values of honesty, integrity, professionalism and efficiency.

We are passionate about the services we deliver and work hard to keep pace with developments in the security industry, as we seek to be the unarmed  guarding provider of choice. The MGS holds the Committed to Equality Gold Standard and we positively encourage applications from all under-represented communities.

The key duties of a Security Officer are as follows:

Please note that these duties can vary from site to site.

• Controlling vehicular and pedestrian access and exit to/from site
• Issue of passes using site IT systems
• Reporting of environmental issues
• Issue and receipt of keys
• Patrolling on foot or in a vehicle
• Searching of vehicles, baggage, personnel, buildings and open areas
• Escorting visitors
• Traffic management
• Checking identity on site (ad hoc)
• Writing reports on breaches of security or defects and maintaining daily logs
• Referral of complaints
• Reporting MGS infrastructure defects
• Dealing with demonstrators and intruders as directed by those holding operational control
• Safeguarding classified information and material
• Cooperating with other security providers
• Collaborating with emergency services and invoking emergency procedures
• Operating and monitoring security systems; CCTV and alarms etc
• Operating and communicating effectively over the telephone and/or radio
• Reporting safety hazards and accidents in accordance with current instructions
• Carrying out, if required, initial action at the scene of any incident
• Other tasks commensurate with the grade

Travel Requirements:

Where close area working arrangements are in place staff may be required to attend other sites within their travel to work area (one hour from their home) on a detached duty basis.

Desirable Experience and Skills:

A background, qualification or interest in the delivery of site security and/or customer service will be an advantage

Driving licence is required for the use of patrol vehicles on site when required.

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

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

Alongside your salary of £30,000, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,100 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We enable our people to work at the right place, with the right people, at the right time.

We believe that if we look after our people, they will be passionate about delivering great things for our customers.

The MOD Discover My Benefits page lists the full set of benefits. Some of the many benefits you will receive include:

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Free Uniform
• 25 days (215 hours) annual leave rising (1 day per year, 8.6 hours) to 30 days (258) upon completion of 5 years’ service
• Ability to roll over up to 10 days (86 hours) annual leave per year
• Minimum of 15 Days Special Leave in a rolling 12-month period to for volunteer military or emergency service reserve commitments
• Special Paid Leave for volunteering up to 6 days a year
• Enhanced parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing
• Most sites have good travel links with free car parking; many also have other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and / or site shops

Learning & Development;

• Professional and Personal Development of skills
• Access to thousands of training courses through Civil Service Learning, some free or paid by DIO
• Ability to obtain industry recognised qualifications supported by DIO

Employment Hours:

48 hours gross (including breaks) This is a shift working position. The successful candidate will be expected to work nights, weekends, bank holidays etc. The exact shift pattern will be explained in full during the interview. Successful applicants would work off a 10-week shift roster.

Medical:

MGS applicants are required to attend a medical appointment and to undertake a colour perception test.