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Fareham, Southampton

We welcome applications from all communities and we don’t discriminate against any identity. We’re interested to hear from you, regardless of your background. 

Are you an analytically minded individual looking for your next challenge in information security risk management?

Are you interested in developing your Information / Cyber security experience whilst being developed with industry recognised qualifications?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.
Safer lives, Safer ships, Cleaner seas.

Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do. 

Find out more about what it’s like working at the Department for Transport.

We are looking for a Security Specialist to join us within our growing Information Security Team.  The Security Specialist will support, influence and contribute to the Information Security strategy and function for the MCA via internal consultation, evaluation and assessment to influence security best practice and ensure information security requirements are fully considered and implemented as part of the design throughout projects and operational processes.

The successful applicant will collaborate with a variety of stakeholders across the MCA, providing security advice, feedback and input around key areas including programmes and projects, work packages, security vetting and system security.  They will ensure compliance to internal and external security standards through the service delivery of audit services and will liaise with other IT service functions to ensure the appropriate level of security controls are applied to support and protect operational business needs.  The role holder will share line management responsibility for one direct report, supporting, mentoring and coaching them to achieve successful outcomes.

This is a fantastic opportunity to enjoy a role which offers a great variation in work and lots of senior stakeholder engagement and exposure across all functions within the organisation, making a key impact in supporting an emergency service to deliver crucial life-saving services.  You will join a supportive and growing team with amazing training opportunities.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Being responsible for the Information Security risk management process – including identification, assessment and risk mitigation activity.
• Consulting on and assessing projects and operational work packages to discover and document related risks; defining controls and mitigations and ensuring implementation in line with ISMS (Information Security Management Systems) and governance standards.
• Deciding and directing security works for projects, strategic programs, procurement and compliance driven activities.
• Resolving security related incidents according to agreed policy and playbooks with a view to limiting organisational exposure as quickly as possible, communicating as appropriate and driving through workarounds and subsequently permanent fixes with the relevant teams.
• Managing the vulnerability remediation activity within the Agency ensuring these are prioritised in line with the risk management strategy and Information Security strategy.

For an in-depth insight into the role, please refer to the Role Profile attached to this advert.

This role can be based at the Southampton HQ or Fareham office. MCA supports flexible working and operates a hybrid working model between home and office for this role, giving you greater flexibility over where and when you work. Details of the arrangement will be discussed further with your line manager.

There will be a requirement for travel on official duty within the UK which may involve overnight stays away from home.

Please note, due to the nature of the role you will also be required to already hold or undergo Security Checks (SC) before commencing employment with us. Gaining SC Clearance will normally require you to have been a resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years, and only candidates who meet this requirement will be considered for the role. 

About You

This role requires an individual who holds CISM/CISSP/CISA/CISP or has equivalent experience.  You will have experience of aligning working practices to security standards, best practices and industry guidelines along with experience in information security risk management aligning with business strategies & requirements.

Effective collaboration is important to you and you’re able to build rapport quickly, resulting in strong and trusted working relationships across various operational areas.  You’re a confident communicator, able to liaise with stakeholders at all levels and competent in presenting information clearly to ensure understanding, translating technical knowledge into business value.

A self-starter, you are able to remain motivated whilst managing your own workload, balancing and prioritising tasks. 

You will be an analytical thinker with good problem-solving skills, able to consider critical factors, learning and research in order to make informed decisions.

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

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

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.

Desirable

• 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

Liverpool – The Capital

Our Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) teams are committed to disrupting and dismantling the organised crime groups facilitating immigration abuse; utilising its financial investigations capability to remove the proceeds of crime and strip criminals of their assets.

IE has a fundamental role to play in tackling immigration crime, as part of a multi-layered UK law enforcement approach. Through working closely with partners in the National Crime Agency, territorial policing and many other agencies and departments, our Criminal and Financial Investigation Teams take vigorous action against those criminals that seek to benefit from illegal migration.

We are looking for a candidate who wants real stretch and development in their everyday roles. Working for Immigration Enforcement is challenging and fast paced, requiring quick decision making in demanding situations. To work in IE, you must be able to meet these challenges while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism. This role is physically demanding, so you will also need to be physically fit.

Within Home Office IE, Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) has a Financial Investigation (FI) structure in place to disrupt organised criminal networks, through the conduct of money laundering investigations, cash seizure, confiscation and the restraint of criminal assets. FI work collaboratively with and support other law enforcement agencies in tackling organised crime.

The Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) role will require adaptability and flexibility to deal with priority investigations as they arise.

The post requires a commitment to working flexibly and will involve some travel throughout the UK to visit teams and stakeholders as well as working away from home, including overnight stays where necessary. The level of travel required for the post, occasionally at short notice, may result in long working days and overnight stays away from home. A full UK and valid driving licence is essential as it may be necessary to drive official vehicles.

It must be borne in mind that the successful applicant may be required to comply with prosecutor and court timetables which may change at short notice. There is a requirement to participate in an on-call roster for out of hours referrals.

