Personnel Security Officer
Description
- Job grade: Higher Executive Officer
- Contract type: Permanent
- Business area: COO- Operational Resilience
- Type of role: Administration / Corporate Support
- Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
- Number of jobs available: 2
Location
At Dstl, our vision is to have a modern way of working efficiently, accommodating and enabling our people to create, collaborate and deliver. To do this successfully in this job will require attendance at a Dstl location; Government Departments including wider MoD or Delivery and Mission Partner’s premises for 60% of your working time. Where business needs allow, and with the agreement of your line manager, there may be the option for a combination of workplace and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement.
About the job
Job summary
Personnel Security Officers provides professional administrative support to the business whilst supporting the work of a wider administrative support team.
Personnel Security Officers work in partnership with the Team Leader and Technical Lead to maximise the Division’s professional capability and service delivery.
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.
Job description
As Personnel Security subject matter expert (SME), support team colleagues to manage the operational delivery of recruitment at Dstl, acting as an escalation point for queries and technical questions:
Provide advice and guidance concerning vetting including clearance oversight and cohort management.
Monitor recruitment Key Performance Indicators to assess team performance and reduce time to action and time to clearance, where the action required is outside of UKSV.
Person specification
We looking for someone who has:
Experience of working in a team to provide a high-quality service, in a fast-paced environment.
Experience and knowledge of JSP 440 Leaflet 7 relevant to Personnel Security.
Experience of working in a vetting security role.
A general level of understanding of working with and protecting personal information.
Demonstrable customer service skills.
Confident delegating tasks.
Good time management and the ability to prioritise competing demands.
Competence in using Microsoft Office software products, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
For more information on the job responsibilities, please see the job profile attached below.
Important Information
Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, 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
Qualifications
Appropriate qualification in Business Administration or CIPD e.g. NVQ Level 3.
In the absence of a formal qualification, relevant experience will be considered (i.e. 3-4 years working in an administrative support environment).
ITQ Level 2 or equivalent IT proficiency qualification / experience
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Working Together
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Working Together
Benefits
Benefits
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: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours, job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).
Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.
Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.
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.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Selection process details
We want you to have your best chance of success in our recruitment process, so If at any stage of the application process you would like help or assistance please contact the Dstl Recruitment Team [email protected] and we will do all we can to support you.
At the application stage, we will assess your submitted application against the essential criteria set out in the job profile.
Sifting will take place week commencing 16th November with interviews to held face to face at Dstl Porton Down on 2nd December
Your interview will consist of behavioural based questions.
Please ensure your line manager is aware of your application and the potential situation regarding release dates.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
Medical
Nationality requirements
This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.
Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
Diversity and Inclusion
Apply and further information
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : [email protected]
- Email : [email protected]
Recruitment team
- Email : [email protected]
Further information
Attachments
| L4, Personnel Security Officer, Operations, Operational Resilience. v1 Opens in new window (pdf, 151kB) |
| Dstl Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 4978kB) |
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