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Personnel Security Officer

Job Description

Defra group Security is recruiting Personnel Security Officers to join their team on a permanent basis.

We are looking to recruit driven and professional individuals who will be responsible for quality assuring requests for security clearances for Defra group and its key suppliers. As such, you will engage with United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) to raise requests, taking ownership of cases and supervising them through to completion.

You will work within a team of 8, coordinating your own workload, ensuring all National Security Vetting cases are progressed. As part of the Personnel Security team, you will act as a primary point of contact to our customers, providing advice and guidance on the various services we offer, to ensure their personal security needs are met. We strive for a high standard of work and customer service and a keen eye for detail is key.

Person specification

Responsibilities

• Management of vetting portal, responding to password reset requests and general queries, providing sound advice and guidance in line with industry standards.
• Preparation of complex case work, ensuring all relevant documentation is available and process followed, for presentation to senior leader for decision.
• Preparation of business cases, for example residency risk assessments, ensuring all relevant documentation is available and process followed, for presentation to senior leader for decision.
• Maintenance of various logs, to ensure cases, risk assessments etc. are appropriately documented and monitoring of logs to ensure successful completion in a timely manner.
• Arrangement of BPSS requests (interns, fast streamers) advising the business of the process and monitoring through to completion.
• Development and maintenance of products and briefs, including content management of the security intranet sites and SharePoint sites.
• Delivery of personnel security briefings/presentations as required.

Skills and Experience

• Internationally recognised qualification in security management e.g., Certificate in Information Security Management Principals or equivalent experience and commitment to work towards qualification.
• Experience of delivering personnel security services within a large organisation.
• Excellent organisational, communications and presentation skills.
• Experience of engaging, advising and influencing at working levels of an organisation.
• Ability to take across-government approach, considering the impact of your decisions in the broadest of settings.
• Performing effectively to deadlines, maintaining focus in challenging situations and adapting to find solutions that meet the needs of stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Management experience.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 37 per week

Salary: £30,317.00-£36,606.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Free flu jabs
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Flexitime
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Warrington, WA4 1HT

Reference ID: 286895

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