We employ talented people who challenge and guide each other. In CFI you will work within a highly capable team who will support you to develop your skills, knowledge and experience.

If not already an Immigration Officer or Chief Immigration Officer, in order to be designated as one, you will be required to attend a 2-week induction course (residential depending on location of post).

The successful candidate will be required to undergo and pass a health assessment, which is usually repeated every three years (although this can sometimes be yearly for specific health reasons). Financial Investigators in Immigration Enforcement are arrest-trained. If not already appropriately trained, the successful candidate will also need to successfully attend a PST level 3 training course (residential depending on location) and pass an annual PST refresher.

This job is available for full-time and part-time workers, but please note that the full range of shift times and days (including weekends) will be allocated.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Expedient and thorough management of your team and investigations ensuring appropriate allocation of work according to strategic priorities and agreed adoption criteria.

• Ensuring FI activity adds value to criminal investigations, in particular by means of Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) interventions by:

• Providing evidence to support money laundering charges.

• Investigating the extent and whereabouts of criminal benefit.

• Restraining of criminal assets, to prevent asset dissipation.

• Confiscating criminal assets after conviction.

• Seizing cash suspected to represent recoverable property.

Further tasks will include (but are not limited to):

• Supporting the Regional His Majesty Inspector (HMI) in the leadership of financial investigators and the management of financial investigations, ensuring that financial investigations are carried out efficiently and lawfully.

• Advising and supporting crime managers to enable the effective deployment of FI resource.

• Ensuring that the FI team retains professional accreditation; to ensure tutoring and mentoring of new FI staff.

• Evaluating and tasking out financial investigations.

• Reporting accurately FI activity on Departmental and local databases.

• Quantifying performance and supplying narrative to support performance returns to HMI and Senior Managers.

• Taking an active role in the Financial Investigation duties and progress own caseload.

• Giving evidence during hearings (all CFI staff are required to disclose any adverse judicial decisions or internal disciplinary matters under CPIA. Applicants need to bear this in mind when considering their eligibility for this post);

• Line management of Financial investigation staff (and their investigations) in Liverpool.

Accountabilities

• Maintaining designated POCA powers, accreditation and registration of financial investigators and intelligence officers with the Proceeds of Crime Centre of the National Crime Agency (POCC NCA).

• Attending and participating in management meetings across the national financial investigation regions.

Key interactions

• CFI investigation team colleagues, CFI senior leadership team and other Financial Investigation hubs, Police, Crown Prosecution Service, Civil Recovery Unit, Financial Investigation Working Groups and other government departments.

Learning requirements:

• Maintaining and developing your financial investigation, confiscation and management skills as part of a monthly and annual performance appraisal.

Essential Criteria

Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of working in a policy, or law enforcement and criminal justice environment.

• Line management experience of an operational environment.

• Experience of analysing complex financial data and completing and the service of financial orders.

• Experience of drafting summaries/statements in criminal and civil proceedings and attending court to give evidence.

Desirable Criteria

• POCC NCA accreditation (or recent accreditation suspension) as a Financial Investigator. If not already a Confiscator, must be prepared to become accredited.

• A thorough working knowledge, experience and application of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in criminal investigations.

• Accredited (by the Proceeds of Crime Centre) Financial Investigation as a Tutor or be prepared to become accredited.

Due to the nature of the work and the geographical area, some travel by official vehicle will be inevitable and applicants must hold a full UK valid manual driving licence.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership

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

• 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%

Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS1 4AP : Telford, West Midlands (England), TF3 4NT

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

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

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

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

HM Revenue & Customs collects more than £600bn in revenue for UK Plc, money used to fund vital public services like the NHS, our education system, and the MOD.  As Head of Cyber Threat Operations, you’ll play a pivotal role in securing our ability to function effectively in the interests of the United Kingdom, and you can’t say that anywhere else, can you?

Working closely with the Deputy Director, you’ll adopt a senior leadership role where your energy, flexibility and commitment will flourish as you offer the best possible threat advice to our customer groups.  As you can imagine, this is a critical role and there will be some travel and on-call work required to ensure that incidents are managed appropriately.  Overall, this is an incredibly varied and interesting role with the opportunity to affect real change in the defence of HMRC’s vital work.

Working closely with senior business and technical stakeholders to build capability and deliver appropriate risk-based threat advice, you’ll enable and secure the ongoing operational delivery of HMRC services and champion security threat intelligence across the organisation.  You’ll be integral to the Senior Leadership Team, establishing strategy and steering plans in order to deliver on objectives, engaging at a strategic level within the business and leading on technical and business change.

Hours & Flexibility:

• This is a varied, senior leadership role that will require energy, flexibility, professionalism, and commitment; travel to Leeds and Telford and occasional to other locations will be required.
• You will be required to join an on-call rota to ensure incidents are managed appropriately, as well as working out of hours for key business events.

You will be responsible for the development and management of HMRC’s threat capability.

The ideal candidate will be: 

• A leader in the delivery and development of Threat operations and expertise of the wider team and drive the learning & development strategy for this.
• A leader in managing key partners, working with live service teams, Programme Leaders, and Governance Boards.
• Able to demonstrate a proven history of delivering high value outcomes in challenging environments.
• Flexible to meet business needs and champion consistency across our business in support of our “one team” ethos.
• Always clear and honest when communicating, sharing knowledge and skills to build consistency and excellence in our work, aiming to achieve great results.
• A Threat subject matter expert, able to identify, raise and escalate cyber risks for the business and influence appropriate decisions in keeping with the HMRC risk appetite

The Head of Cyber Threat Operations is a critical role within HMRC’s Cyber Security team and is responsible for overseeing

• Threat Hunting
• Threat Intelligence
• Data Science

Management of People:

• You will have direct/indirect line management of a small team of technical Civil Service and experts, plus potentially Industrial Placements, Cyber Apprentices and Fast-Streamers.

The Role

As the Head of Cyber Threat Operations, you will play a leading role in securing HMRC’s services, working to the Deputy Director, to ensure the best possible threat advice is given to our customers.

You will work collaboratively with senior business and technical stakeholders, to build the capability and deliver appropriate risk-based threat advice and guidance, to enable the ongoing operation and secure delivery of HMRC solutions and services.  You will be the security champion for security threat intelligence across HMRC, leading security teams as appropriate.

You will be integral to the Senior Leadership Team, establishing our strategy and steering plans to deliver. You will engage at a strategic level within the business and drive organisational objectives.  You will influence policy and lead on technical and business change.

You will be responsible for the development and management of HMRC’s threat capability.

Responsibilities

• Change management to ensure appropriate benefits from existing and planned investment in tooling
• Process development to ensure new teams have established and repeatable ways of working
• Technical thought leadership to challenge and develop the strategy in this space
• Establishing of performance metrics and key communications lines, to ensure the work of the teams is understood and demonstrably adding value
• Developing relationships with others in government and wider industry to ensure the capability keeps pace and aligns with the wider government security strategies
• Maintaining a deep technical understanding of HMRC’s systems and support structures including incident management, business continuity, and disaster recovery practices
• Lead and develop the HMRC’s threat capability and a team of threat hunters, threat intelligence and data scientist professionals
• Act as an empowered deputy for the Cyber Operations Deputy Director
• Oversee the Identification, delivery, and escalation of Threat information for the business and influence appropriate decisions in keeping with the HMRC risk appetite
• Research, identify, validate, and embrace new technologies and methodologies
• Have the technical credibility to represent our business at a range of governance, project, and other boards.

Essential Criteria – Skills, Experience, Qualifications, Requirements:

You will have significant experience or knowledge as follows:

• Experience in developing, delivering and improving Threat operations in a large, complex IT environment
• Managing effective relationships with senior partners, effective team engagement and strong leadership
• Proven experience of leading and developing a threat team
• Professional experience of how technical security is applied in real life, large scale complex environments
• Ability to demonstrate a deep knowledge of security, risks and threats along with a solid grasp of key technical considerations in relation to confidentiality, availability, integrity, non-repudiation and privacy
• The successful applicant must be a UK national, willing to achieve and/or maintain a DV.

Working knowledge of at least some of the following is necessary, and all are desirable:

• Ethical Hacking
• Vulnerability Management
• Malware analysis.
• Network security
• Cyber incident response.
• Configuring and using SIEM and security infrastructure (e.g. IDS/IPS, AV, Firewalls etc);
• Programming/scripting languages;
• Operating systems e.g. Linux, Windows;
• Log correlation and aggregators/connectors.
• Mitre, MAEC, CYBOX, CAPEC.

Desirable Skills, Experience, Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have a broad and deep range of experience in IT and Security. Desirable attributes include:

• Leading multi-disciplinary security teams and building strong relationships across team/business area/ departmental/ boundaries
• Deep knowledge of threat hunting & intelligence skills and requirements
• Proven experience in developing threat operations capability within a large organisation, including empowering, supporting, and developing staff to achieve the highest performance standards
• Applied knowledge of security architectures, operating systems & networking architectures, technologies
• Strong working knowledge of Cloud Security & Risk applied to all service models.
• Deep knowledge of multiple security domains and disciplines
• Working knowledge of appropriate ISO and NIST standards.

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

• Technical Aptitude

• 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%
• Labour Market Supplement (LMS) is payable to suitably qualified candidates, although if these are not met there will be opportunity to work towards it as part of the annual personal development plan (PDP).
• Annual Leave:

This position is based at 102 PETTY FRANCE (MOJ) LONDON, SW1H 9AJ

Please refer to Job Description

Please note:

No RHA attached but there is an expectation of being on call on a regular basis.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Overview of the job

The post manages the Central Authorities Bureau (CAB), and Operational Security Advice Team (OpSyT) within the HMPPS National Intelligence Unit (NIU), reporting to the Head of Intelligence Operations (Band 10).

The post holder is responsible for day to day oversight and management of the CAB and OpSyT, including the staffing resource, quality assurance of advice and guidance provided by CAB case workers and OpSyT to the operational line, liaison with the Investigatory Powers Commissioners Office (IPCO), and management of the HMPPS Central record of covert activities at both Official Sensitive and above.

The CAB provides oversight of policy and compliance across the prison and probation estate regarding powers available to HMPPS under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), Prison Act 2012, and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA). It is a required function under RIPA, maintaining a central record of authorities granted for activity under the legislation, using and managing the dedicated case management system. The OpSyT is responsible for assuring all use of tactics under the above legislation, supporting the management of sensitive information, and advising senior leaders on the related risks.

The role is responsible for managing the relevant policy, operational guidance and business systems used to deliver compliance and record activity under the above powers. The post manages a unit of 8 FTE posts, including responsibility for ongoing professional development and learning, and ensuring, provision of a 24/7 on call service. The Head of CAB/OpSyT is the point of escalation for urgent matters, or sensitive incidents that cannot be managed by the Duty Officer manning the on call service at any time both in and out of standard working hours, and will also be expected to undertake on call duties periodically to cover leave, absence or vacancies.

This is an HQ post, and will require some travel to establishments, probation offices and DOS regional offices as required. It can be based nationally, but frequent attendance at HMPPS HQ offices in London will be required.

Summary

This business critical role provides assurance to the Senior Responsible Owner (Deputy Director, SCS1) for HMPPS Covert Activity that such activity is being carried out in a lawful fashion.

Through oversight of the staff resource, and continuous business improvement within the team the Head of CAB/OpSyT will drive HMPPS performance in this specialist area of knowledge. Through being accountable for the central record of activity and all risk mitigation/incident reviews, the post holder will ensure, as far as is possible, that safe practice is observed, contributing to and supporting the safety of staff, offenders and the public.

The Head of CAB/OpSyT will also be responsible for ensuring that policy remains current, up to date, and usable by staff, to reduce issues of non-compliance and errors. Leading through the use of appropriate systems, and ensuring that there is a consistent methodology applied by operational staff, the post holder will be responsible for communicating policies and process throughout HMPPS. The role requires the ability to credibly support and direct operational staff at all grades, as well as liaising with and confidently briefing senior staff up to and including the CEO and Ministers.
 
    Due to the nature of the role and the information accessed, the post holder is required to hold a minimum of National Security Vetting at Developed Vetting (DV) level before taking up the post.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

•    Oversee the HMPPS central record of activity, at all levels of security classification, ensuring that management and performance information is available on request, and highlighting any compliance issues in a timely fashion.
•    Provide assurance reporting to the SRO, and where required Ministers both periodically and on request of compliant activity in the form of reports, management information, reviews of potential errors, and briefings on the use of sensitive tactics.
•    Supervise and maintain the consistent quality assurance of all applications for deployment of powers under RIPA 2000 and Prison Act 2012, including acting as the decision maker on compliance and quality where CAB staff and applicants cannot agree. Liaising with Authorising Officers to ensure compliance with legislation and HMPPS policy. For those applications requiring Higher Levels of Authorisation (CEO or Secretary Of State) using sensitive tactics, act as either applicant or case manager to provide assurance to the SRO of appropriate deployment of tactics.
•    Manage the staffing resource of the CAB/OpSyT, including supporting personal development, and maintaining the working knowledge and accreditation required to credibly represent the organisation in national forums as required.
•    Act as the first point of escalation for all urgent issues or sensitive operations that cannot be managed by the Duty Officer both in and out of standard working hours.
•    Act as the HMPPS Authority on the use of investigatory powers and related issues to front line staff, legal advisors, and cross government colleagues, including reviewing and updating policy where changes are required.
•    Manage the process for inspection of HMPPS by IPCO centrally and within local/regional teams, including providing reports, material to support the inspections, and leading on actions identified as a result of inspections. Acting as the key link between IPCO and HMPPS, ensure that all required records and officers are available at the appropriate time for inspection.
•    Oversee the standard of and direct the work of the Operational Security Advisor Team, including risk assessments of proposed activities, engagement with policy teams and innovation teams, and completing all reviews into potential non-compliant activity, including provision of reports to SRO, IPCO, and where required Ministers. Where the OpSyT is not able to conduct reviews due to application of Need to Know principles, personally conduct investigations and reviews.
•    Lead on business change projects required to improve system wide performance, including acting as the business manager for IT systems required for the deployment of covert tactics, including the dedicated Case Management system, Phone interception system and all other systems identified as being within the scope of the unit.
•    Liaise with External partners, HMPPS Sensitive Intelligence Unit, and the Joint Prison and Probation CT Hub on the use of all sensitive tactics, including recording of required information, to enable provision of assurance and briefings to Senior Leaders/Ministers where required to request authorisation of such tactics.
•    Represent HMPPS in cross HMG bodies to ensure that Prison and Probation specific needs are considered both in development of practice and legislation across both covert powers and OpSy functions.
•    Manage all specified records relating to activity under the purview of the CAB/OpSyT all requests for information or specific correspondence made of the CAB. This includes Freedom of Information Requests, requests for Letters of Assistance to courts or court like bodies, Information sharing requests from external agencies, and provision of evidential statements where required. 
    
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

Please refer to Job Description

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

Whitehall, London

We are looking for two experienced all-source analysts or international policy professionals to join the JIO Assessments Staff. You will be capable of producing high-quality assessment to tight deadlines, with a track record of working closely with senior customers and subject matter experts. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the centre of HMG’s national security machinery, helping to inform the UK’s response to priority national and international issues.

Those successful in this campaign will be posted to one of our assessment teams that together cover the whole of the JIO’s national security remit. This campaign is recruiting for positions within the following teams:

• Science and Technology

• Weapons and Counter Proliferation

Whilst we may ask for a preference during the recruitment process (and will try to meet them where possible), you should note that you could be posted to an assessment role dealing with any area of national security interest; posting will be determined based on business priorities and your aptitude, skill and experience.

About the JIO

The Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) primarily supports the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and the National Security Council, the Prime Minister and other key decision-makers by providing authoritative, robust all-source intelligence assessment on a vast range of national security and foreign policy priorities.

Our work covers, and goes beyond, ‘traditional’ national security topics such as geopolitical issues and threats to British interests. We apply a national security lens to issues such as emerging technology, economic and health security, climate change and horizon scanning (for example, identifying and monitoring countries at risk of instability).

You can read more about working for the JIO in the information pack attached at the bottom of this advert.

The Role

You and your team will produce all-source strategic assessments that help to inform a range of policy decisions. Working closely with other experts across HMG, JIO’s role is to present a single, agreed view on HMG priority issues, as well as writing intelligence highlights for the Prime Minister. 

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

This role requires candidates to undergo STRAP clearance, which is an additional layer of clearance for some sensitive roles in addition to DV. STRAP clearance will be applied for once the candidate has obtained DV clearance in pre-employment checks and both must be confirmed before the successful candidate can start in the role. 

If your application is successful, you will:

• Analyse information from a range of sources to produce timely, robust and policy-relevant assessments, supporting your team colleagues to do the same.  
• Take the lead in authoring a variety of short and long-form products read by senior customers, including the Prime Minister.  
• Develop deep subject-matter expertise, including an understanding of policy requirements.
• Establish strong working relationships with HMG stakeholders and customers and international allies. You will also be encouraged to consult academic, think-tank and private sector analysis. 
• Routinely use structured analytical techniques in your own work, and facilitate multi-agency and international workshops, including ‘challenge’ sessions.
• Contribute to the wider team’s work or to wider JIO work, both to support colleagues and for your own development. You may occasionally be asked to support crisis working or work unsociable hours, often with little or no notice. 
• Depending on the post you are assigned – line manage one or more analysts.

Skills and Experience Required

The successful candidate will:

• Be a proactive self-starter, experienced in producing evidence-based assessment for a senior audience. If you have a desire to learn, then we will invest in you to develop your skills and expertise;
• have experience in gathering and analysing information from diverse sources;
• have strong written and oral communication skills. This includes excellent drafting skills and the ability to draw key conclusions from a large volume of (sometimes conflicting) evidence.
• be organised, possess well-honed critical thinking skills and be able to work across several different work strands at any given time; 
• have excellent interpersonal skills and be a team player, able to develop and manage close working relationships with colleagues across organisational boundaries, leveraging your network to deliver;
• have experience of having worked either in an all-source assessment role or working on other political or security issues;

You will ideally have a background and/or relevant experience in STEM related to either Science and Technology or Weapons and Counter Proliferation.

We invest in upskilling our team members to enable them to thrive once they start working with us. As such, if you don’t quite match these desirable skills, don’t let it put you off applying as we will equip the successful candidate with them once you are in post. The application process will seek to gauge potential just as much as current performance.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Leadership

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

• Written and Visual Communication of Intelligence Assessment (Proficient)
• Co-Operation, Co-Ordination and Challenge (Proficient)
• Informing Decision Making (Proficient)

Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury – SP4 0JQ or Dstl Portsdown West, Fareham – PO17 6AD

At Dstl we protect lives. We take innovative Science and Technology (S&T) and use it to keep the country safe.

Dstl Digital provides a variety of business services which are diverse and complex in nature, and not all are standard in their support arrangements. These end to end services can be complex and made-up from many technical components, which come together to support business critical activities.

The Defensive Cyber Intelligence Cell Lead role works as part of a small cell within the Dstl Security Operations Centre (SOC) coordinating Cyber Intelligence activities to inform and shape Dstl Defensive Cyber planning, preparation and response activity. You will be a key enabler to ensure Dstl can protect and support its network operations activity from a Cyber Defence perspective and ensure proactive threat / vulnerability monitoring, assessment and management.

This opportunity will allow you to shape a growing capability within Dstl. You will influence the direction of our future operation in a unique and exciting setting which not only meets the day to day organisational needs for Dstl but responds to a growing portfolio of innovative Digital commitments as well. You will develop a range of capability maturity that will be incrementally introduced to enhance the Dstl SOC capabilities. You will also actively liaise with the Dstl Counter Intelligence and Threat Management Cell (CITM) in order to harmonise Intelligence reporting and assessment processes.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

We particularly welcome female and ethnic minority applicants and those from the LGBTQI community, as they are under-represented within Dstl at these levels.

In this role you will:

Act as the lead for the Defensive Cyber Intelligence Cell.

• Develop an appropriate Governance framework to support Dstl activities including:
  • A Concept of Operations (Con Ops)
  • A risk assessment process
  • Triage process
  • A planning approach
  • An assurance model
  • A suitably qualified & experienced person (SQEP) training programme
  • A maturity plan to demonstrate and measure capability maturity
•  Oversee the internal and external reporting for Defensive Cyber activities working with Warning, Advice and Reporting Point (WARP) and partners.
• Conduct active monitoring of threat indicators and processing for problem management and resolution.
• Maintain proactive awareness of Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) related alerts and tools to mitigate and manage threats.
• Actively support Dstl Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Dstl Senior Security Risk Coordinator (SSRC) and Principal Security Advisor (PSyA) on strategic security risk management with an emphasis on the Defensive Cyber domain.
• Maintain a strategic risk picture for Cyber risks on behalf of Dstl CISO.
• Proactively liaise with relevant Defensive capabilities including Dstl Personnel Security (PERSEC), Counter Intelligence & Threat Management (CITM) Cell and Science & Technology (S&T) Division focal points.
• Provide technical leadership to Dstl Cyber SOC and CITM in respect to Intelligence coordination across the spectrum of “Collect, Collate, Assess and Action requirements.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience and evidence of operating in complex cyber risk incidents, scenarios, exercises or events.
• Has strong evidence of the effective use of Analytical skills in an Intelligence related domain.
• Has the ability to translate a complex, changing environment, applying critical thinking to a varied range of data in order concisely provide relevant and clear information and recommendations to multiple audiences.
• Is capable of managing uncertainty in a high paced environment, with the ability and agility to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances whilst demonstrating balanced judgement and effective problem solving techniques.
• Has strong networking skills with experience of establishing and maintaining effective working relationships across a range of varied stakeholders, demonstrating effective partnering and collaboration to aide inter-operability.
• Has tact and diplomacy in dealing with a wide range of issues/challenges.
• Good communication skills with attention to detail.
• Is capable of prioritising workloads and working to tight timescales.
• Strong skill-set in terms of the design, development and delivery of threat / vulnerability mitigations and process.
• Relevant technical qualifications and experience in network security operations with evidence of the ability to identify, interpret and treat threat information from a Cyber Defence perspective using appropriate tooling, methodology and techniques.
• Comprehensive understanding of CERT methods and techniques.
• Has an understanding of Cyber vulnerability management and remediation.
• Has the ability to explain Forensic readiness requirements and common threats of a Cyber nature on interview and mitigation strategies.
• Has the ability to demonstrate relevant operational experience relating to complex operating environments.
• Can demonstrate competence in demonstrating the ability to plan and develop Personal Security measures for sensitive operational activities.

Leadership

As a leader in Defence you will help shape, role model and bring to life the ‘One Defence’ mindset that will enable us to deliver our vision and strategic objectives. Your leadership style must be inspiring, confident and empowering. Working at every level of our organisation to break down silos, unite teams and create a culture that is trusting, collaborative, innovative, diverse and inclusive. Enabling us to deliver with pace and agility through the skills, commitment and empowerment of our employees and military colleagues.

Important Information

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be British Citizens who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to understand the work you will undertake to protect us from any security threats. For this reason, we regret that only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

If you are a current Dstl employee, you are encouraged to inform your line manager of your application as they can support you through the process and should you be successful it will help in negotiating a release date.

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

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

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

• Working Together

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.
• Flexible working: Full flexibility working options include alternative working patterns, compressed hours, job shares and annualised hours. Remote working may be available dependent on role.
• Flexible working hours: Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.
• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.
• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid
• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.
• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

2 Marsham St, Westminster, London SW1P 4DF, Soapworks Colgate Ln, Salford M5 3LZ

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

As part of the Home Office, the role of the Homeland Security Group is to
•    Support the Home Secretary to develop and implement strategies to keep our people and interests safe and secure 
•    Build His Majesty’s Government’s capabilities to reduce national security risk 
•    Reduce volume of, and harm from, economic crime, particularly for the most vulnerable
•    Work in partnership with public and private sectors in the UK and overseas to deliver better outcomes
•    Ensure legitimate economic growth and prosperity

Within HSG you will join the National Communications Data Service (NCDS). We are accountable for delivering and maintaining centrally provided Communications Data (CD) services to ensure that the CD needed by our user community is available, accessible and usable. Services will continually evolve to ensure we provide operational value against a backdrop of rapid and constant technical and business change.

NCDS is one of four entities that make up the Communications Data Lawful Intercept (CDLI) Service Partnership, working closely with our colleagues in Threats and Risk Assessment, Capability Exploration and Research (TRACER), National Technical Assurance Centre (NTAC) and Communications Capability Unit (CCU) to provide coherent communications data (CD) and lawful intercept (LI) capabilities for the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen supporting the Operational Security Manager in managing Cyber Security of NCDS Live Services based in the cloud.  Ensuring that the NCDS security functions work with NCDS suppliers continue to provide a secure and available high-quality service to time and cost to our end user base.

You will play a significant role in managing cyber risk within NCDS and the supplier landscape, as well as ensuring NCDS systems and applications are defended from cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

This role will suit someone prepared to work independently, taking the initiative when necessary to manage and mitigate cyber risks and deal with cyber security incidents swiftly and effectively. You will also need to be a team player, working collaboratively with colleagues across NCDS to ensure that the NCDS achieves great service outcomes and value for money without the loss of cyber security.

Key Responsibilities

The NCDS Cyber Security and Information Manager is responsible for:
•    Supporting the NCDS Operational Security Manager (OSM) and deputising for them in their absence, for example chairing the Security Working Group in their absence. 
•    Supporting the NCDS OSM to respond to identified critical incidents, for example research to understand the origin and extent of the incident and estimating impact to NCDS, and supporting the Service Management Team to manage mitigation and resolution, conducting lessons learned and devising measures to minimise likelihood of recurrence.
•    Implement incident response processes, for example through the development of security playbooks and table top exercises.
•    Working with 3rd party suppliers to understand operational security risks and mitigations strategies that meet the business need. 
•    Help to ensure the risk appetite of the organisation is balanced against the impact of vulnerabilities
•    Working closely with the Information Assurance Team to take a risk based approach to managing vulnerabilities
•    Engage with Law Enforcement to mitigate security risks and to implement secure solutions that also represent value for money and efficiencies. 
•    Ensure that recognised Secure Developments are monitored and reported on to improve the security solutions within the NCDS system.
•    Participate in reviewing IT Health Check scopes and outcomes.
•    Support the patch management review and implementation process.
•    Support the implementation of certificate management processes to reduce the risk of out -of date- certificates. 
•    Support the response to Security Incidents with both short and long-term resolutions to improve the overall NCDS security posture. 
•    Help to ensure that Protective Monitoring of the NCDS environment continuously improves.
•    Support NCDS with broader Data Protection processes.

Essential Criteria

•    An IT background/experience and experience working with a Security Operations Centre or similar. 
•    Risk Management experience in security and/or operational service.
•    Experience of the role of Information Asset Manager. 
•    Knowledge of Data Protection legislation and processes.
•    Understanding of Vulnerability Management Processes, ideally for cloud-based services. 
•    (ISC2) certified in Cyber Security Certification or similar qualification.

Desirable Criteria

•    Understanding of Cloud Architecture Control, including management of the footprint and development of the infrastructure, ideally with a focus on Amazon Web Services.

•    Knowledge of the security aspects around capacity management, back-up and disaster recovery management. 
•    Experience/knowledge of working in Agile delivery environments
•    Experience/knowledge of ITIL processes
•    Experience/knowledge of using tools for security incident and event management (e.g. QRadar), Data Analytics (e.g. ELK stack) and workflow management tools (e.g. SNOW).

(ISC2) certified in Cyber Security Certification or similar qualification is needed as the role requires a level of specialist cyber security knowledge and the qualification is a means of evidencing this.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

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

• Communicating and Influencing

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

London

 The SIA is the organisation responsible for the regulation of private security. It is an independent, arm’s length body (ALB) of the Home Office, reporting to the Home Secretary, under the terms of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. The SIA’s purpose protecting the public through effective regulation of the private security industry and working with partners to raise standards across the sector. Its regulatory remit covers the whole of the United Kingdom.

The SIA has two main duties: the compulsory licensing of individuals undertaking designated activities within the private security industry and the management of a voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme, which measures private security suppliers against independently assessed criteria.

SIA licensing covers security operatives who are in guarding, door supervision, close protection, cash and valuables in transit, and public space surveillance using CCTV, vehicle immobilisation (in Northern Ireland) and key holding. Licensing ensures that private security operatives are fit and proper persons who are properly trained and qualified to do their job.

Our core purpose is protecting the public through effective regulation of the private security industry and working with partners to raise standards across the sector.

This role will contribute to the delivery of the SIA’s statutory purpose to protect the public by ensuring that activity in all areas of the organisation is proactively and effectively protected from internal and external threats that may impact on the effectiveness of our regulatory operations. 

The post holder will report direct to the Professional Standards Manager (who reports to the Director – Inspections and Enforcement) and will deputise as appropriate with responsibilities across the entire Security Industry Authority, however role held within the Inspections and Enforcement Directorate   The role holder will be supporting the Professional Standards Manager influencing culture, communicating directly with managers, supervisors, and senior leaders, supporting projects/initiatives, raising awareness and ongoing risk management across the SIA. This will also include leading, developing and supporting effective governance to protect the work of the SIA, our staff, and our reputation from a range of threats including fraud, bribery, corruption, compromise and integrity related breaches of our policies and procedures.     

The jobholder will be required to establish, develop, and maintain strong, positive working relationships with key stakeholders, including: SIA Executive Directors, Senior Leadership Team and Head of Functions . The professional standards officer will liaise with other internal stakeholders and staff from areas of UK law enforcement, courts, legal advisors, the Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service, Local Authorities, including licensing authorities. And, other Government departments and agencies, including but not limited to; Home Office, the devolved governments in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

What you will be doing:

• Processes– Supporting the effectiveness of SIA processes & governance to detect and prevent fraud, bribery, and corruption, this will involve the management of sensitive systems & ongoing workstreams across the SIA. To monitor and oversee the SIA’s conflict of interest and hospitality recording processes.
• Programme Support–  Proactively supporting professional standards initiatives across the SIA, leading on national guidance, preventative strategies, reinforcing best practice and ability to positively influence culture, raise awareness, educate colleagues, and identify organisational learning & improvements across the SIA.  
• Stakeholder Management – Engaging with partners and stakeholders to maintain an overview of national, regional, and local trends which may impact on operational security and the management of fraud, bribery, and corruption, sharing this knowledge and learning as appropriate to ensure best practice. Acting as one of the points of contact for tactical advice in respect of sensitive SIA criminal and civil investigations, this may require some unsociable hours as appropriate. 
• Partnerships – Building and maintaining effective relationships across the organisation to promote and encourage cultural awareness of integrity related risks and professional standards, acting as a source of best practice, specialist knowledge, advice, and guidance.
• Knowledge and Expertise – Working with the Professional Standards Manager to support, or act as an advisor to others at all levels, in respect of professional standards and integrity related investigations, ensuring that investigations are carried out efficiently and with compliance against applicable legislation and local and national guidance.  
• Risk Management- To support the Professional Standards Manager and review and advise on security incidents, personal security risk assessments, conflicts of interest and notifiable associations to assess risks and make recommendations in respect of any mitigations. 

The Professional Standards Officer will be an excellent role model, an experienced, knowledgeable, and capable individual, able to act with the highest professional and ethical standards, and able to positively communicate at senior, staff, and key stakeholder levels, striving to ensure all staff operate with the highest professional standards across the SIA.    

We want our future team player to have an interest in inspections and enforcement or already be working in this arena with an interest in taking a next step up the career ladder. Given the evolving technologies, it’s vital our new team player is able to keep abreast of developments and changes in private security industry, as well as working in a fast-paced, but extremely exciting environment.  

What skills are we looking for?

• Ability to communicate at all levels (written/verbal) with proven experience of supporting sensitive, complex & reputational issues. Proven experience to compile comprehensive reports and able to communicate with confidence across the SIA. 
• Significant experience in conducting professional standards and/or integrity-related investigations or similar.  
• Have knowledge gained through extensive & high-level strategic experience within Professional Standards management/environment. 
• Qualified to College of Policing PIP 2 or another suitable alternative.
• Ability to exercise discretion in dealing with confidential or sensitive matters, work on their own initiative, be flexible and highly motivated. 
• Have ability and significant experience to demonstrate sensitivity & diplomacy in a confidential environment, conveying confidence and credibility in all situations. 
• Able to engage with a variety of audiences through a range of media to inform and persuade.
• Excellent interpersonal influencing skills to quickly establish effective relationships with staff and stakeholders and that support the influencing at senior strategic and operational levels.
• Able to seek out and identify a range of information to identify patterns, trends, and options, to solve multifaceted and complex problem.

Competencies that we are looking out for in this role:

• Working with people –Manages self and relationships with others.
• Service Delivery- organises and prioritises work.   
• Leadership- takes responsibility for their role for the SIA.  
• Effective communication- Communicates appropriately.
• Strategic Influence and Engagement- recognises and understands connections and themes.  

What can you expect from us?

• A welcoming and innovative work environment.
• Continued support and development opportunities.
• Access to training for attainment of recognised qualifications.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Annual leave entitlement will be 27.5 days, with pay rising by one additional day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 32.5 days.
• A variety of discounts including Gymflex,
• £28,200 annually.
• Civil Service Pension Scheme – Employee contribution between 4.60% and 7.35% and Employer contribution between 26.60% and 30.30%